HopStop, a much loved website for public transit, cab, walking andbiking directionscan get you to and from anywhere you want to go in 57 major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Russia. As a busy 26-year old in the big city with a lemming’s sense of direction, I useits iPhone appalmost everyday. The site provides maps marked with nearby subways and bus stops (and restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels etc.), estimations for taxi time and cost, calories burned, carbon emissions savings and the ability to re-route suggested transit plans. It even takes scheduled route changes due to construction and spontaneous subway delays into account.

Today,HopStop figured outwhich local beer gardens and hotel rooftop bars in New York City were drawing the biggest crowds this summer, by mining its historical search data. HopStop measured this by seeing which beer gardens were listed most often as either the destination address or starting address within a HopStop direction search in June and July of this year. In total, it considered 32 beer gardens across the five boroughs. It’s clear people will travel for beer, and thanks to HopStop, I assume everyone made it home without getting lost.

Here are the results:

Top 10 NYC Beer Gardens

  1. Birreria (Flatiron District):get directions2) The Standard Biergarten (West Village):get directions3) Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club (South Street Seaport):get directions4) Studio Square (Astoria, Queens):get directions5) Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden (Astoria, Queens):get directions6) The Lot on Tap (Chelsea):get directions7) Spuyten Duyvil (Williamsburg, Brooklyn):get directions8) Loreley (Lower East Side):get directions9) Radegast Hall & Biergarten (Williamsburg, Brooklyn):get directions10) Harlem Tavern (Harlem):get directions

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HopStop also mined its historical data for the most popular hotels with rooftop bars throughout New York City. Here’s the list:

Top 10 NYC Hotels with Rooftop Bars

  1. Standard Hotel – Le Bain (West Village):get directions2) Library Hotel – Bookmarks Lounge (Murray Hill):get directions3) Empire Hotel (Upper West Side):get directions4) Trump SoHo – Bar d’Eau (South Village):get directions5) 60 Thompson – A60, Thom Bar (South Village):get directions6) Peninsula Hotel – Salon de Ning (Midtown):get directions7) Hudson New York – Hudson Sky Terrace (Hell’s Kitchen):get directions8) Hotel Gansevoort – Plunge, Provocateur (West Village):get directions9) Hotel on Rivington (Lower East Side):get directions10) Fairfield Inn – Sky Room (Hell’s Kitchen):get directions

Only two weeks left of summer! Soak up the sun while it lasts.

Read more:HopStop now provides carbon emissions savings with your directions.

Story byCourtney Boyd Myers

Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.

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