Inwood stays up later than any other part of Manhattan: 22.4% of its restaurants, bars and cafés are still open at 2 AM on a Friday night, more than double the Manhattan rate of 9.3%.
Across Manhattan, 1,057 of the 11,320 restaurants, bars and cafés we have full weekly hours for are open at 2 AM on a Friday. On a Tuesday night it’s 490. These figures come from Moodap’s listings as of November 10, 2026.
The 10 neighborhoods that stay open latest
Ranked by the share of places still open at 2 AM on Friday night, out of every restaurant, bar and café we counted in the neighborhood.
| # | Neighborhood | Open at 2 AM Friday | Open at midnight Friday | Places counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inwood | 22.4% (48) | 34.1% | 214 |
| 2 | Alphabet City | 20.3% (63) | 33.2% | 310 |
| 3 | Lower East Side | 20.0% (86) | 37.5% | 429 |
| 4 | East Village | 16.2% (73) | 30.2% | 451 |
| 5 | Kips Bay | 15.6% (28) | 23.9% | 180 |
| 6 | Hell's Kitchen | 15.5% (80) | 25.6% | 516 |
| 7 | Greenwich Village | 15.3% (49) | 23.8% | 320 |
| 8 | NoHo | 15.3% (11) | 23.6% | 72 |
| 9 | Koreatown | 13.4% (38) | 23.6% | 284 |
| 10 | Gramercy | 13.1% (22) | 22.6% | 168 |
What stands out
Inwood and the Lower East Side lead. Inwood (22.4%) tops the list, ahead of Alphabet City (20.3%), the Lower East Side (20.0%) and the East Village (16.2%). Many of Inwood’s late places are lounges and restaurants listed until 3 or 4 AM.
Most late places isn’t the same as latest. The Lower East Side has the most places open at 2 AM on a Friday (86). Midtown has 74, but out of 1,201 places that’s only 6.2%, below the Manhattan rate.
SoHo, Tribeca and the Financial District go to bed early. SoHo (4.1%), the Financial District (4.2%) and Tribeca (4.7%) are near the bottom. In Battery Park City, none of the 60 places we counted are open at 2 AM.
Bars do the heavy lifting. 35.1% of Manhattan bars are open at 2 AM on a Friday, and 69.3% at midnight. For restaurants it’s 7.7% at 2 AM.
Friday doubles Tuesday. 1,057 places are open at 2 AM on a Friday, against 490 on a Tuesday. At midnight it’s 2,187 on a Friday and 1,386 on a Tuesday.
Out late tonight? Browse the bars in Inwood, Alphabet City or the Lower East Side, and check a place’s hours on its page before you go.
Every neighborhood
All 37 Manhattan neighborhoods with at least 50 places counted, from latest to earliest.
| # | Neighborhood | Open at 2 AM Friday | Open at midnight Friday | Places counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inwood | 22.4% (48) | 34.1% | 214 |
| 2 | Alphabet City | 20.3% (63) | 33.2% | 310 |
| 3 | Lower East Side | 20.0% (86) | 37.5% | 429 |
| 4 | East Village | 16.2% (73) | 30.2% | 451 |
| 5 | Kips Bay | 15.6% (28) | 23.9% | 180 |
| 6 | Hell's Kitchen | 15.5% (80) | 25.6% | 516 |
| 7 | Greenwich Village | 15.3% (49) | 23.8% | 320 |
| 8 | NoHo | 15.3% (11) | 23.6% | 72 |
| 9 | Koreatown | 13.4% (38) | 23.6% | 284 |
| 10 | Gramercy | 13.1% (22) | 22.6% | 168 |
| 11 | West Village | 12.3% (49) | 25.3% | 400 |
| 12 | Nolita | 11.8% (14) | 18.5% | 119 |
| 13 | Times Square | 11.7% (47) | 24.9% | 401 |
| 14 | NoMad | 11.7% (28) | 31.3% | 240 |
| 15 | Hamilton Heights | 10.5% (17) | 22.2% | 162 |
| 16 | Washington Heights | 9.7% (35) | 23.8% | 361 |
| 17 | Meatpacking District | 9.1% (26) | 18.2% | 286 |
| 18 | Flatiron | 7.9% (11) | 16.5% | 139 |
| 19 | Upper East Side | 7.7% (56) | 14.1% | 723 |
| 20 | Morningside Heights | 6.9% (7) | 9.9% | 101 |
| 21 | Harlem | 6.8% (28) | 19.8% | 409 |
| 22 | Hudson Yards | 6.3% (16) | 9.8% | 255 |
| 23 | Midtown | 6.2% (74) | 13.3% | 1,201 |
| 24 | East Harlem | 5.2% (19) | 14.5% | 366 |
| 25 | Upper West Side | 5.0% (32) | 11.8% | 636 |
| 26 | Chelsea | 5.0% (19) | 16.6% | 380 |
| 27 | Tribeca | 4.7% (11) | 15.3% | 235 |
| 28 | Little Italy | 4.3% (4) | 7.4% | 94 |
| 29 | Financial District | 4.2% (21) | 12.1% | 503 |
| 30 | SoHo | 4.1% (11) | 15.0% | 266 |
| 31 | Chinatown | 3.8% (14) | 13.6% | 368 |
| 32 | Lincoln Square | 3.6% (2) | 10.7% | 56 |
| 33 | Carnegie Hill | 3.2% (4) | 12.0% | 125 |
| 34 | Murray Hill | 2.2% (4) | 10.6% | 180 |
| 35 | Manhattan Valley | 1.9% (1) | 18.9% | 53 |
| 36 | Lenox Hill | 1.5% (2) | 8.1% | 135 |
| 37 | Battery Park City | 0.0% (0) | 3.3% | 60 |
How we measured this
We counted every open restaurant, bar and café on Moodap on November 10, 2026. Places closed for good or for now were left out. Only places whose hours we can read for the whole week are counted (11,320 places), so partial listings don’t skew the result.
“Open at 2 AM on a Friday” means the place’s Friday hours run past 2 AM on Saturday morning. Listings that say “open 24 hours” are left out of the late counts, because some of them are wrong, so the real numbers may be a little higher. Hours are as listed, and they change.
Neighborhoods with fewer than 50 places counted aren’t ranked: Central Park, Governors Island, Randalls Island, Roosevelt Island, Stuyvesant Town, Sugar Hill, Two Bridges, Yorkville.
More on where our data comes from and how we check it: How Moodap Tracks 21,900+ Manhattan Venues. More figures you can quote: Manhattan by the numbers.
Cite this data: Moodap, 2026 (moodap.com).
Press and questions: hi@moodap.com.
— The Moodap Team