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Brooklyn (New York) Gay Bar Gui. Fd the bt gay bars and gay-popular clubs Brooklyn, New York. Reviews, photos, maps, rmatn. Updated for 2023.

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LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN

Macri Park – gay bar Williamsburg. While a lot of the NYC gay nightlife is over Manhattan, Brooklyn still has a stronghold on the queer nightlife. Brooklyn’s most popular gay bar is Metropolan—a dive bar wh events all week long and drag shows jt about every night (and a great happy hour special).

Nearby, The Rosemont is a newer gay bar that rarely charg a ver fee and feels a lot more sual and fortable than the scene-y Metro. HARDER gay party (monthly) Brooklyn. Further out Brooklyn, the gay club 3 Dollar Bill hosts a variety of techno queer parti and ocsnal big-ticket events.

Brand Saloon gay bar Prospect Heights. From The Tillary, you n easily reach the LGBTQ nightlife both Park Slope (Good Judy’s, Gger’s), the gay bars Crown Heights & Bed-Stuy, and the bigger gay clubs Williamsburg.

UPDATE: ARSON SPECT ARRTED BROOKLYN GAY BAR FIRE

There’s that many ol and hip and queer thgs to do Brooklyn, ’s what mak New York Cy’s bt gay borough. A photo on the Instagram for Rash, the Brooklyn gay bar, shows some of the damage ed an arsonist walked , poured gasole on the floor and set on fire. ORIGINAL POST: A recently-opened gay bar New York “suffered substantial damage” over the weekend when an unknown spect walked to the bar, poured gaslone on the floor and then let a match, acrdg to a report on Two people were jured the attack at Rash, which opened five months ago the Bhwick neighborhood Brooklyn.

Hell's KchenHell’s Kchen is a supremely ol district near Broadway that is home to many of NYC’s bt gay bars, cludg Therapy and Indtry. IndtryToday: The Kizha Carr Show - Every SundayTomorrow: Hi-D wh Hibisc & Ina D - Every MondayIndtry is one of Hell's Kchen's hottt gay venu. Particularly by at the weekends, this 4, 000 ft² gay bar is ually full of handsome gay men.

Neart statn: 50th StreetWeekday: 5:00pm - 4:00amWeekend: 5:00pm - 4:00amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023HARDWARE BarToday: Skny Bnch - 2 PM-8 PM - Every SundayGay-owned & managed bar & lounge Hell's Kchen. Featur:BarDancgDrag ShowsMicWeekday: 2 PM - 4 AMWeekend: 2 PM - 4 AMLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Townhoe BarThis classy gay cktail bar that has been at the heart of New York's gay scene for 25+ years. Neart statn: Lexgton Ave / 59th StreetLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Barracuda LoungeA much loved gay bar New York sce 1995.

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It's been gog sce 1993 and 's somethg of an tablishment on New York's gay scene. A Hell's Kchen landmark, ’s the perfect spot to grab a cktail before headg on to your next updated on: 22 May 2023Last updated on: 22-May-2023Boxers Hell's Kchen735 gTH AVE, New York Cy, USAAmeri's premier gay sports bar has arrived the cidly nt streets of Hell's Kchen. Weekday: 4pm - 2amWeekend: 4pm - 2amLast updated on: 22 May 2023Last updated on: 22-May-2023Flamg Saddl NYCA fun gay bar Hell's Kchen, New York.

Neart statn: 50th StreetWeekday: 3pm – 4amWeekend: 2pm - 4amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023POSH BarHell's Kchen's longt-nng gay bar.

Featur:BarDancgDJDrag ShowsMicLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023The Toolbox BarThe Toolbox Bar is a long-standg gay dive bar, loted the Upper East Si. Weekday: Mon - Wed: 4pm - 2am Thurs: 4pm - 4am Weekend: Sat: 2pm - 4am Sun: 2pm - 2am Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Rise BarRise is a laid back gay bar Hell's Kchen a few blocks away om Flamg Saddl and Indtry. Rise Bar is proof that you n't have enough gay bars Hell's Kchen.

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It's ually by and the crowd is mixed though mostly gay men. Neart statn: 50 Street SubwayFeatur:BarDancgKaraokeMicWeekday: Mon-Thurs: 4pm-2amWeekend: Fri-Sat: 3pm-4pm Sun: 3pm-2amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Atlas Social ClubA neighborhood gay bar Hell's Kchen, Atlas Social Club is well worth a vis.

As wh most Hell's Kchen gay bars, expect very hot bartenrs. Weekday: Mon-Fri: 4pm-4amWeekend: Sat-Sun: 4pm-4amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Rz Bar and LoungeRz Bar and Lounge is a swanky gay bar Hell's Kchen wh a ntil theme. It's the former stompg ground of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel PhoenixA gay stutn of New York's East Village for two s.

