A Final Cheers to Jackie’s 5th Amendment

I plan on going for a last hurrah. If any brooklynians are interested in joining, by all means PM or Post. No date set yet, maybe next week on thursday.

Jackie's 5th Amendment bar in Park Slope will close, disappointing old-timers, hipsters and anyone who enjoys a 9 a.m. drink.[i]

Another classic old man bar in Park Slope is giving up the ghost.

Jackie’s 5th Amendment, a decades-old watering hole, will be selling its last bucket of small beers next month.

"A lot of the old timers are pretty upset," said bartender Tony Ferrara. "They all said they are going to be buying a six pack and staying home to drink."

Becky, a bartender at Jackie's 5th Amendment bar in Park Slope, serves up another round. The bar will close in September, disappointing old-timers, hipsters and anyone who enjoys a 9 a.m. drink.

Becky, a bartender at Jackie's 5th Amendment bar in Park Slope, serves up another round. The bar will close in September, disappointing old-timers, hipsters and anyone who enjoys a 9 a.m. drink.

The bar’s elderly owner, Harold Costello, has become ill, and no one in his family wants to take over the dive spot on the corner of Fifth Ave. and Seventh St. in the ever-tony neighborhood.

The bar has fought hard to keep its working class persona despite the gentrifying area. And regulars appreciate the effort — in the form of ice-filled buckets of six seven-ounce “ponies” for $10.

The bar is also famous for its early morning happy hour to serve residents who work the night shift. Or people who just want to drink the hard stuff instead of eating eggs over easy.

Jackie's 5th Amendment has been at Fifth Ave. and Seventh St. for decades.

But it's not rising rents that are forcing the cornerstone to shutter.

The bar is being sold to the pharmacy next door, according to L Magazine, which first reported the closing set for Sept. 14.

Last year, the bar fought to secede from Park Slope, but more recently began to embrace its hoity toity surroundings by hosting literary readings.

But its mostly older bartenders haven’t changed much.

“In some ways it is refreshing, especially for being a dark, drunk den,” said Christine G. in an online post on Yelp. “It gives Park Slope some edge at least. I've never seen a baby in this bar so it must be something.”

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