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THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $35.00 PER ADULTNYC: OFFICIAL GRAND CENTRAL TERMAL SPECIAL ACCS GUID TOUR35REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $35.00 PER ADULTBEST SELLER9/11 MEMORIAL MM ADMISSN TICKET2,652REMEND95% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.MMSOM $33.00 PER ADULTCENTRAL PARK PEDIB GUID TOURS642REMEND99% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CY TOURSOM $50.00 PER ADULTCENTRAL PARK BIKE RENTAL307RENTALSOM $17.00 PER ADULTHUDSON YARDS, HIGHLE TOUR WH OPTNAL EDGE ENTRY128REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $39.00 PER ADULTNYC B TOUR OF BROOKLYN, BRONX, QUEENS: CONTRASTS, COLOR AND CHARACTER761REMEND96% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $79.00 PER ADULTFIFTH AVENUE GILD AGE MANSNS WALKG TOUR32REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $39.00 PER ADULTMADISON SQUARE GARN ALL ACCS TOUR 22ATTRACTNS & MMSOM $46.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*NEW YORK CY SUNSET CISE ON YACHT MANHATTAN 78REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.UNIQUE EXPERIENCOM $86.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)NEW YORK'S INIC, TOP OF THE ROCK OBSERVATN DECK1,093SKYSCRAPERS & TOWERSOM $43.55 PER ADULT9/11 MEMORIAL, GROUND ZERO TOUR WH OPTNAL ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY TICKET301REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $39.00 PER ADULTSKIP THE LE NYC SPEAKEASY WALKG TOUR TICKET159NIGHTLIFEOM $35.00 PER ADULTNEW YORK CY SUNSET SAIL TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY21REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $96.00 PER ADULTSPECIAL OFFERCENTRAL PARK ELECTRIC BIKE TOUR NYC14HISTORIL TOURSOM $89.00 $71.20 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS236 E 58TH ST BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, NEW YORK CY, NY 10022-2001NEIGHBORHOOD: MIDTOWN EASTREAD MOREHOW TO GET THERELEXGTON AVE / 59TH ST • 4 M WALK59TH ST • 5 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS9,664 WH 3 CLUB A STEAKHOE4,45723 FT$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSLTLE COLLS4810.2 MI$ • QUICK B • CAFE • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYOBAO NOODL & BBQ4150.3 MI$$ - $$$ • VIETNAME • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSSPRKL4330.2 MI$ • BAKERI • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSP.J. 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MAXX710.2 MIDEPARTMENT STORGRAND CENTRAL TERMAL44,6850.8 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSTHE MM OF MORN ART (MOMA)18,2690.6 MIART MMSROCKEFELLER CENTER25,5680.7 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE540.2 MIRELIG SROOSEVELT ISLAND8990.4 MIISLANDSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.POPULAR MENTNSPIANO BARNEW YORK3.511 REVIEWSEXCELLENT3VERY GOOD4AVERAGE1POOR0TERRIBLE3BYRON RLAGUNA BEACH, CA682 NTRIBUTNS0NEW YORK PIANO BARDEC 2022CLUBBY PIANO BAR LIVGROOM ENVIRONMENT. BAR TENRS WERE IENDLY AS WERE THE THOSE THAT GATHERED.. THERE ARE 2 ROOMS ONE OF WHICH HAS A GRAND PIANO PIANO. LOVELY ENVIRONMENT TO MEET PEOPLE AND HAVE CKTAILS. BASED UPON NEW YORK PRIC DRKS WERE REASONABLY PRICED. EVENG WE WERE THERE SOMEONE WAS CELEBRATG A BIRTHDAY SO A B CROWD BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SNATCH A SPOT AT THE BAR. A GOOD SPOT TO MEET LOLS.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 7, 2023THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.AL CLARK1 NTRIBUTN0TOWN HOUSE - DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY!JUL 2022THIS IS THE WORST PLACE FOR A DRK. INATTENTIVE SERVICE, RACIST, BARTENRS. WOULD LEAVE A NEGATIVE RATG IF EXIST. THEY SEEMS TO ONLY SERVE REGULAR CTOMERS. IF YOU ARE NEW AND NON USIAN - GOOD LUCK. BARTENRS ARE NOT TRAED - UNLS YOU ARE ASKG FOR BASIC DRKS. NO BARTENRS QUALIFITN. MAYBE SEND THEM BACK TO BARTENRS SCHOOL. THERE ARE NEWER AND BETTER BARS THE CY TO THROW YOUR MONEY.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 10, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.TRAVELGPATRICKNYCNEW YORK CY, NY361 NTRIBUTNS1BE PREPARED TO MEET FUN FELLAS!APR 2022 • FRIENDSMY FAVORE BAR NYC FOR GENTLEMEN WHO PREFER THE PANY OF OTHER HANDSOME, WTY, WELL TRAVELED GENTLEMEN. I MEET IENDS HERE FOR HAPPY HOUR A UPLE TIM EACH MONTH, AND ALWAYS WD UP ENGAGG NVERSATNS WH OTHER FELLAS.