A Gui To NYC's Gay Bars - Gothamist

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• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• THE 15 BT GAY BARS NYC TO CHECK OUT
• THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
• A GUI TO NYC'S GAY BARS
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

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Albatross BarThis longtime Astoria gay bar is nsistently crowd, brgg out rints om across the borough and beyond for drk specials, timate drag shows, and jt a good, gay old time. The Stonewall InnThe birthplace of gay liberatn says “y!” to empowerment and “hell, y!” to go-go boys. Is the fact that this self-clared “gay pub wh a lol feel” is attached to a fast-sual Indian rtrant a big draw?

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Good JudyThis trendy Park Slope gay bar is totally where the ol queers hang out and for good reason. Alhol!) and snack on empanadas and sweet potato i at this gay bar perfect for a iendly tch-up for date night. Barracuda LoungeThis classic, attu-ee gay lounge Chelsea has outlasted the petn due to s batn of great lotn, awome drag shows, genero happy hours and iendly bartenrs.12.

Juli'Established 1864, this is New York’s olst operatg gay bar, and the rich sense of history and muny here are palpable. Lambda LoungeOne of very few Black-owned gay bars the entire cy, this Harlem nightclub n by a lol uple promis a good time any night of the week. MetropolanWh so many excg queer spac to choose om, how is an New York gay supposed to stand out?

Hombr LoungeA long and narrow dance hall drsed remblg Babylon om Queer as Folk, Hombr has a more Manhattan vibe than the other gay bars on the Jackson Heights strip.

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Hombr is somethg of a statn for Long Islanrs and Connecticut gays, perhaps thanks to the ample on-street parkg jt outsi.27. Belt out a Broadway tune wh the rt of the bar, which draws a mixed crowd but still has a tradnal gay leang, pecially on weeknights.28.

Flamg Saddl SaloonCy folk n party honky-tonk–style at this untry & wtern gay bar.

Atlas Social ClubGay nightlife honcho Josh Wood teamed up wh veterans of Drom, Eastern Bloc and Splash to brg you this speakeasy-like homo hnt nveniently loted the middle of Hell's Kchen's thrivg gay strip.Bt gay clubs NYCAn email you’ll actually loveGet to a relatnship wh our newsletter. 27 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)What travelers are saygDgn1010Dungannon, UK392 ntributnsSo ol to be drkg such a historil bar. Flamg Saddl is the perfect mix of great drks, Amerina, gay culture and cute bar high energy gay bar rais the roof wh their bar top dancg bartenrs.

A GUI TO NYC'S GAY BARS

I went to a few gay bars, and by far this was the bt place to dance and the mic was the bt here, varied, and not too much dance mic like you got your head bangg a fish bowl! If you have gay iends like me, brg them there, you will have the bt night out! There are plenty of gay bars up and down 9th ave and there's no reason to spend money at a place that will treat you like total trash, threaten you, and be unnecsarily belligerent and make you feel unsafe jt bee they're on some kd of power trip.

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

A number of gay bars Jackson Heights have a big followg Queens, but Friend’s Tavern is one of the most popular.

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The longt-nng gay bar the cy, this Wt Village stutn proudly displays s history. Juli is one of the olst gay bars NYC.

Ground zero for the 1969 rts that helped lnch the gay rights movement, Stonewall is still a rog, though very touristy, Village statn to pay tribute to the movement. This popular and cheerful gay bar occupi a roomy, thoughtfully signed space wh a backyard South Williamsburg. While bathho, drag balls, and good ol’ “Screech Beach” (also known as the beach at Jab Riis Park) were all important s for queer gathergs, the cy’s queer muny pecially thrived s gay bars.

Bars allowed queer people to socialize whout a polil agenda and offered a space for them to celebrate their sexualy wh relative eedom—“relative” beg the key word, as homosexual solicatn was still illegal and police raids were mon. In New York’s gay bars, however, pri is a yearlong event—and for your nvenience, we’ve assembled a list of the bt LGBTQ bars the cy has to offer, om chic clubs to kky div to s-old queer strongholds. Gay Bars Near Me.

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Consistently ranked as one of NYC’s bt gay bars by New York Magaze and The Village Voice, Indtry is known for s sizeable high-ceilged dance floor and dtrial athetic. Another historic favore, Greenwich Village’s Juli’ holds the distctn of beg the olst ntually operatg gay bar New York Cy.

In 1966, a full three years before the Stonewall Rts, Juli’ was also the se of the Mattache Society’s “sip-, ” a prott agast the then-mon practice of bars refg to serve alhol to gay people, that ultimately succeed forcg the State Liquor Authory to relax s discrimatory polici. As one of only 21 lbian bars left the untry and one of three New York Cy (the other two beg Cubbyhole jt a few blocks north and Gger’s Bar Park Slope) Henrietta Hudson is fiercely mted to creatg a space that embrac members of the LGBTQ muny who are often left alienated queer spac domated by cis gay men.