New York cocktails

Meet the Brooklyn Cocktail Family

What is it about the Brooklyn cocktail that has spawned so many spin-offs? Kara Newman on the origins and essence of the borough's eponymous drink and its many Brooklyn neighborhood-inspired…

• story: Kara Newman
• photo: Lizzie Munro

Brooklyn

While less known than its more famous neighbor's namesake drink, the Brooklyn—which dates back to the first decade of the 20th century—has largely toiled in obscurity since Prohibition.

Red Hook

While there a number of modern drinks that have played off the classic compositions of both the Manhattan and the Brooklyn, Enzo Errico's is one of the more enduring modern…

Bronx

Created by Johnnie Solan, a legendary pre-Prohibition bartender at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria, the Bronx is a loose cross between an orange Gin Sour and a Perfect Martini.