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 12, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NATHAN PLONDON, UK168 NTRIBUTNS3GREAT EVENG OUTDEC 2019WE WENT TO THE TOWNHOE FOR A DRK AFTER THE THEATRE AND LOVED THE EXPERIENCE - THE BARTENR WAS IENDLY AND WE ENJOYED OUR DRKS THE ATMOSPHERE. IT WAS A CLASSY GAY VENUE AND A VERY NEW YORK THG TO DO.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 19, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CARL WMADISON, WI252 NTRIBUTNS6FRIENDLY GAY "GENTLEMEN'S" CLUBMAY 2018EVERY TIME I VIS NYC I ENJOY SPENDG LATE EVENGS HERE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE FEW GAY BARS WHERE AN ACTUAL NVERSATN N BE HELD - I.E., THE MIC IS NOT SO LOUD YOU N'T HEAR YOURSELF THK. IT'S ALSO A PLACE TO MEET PEOPLE, BOTH FOR IENDLY CHAT AND OTHER PURSUS. I'VE MET MANY HERE THAT I'VE ENJOYED NVERSG WH. AS SOME HAVE SAID, IF YOU E WH ZERO ATTU AND JT "GO WH THE FLOW" YOU'LL ENJOY YOURSELF - YOUNG OR OLD.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 30, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.M TNEW ZEALAND106 NTRIBUTNS1AN EXPERIENCEAUG 2017 • SOLOSTUMBLED ACROSS THIS VENUE LATE ONE EVENG, YOU NEED A REASONABLE STANDARD OF DRS TO BE ALLOWED TO THE APARTMENT, THE DéR IS WORTH . IT'S CERTALY NOT YOUR TYPIL BAR, MORE OF A GENTLEMANS CLUB ARRANGEMENT. I HAVE A FEELG THAT GIVEN THE EXTREME AGE DIFFERENC THE PLACE THAT THE BAR WASN'T THE ONLY BS ARRANGEMENT GOG ON. INED I HAD TO TURN DOWN A UPLE OF OFFERS OF A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN WH OLR GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU TOWNHOE AND THANK YOU TO THE OLR GENTLEMEN. CHIVALRY ISN'T AD.READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 20, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.FRANK DSIMSBURY, CT109 NTRIBUTNS4GREAT FOR ALL AGFEB 2018 • SOLOASK A GROUP OF PEOPLE ABOUT A BAR AND YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET VARYG RPONS; SO MUCH PENDS ON EXPECTATNS. I HAD NOT BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, READ THE REVIEWS, AND WAS TOTALLY NFED AS TO WHAT I WOULD FD. I DIDN’T EXPERIENCE ANY ATTU OM THE STAFF, SO I N’T ADDRS THAT. THE SUNDAY NIGHT I WENT WAS JT BEFORE A HOLIDAY AND I ARRIVED AROUND 11:30, SO MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL. THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I ORRED A DRK AND WALKED BACK TO THE PIANO BAR. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TALKG TO SOME OF THE PATRONS AND WOUND UP EVENTUALLY SGG A UPLE OF NUMBERS ON THE MIC. THE TOWNHOE IS KNOWN FOR AN OLR CROWD OF DADDI AND THEIR ADMIRERS. MY ADVICE? GO WH THE FLOW, BE RELAXED, AND ENJOY THE ATTENTN OF THE YOUNGER AND/OR OLR MEN. GO WH NO EXPECTATNS AND YOU SHOULD LEAVE WH NO REGRETS AND POSSIBLY WH A BIG SE.READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 20, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MDISW02AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS4 NTRIBUTNS9VERY UNIENDLY MANAGEMENT - TERRIBLE PLACEJUN 2017 • FRIENDSAFTER STG DOWN HAVG HAD A FEW DRKS WE WERE REQUTED TO LEAVE IF WE DIDNT NSUME MORE DRKS. NEVER HAVE BEEN TREATED SO BAD BY A MANAGER. I WOULD NEVER SET FOOT THAT PLACE AGA.READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 17, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.HONTMCHONTDENVER, CO1,007 NTRIBUTNS1ONE FE PIANO BARAPR 2017 • FRIENDSIT IS OFTEN PACKED BUT THEY DO A GOOD JOB ACMODATG THE MASS. ONE OF THE NICT PIANO BARS AROUND -- DRKS ARE REASONABLEREAD MOREWRTEN APRIL 22, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DAVID GEDBURGH, UK22 NTRIBUTNS7VERY UNIENDLYMAR 2017 • COUPLWAS NEW YORK 1ST - 6TH MARCH, VISED THE TOWNHOE ONE NIGHT WAS QUE QUIET, BARMAN VERY UNIENDLY TOWARDS , ASKED HIM A FEW QUTNS AND GOT ONLY ONE WORD ANSWERS HE WAS HAPPY TO CHAT WH A FEW LOLSREAD MOREWRTEN MARCH 14, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.12SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 11NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023BIG APPLE JAZZ TOURS629BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • CULTURAL TOURSOPEN NOW • MIDTOWN2023PUB CRAWL NEW YORK540BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSGREENWICH VILLAGETERRA BLU455BARS & CLUBSGREENWICH VILLAGECOMEDY CELLAR1,047COMEDY CLUBSGREENWICH VILLAGE2023BIRDLAND848JAZZ BARSHELL'S KCHEN2023MCSORLEY'S OLD ALE HOE1,400BARS & CLUBSEAST VILLAGESMALLS418JAZZ BARSGREENWICH VILLAGE2023RUDY'S BAR & GRILL649BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • HELL'S KCHENTHE VILLAGE VANGUARD439BARS & CLUBS • JAZZ BARSGREENWICH VILLAGE2023DIZZY'S CLUB854JAZZ BARSHELL'S KCHENIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGTOWNHOE BAR (NEW YORK CY) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