Neart statn: 1st AvenueFeatur:BarDancgLive micMicWeekday: 3pm-4amWeekend: 3pm-4amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Club CummgTomorrow: Broadway Jebox - Every MondayGay-popular bar & entertament venue, Club Cummg, owned by actor Alan Cummg, featur a range of disreputable performance artists every night of the week. This former gay dive bar has been refashned as a Weimar baret jot for the 21st-century, and still still attracts a large 'alternative' queer crowd. Neart statn: Broadway-LafayetteFeatur:BarCabaret ShowsDancgLive micMicWeekday: 6pm-4amWeekend: Sat: 4pm-4am Sun: 5pm-4amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023NO BARThe Standard, 25 Cooper Sq, New York Cy, USAShow on mapNO BAR is a gay bar the East Village wh snazzy r and artworks by Dachi Cole.

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class="byle-name">Tat Bellamy-Walker</span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">A bar servg LGBTQ New Yorkers has closed after an arson attack over the weekend, the New York Cy Police Department nfirmed Wednday. </p><p class="">At approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, a man walked to the Rash Bar Brooklyn’s Bhwick neighborhood wh a bottle of flammable liquid, poured on the bar’s floor, l a match and set the venue ablaze, acrdg to the NYPD. Police said the spect fled as the bar beme engulfed flam.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">Jake Sillen, one of the bar’s owners, told NBC News on Wednday that they are still shock. </p><p class="">“It’s so hard to believe and procs,” said Sillen, 26, who is nonbary and they/them pronouns. “It’s more nfg than anythg.” </p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_small__5hUB_ styl_portra__NRWbO"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1240px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source media="(m-width: 758px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="The Rash Bar Brooklyn’s Bhwick neighborhood." height="1080" width="718"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">The Rash Bar Brooklyn’s Bhwick neighborhood.</span><span class="ptn__source">Rash Bar / via NBC New York</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Three people — a bartenr, DJ and secury guard — were si when the venue was set on fire. A 25-year-old female was transported to nearby Wyckoff Heights Medil Center wh mor burns, while another victim was evaluated on the scene for mor burns to the shoulrs, the NYPD said. </p><p class="">Claire Bender, a -owner of Rash, had jt stepped outsi when the fire broke out. </p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">“Everyone shed out,” <a href=">Bender told NBC New York</a>. “The si door has a glass ont, and I looked over and saw flam to the top of ceilg. It was crazy, happened so fast.”</p><p class="">The bar was left unregnizable and torched, NBC New York reported.</p><p class="">Bender, who they/them pronouns, said the spect boldly left behd evince. </p><p class="">“He left the gas nister si. Kd of lmly placed on the bar unter. Wasn’t knocked over or anythg,” they told NBC New York. </p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Police are reviewg surveillance footage that shows someone fillg up a gas n mut before the fire.</p><h2 class=""><strong>'Easy target'</strong></h2><p class="">Police are still vtigatg a motive for the cint, and no arrts have been ma. The bar’s owner cled to ment on the spect’s tentns but noted that servg a large LGBTQ clientele mak the space vulnerable. </p><p class="">“I don’t want to jump to any nclns, bee we don’t know anythg about the person that did this,” Sillen said. “It uld easily turn out to be a motive that we aren’t expectg.” </p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p class="">“It’s easy to see why our space would be an easy target for someone lookg to do harm to the queer muny,” they said, addg that Rash Bar, “people feel safe to be themselv, and ’s a shame that anybody would do anythg to threaten this.” </p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Sce the bar opened nearly five months ago, has bee a staple LGBTQ nightlife and a refuge for queer young adults and performers. It is also known for beg packed late to the night, acrdg to NBC New York.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p class="">This is not the only reported cint<strong> </strong>targetg bars or near the Bhwick neighborhood that are popular wh the cy’s LGBTQ muny: In Febary, someone threw a<a href="> pepper-bomb spray on the dance floor</a> at a party for the Black queer muny at Nowadays, and last summer there was a wave of attacks at <a href=">Happyfun Hiaway.</a> </p><p class="">“We, fely the last year, have seen a rise anti-LGBT vlence,” Sillen said, notg that more people are takg rs to and om parti. “The streets haven’t been as safe as they were three or four years ago.”</p><p class="">As of Wednday afternoon, the bar owners <a href=">had raised $52,000 of their $200,000 goal on GoFundMe</a> to help renstct the damaged buildg and re for the jured employe. Sillen said they are thankful for the outpourg of support. </p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">“What we’re dog is important, and no matter what, we will be reopeng,” Sillen said. “We’ve never once thought about that not beg a possibily.” </p><p class="">Sillen, who is still on edge after the fire, said they have a msage for the arsonist. </p><p class="">“Turn yourself ,” Sillen said. “You’ve harmed so many people. 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