New Year's Eve 2022 In Brooklyn: Where To Celebrate

BROOKLYN, NY — There are plenty of options to ring in 2023 in the city that never sleeps.

If you want to venture out of Brooklyn to welcome in the new year but aren't up for facing the crowds in Times Square for the ball drop, consider dropping into Summit One Vanderbilt's stunning celebration or indulge in a three-course meal and after-midnight champagne toast at the iconic Ellen's Stardust Diner.

For those who want to have a good time close to home, here is a look at some additional events happening in Brooklyn on New Year's Eve:

• NYE Dine & Dance at Brooklyn Brewery
• New Year's Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park
• Parklife New Year's Eve Party
• Kinder Circus New Year's Party
• New Year's Eve at Ainslie
• New Year's Eve at Time Out Market

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is, of course, the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves. The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are myriad reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse for gaining weight, for example, and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.