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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.Wrten January 9, 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. A nfluence of factors ntribute to the rapid disappearance of gay bars and queer spac across Ameri, acrdg to Zach Stafford, edor--chief of Grdr’s magaze INTO. Many blame datg apps as the digal accs to potential partners obviat the need for -real-life flirtg and, as Stafford not on this week’s episo of the Eater Upsell podst, “People n make any space through the apps a gay bar, a gay club, and you kd of now unrstand that gay people are everywhere.

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Also changg gay bars as we know them across the untry: gentrifitn and a prsure to ter to straight dienc and sell them ritur of what pop culture says a gay bar should be. Upsell -host Dan Geneen and I spoke wh Stafford to discs the lnch of an Eater documentary he starred lled Boystown, which he explor the changg hospaly dtry Ameri’s olst gayborhood.

Others are simply phed out by the risg pric that a now-affluent and now-tablished gay muny has wrought.

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“People like to thk of gay bars to be jt drag clubs... Part of the change is posive, that gay liftyle and culture is so readily accepted now, so part of the mastream, that the gay muny don’t need rved out spac orr to feel safe, meet one another, or be themselv. And there’s somethg to be said for the fact that straight bar and rtrant goers are so attracted by aspects of the gay liftyle that the drag clubs have bee statns.

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“As the thgs change, and the spac bee more sanized, and more people go there jt to explore, and ’s kd of voyristic, you feel that you’re losg that sense of omniprence of gayns that ed to feel like a protectn, ” says Stafford. Boystown, like many gay neighborhoods around the Uned Stat, grew to an affluent muny that eventually attracted wealthy straight rints.

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It's one of those few gay bars where an actual nversatn n be held - i. Celebratg the hidn plac Manhattan where gay night life once flourished.

Vogel — a lanky, 34-year-old attorney and poet wh a mandg voice who serv as the executive director of The New York Prervatn Archive Project — spun tal of this fotten nightspot, a young man a pk tank top and navy shorts stenciled the words “Gay Bar Was Here” wh blue chalk on the siwalk.

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