Which bars near Grand Central start happy hour earliest?

The earliest window open today is The Shakespeare in Midtown at 11am, running 11am to 6pm. 3pm is the most common start inside this radius, on 5 of the 13 windows we hold for today.

How far from the terminal are these bars?

Every bar on this page is within a quarter mile (1,320 ft) of the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, and each row prints its own distance. The nearest is The Cornell Club New York at about 840 ft. Those are straight-line distances measured from coordinates, not walking times.

Manhattan · 39th to 47th, Madison to Third

Happy hour near Grand Central.

Ordered by straight-line distance from the terminal, so the first row is the nearest window to the doors on 42nd Street.

Nothing pouring this second. The next window inside the radius opens at 11am.

13 bars · prices checked August 12, 2026

What a quarter mile of Grand Central holds

The nearest happy hour to the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue is The Cornell Club New York in Midtown, about 840 ft away, pouring 5 to 7pm today.

The lowest happy hour price inside the radius is $5 a beer at Mocha Burger - Times Square in Midtown, about 1,150 ft out, on a window running 3 to 6pm today.

6 of today's 13 windows here close at 7pm. The last one standing is Snafu, which runs to 2am.

Ordered by straight-line distance from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, measured from coordinates rather than walking routes. Nobody pays for placement.

Grand Central drinking runs on the departure board. The rooms inside the terminal keep their own hours and their own pricing; the happy hours are outside it, on the Third Avenue blocks in the forties and on the short streets west toward Madison and Fifth. It fills from the office towers on Lexington rather than from the trains, which makes it a weekday room more than a weekend one. Several of the windows here open well before five, for whoever has an hour to spend before a departure.

Everything below is within 1,320 ft, a quarter mile, of the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Distances are straight line.

The Cornell Club New York

Midtown4.6HH 5-7pm

$10 wine, regular menu

840 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$10

Annie Moore's

Midtown4.3HH 3-6pm

$6 beer at happy hour

870 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$6

Bucatini

Midtown4.8HH 4-7pm

$11 beer, regular menu

990 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$11

Sinigual

Murray Hill4.4HH 3-7pm

$6 beer at happy hour

1,050 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$6

Bierhaus NYC

Midtown4.3HH 4-6pm

$7 beer at happy hour

1,060 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$7

Mulligan's Pub

Midtown4.3HH 4-7pm

1,080 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

Mocha Burger - Times Square

Midtown4.3HH 3-6pm

$5 beer at happy hour

1,150 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$5

The Shakespeare

Midtown4.4HH 11am-6pm

$7 beer at happy hour

1,170 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$7

Bondi Sushi

Midtown4.9HH 3-6pm

$5 wine at happy hour

1,190 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$5

Izakaya Futago

Murray Hill4.4HH 5-6pm

$6 beer at happy hour

1,230 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$6

WOKUNI

Murray Hill4.5HH 5-7pm

$7 beer at happy hour

1,240 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$7

Docks Oyster Bar - Midtown East, NYC

Murray Hill4.4HH 3-7pm

$6 beer at happy hour

1,270 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$6

Snafu

Midtown4.2

$8 shot at happy hour

1,310 ft from the terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue.

$8 · HH 11-2am

Neighborhoods this radius crosses

Midtown (9 bars), Murray Hill (4 bars)

Other landmarks

Near Union Square Near Times Square Near Stone Street

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