No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Matchless

557 Manhattan Ave. · at Driggs Ave.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

In 2026

Closed

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

New York on Tap listed this bar without a review.

History

Last call in 2018, wrecking ball in 2023

Bar Matchless, a Greenpoint dive, opened at 557 Manhattan Avenue in 2003^{1, 2}. It closed in January 2018, after 15 years^{1, 2}. By June 2023 the aging building that housed it had finally been torn down².

Sources

bedfordandbowery.com
bkmag.com

Researched October 2026.

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