It is with a great sadness to announce that one of Bushwick’s oldest bars, Kings County Saloon (1 Knickerbocker Ave, previously at 218 Seigel St), will be closing its doors for good on September 27.

“It is true that we are closing the bar,” emailed us today the owner Jesse Levitt. “Our last official night is not until Sunday 9/27. [We’ll]  have a big party all that weekend – everyone is invited! We will be open for a few special events in October, but regular bar hours will end on the 27th.”

Jesse further explained that it was the changes in Bushwick that were behind the reasons why he decided to close the business, “To sum it up I would say that the neighborhood is changing quickly and we didn’t feel it was possible to attract a customer base without giving up too many of the essential things that are important to our identity as Kings County.”