Bay River Wine & Liquors

These owners are very honest people. I can tell you that for sure. Excellent prices and a great selection. Love it!

Long store hours is the big draw of this basic wine and liquor shop. Big selections but lack guidance or that Brooklyn yuppy local vibe.

I wouldn’t go too far out of the way to come here, but it’s much cheaper than the bodegas in the surrounding neighborhoods. It has a decent selection of wines, liqueurs, and liquor for pretty reasonable prices. 750 of Jameson was $ 28, Don Julio for $ 53, Tanqueray for $ 32, which should give you an idea of their price range for liquor.
As for wine, I saw your usual Cupcake, Barefoot, etc. 750 bottles of Yellowtail were going for $ 7. You shouldn’t have a problem finding a drinkable bottle for $ 10 – 14, but they had some pretty solid wines for closer to $ 20 as well.
Personally, I would have liked to see a few more pinots on the shelves, along with some beer, but you can’t have everything, I suppose. They did have my favorite tequila (Espolon Reposado) for a very reasonable $ 22.

Super cheap. I didnt require any help so i dont know how helpful the staff is. pretty good selection. the overall experience is pretty good.

I’ve been a customer for about 15 years now. And I must say that this is the best liquor store in all of nyc period. The prices are extremely competitive and you are guaranteed a good selection of wine and liquor for your money. The workers are very friendly and available for help.
On a side note, it does get very packed during the weekends due to their selection and price. Therefore, being a customer for so long, I have come to realize that I must stack up during the weekdays.
The owners were also very kind and friendly to give me boxes when I needed for any occasion (other locations charged me $$ for boxes they were planning on throwing out).

They deliver.
They deliver booze to my house.
For free.

Can’t say I come here too often, because 1) I’m lame and don’t get invited to house parties, hence no need for me to frequent a liquor store and 2) I’m too lazy to make my own drinks. Hey, I have several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don’t want to disappoint them by getting myself *slightly* intoxicated… Without them! ;)
However, when I do decide to make mulled cider or try and see if soaking gummy bears in vodka will make you drunk faster (seriously, blame idiot high school kids these days for that one) I end up here because it’s a stones throw away from my humble abode.
Staff normally keeps to themselves, and I don’t mind it. Prices ain’t that bad.

Well apart from the apparent mother being a bit of a grouch at times I would say that this is a pretty excellent establishment I’ve seen quite a number of wines that I have not been able to get a hold of since coming to New York would give it five stars but the layout makes for quite a tight spot to navigate this is especially true when people are coming to purchase their lottery tickets and they cannot seem to hurry up and stop stalling the clerk with like a hundred different combinations (numbers/​win4 games)

These guys rock. The liquor is just what you expect. Generic, but with a pretty good selection. Lots of wines for 8 – 12 dollars which was right up my budget.
The people, though, are awesome. I know this as I lived in the apartments upstairs for 5 years. They are beyond nice. Absolutely great folk! They even gave us bottles of wine and champagne as New Years presents and birthday presents. I can’t say enough good things about them.
oh i how miss them…

Pretty good selection. Lots of cheap-​o wine that isn’t bad. Liquor selection is a bit iffy… and hard to navigate.
I feel like some of the alcohols are not located where they should be in relation to type. Such as vodka being found in 3 separate spots for unknown reasons.

Large selections of the finest quality of liquors from around the world, in the Park Slope sector of Brooklyn. Bay River has just about every liquor known to man. The employee was readily available to help you find your poison, I mean liquor. They also have a lotto machine, in case you win, you’ll might return and buy a bottle of Moet or Hennesy. LOL!

Your friendly neighborhood generic liquor store with a wide selection of reasonably priced items. Not the spot where your average finance douche bag would be picking up their that costs more than my rent, but for the rest of humanity, a great go-​to spot to get that decent $ 12 bottle of wine.

*steps into huddle with 10 other sweaty men*
Alright, y’all. This is our one chance at victory. I know we’re down to the very last of the tequila, and the girls are getting fidgety ’cause we’re all out of wine, so we can’t let our concentration down. Here we go, tequila refill for playoff party savior on two.
I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn’t be our style. Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory… lasts forever. Ready, break!
*steps out of huddle and up to the line of scrimmage*
*licks his fingers*
Blue, 42! Blue, 42!
*gesticulates wildly like Peyton Manning*
*steps back from line*
Audible! Audible! Gin! Gin! Gin!
*gesticulates wildly some more*
*almost elevates from flapping his arms so hard*
Hut, Hut! Hike!
*grabs keys, runs out apartment door, down steps, up hill one block to Bay River, gets all the alcohol he needs for a reasonable price, runs back down hill making sure not to fall on any icy patches, races back up stairs, dodging past neighbors who have sixth sense about newly acquired alcohol, cuts back down the hallway and into the door before anyone notices he’s gone*
*crowd cheers*
I’m going to Disneyworld!
*spikes tequila, bottle shatters*
Rinse, lather, repeat.

This is a fairly generic liquor store. Hard alcohol from cheap to top-​shelf, wine from straw-​covered chianti’s to Moet, mixers, lottery tickets… This is definitely the place you should go when you’re prepping for a party.
They were also nice enough to give me boxes when I was moving.