Ty's Bar NYC – One of New York's first gay bars to open after the Stone Wall Rt of 1969

Contents:

• A GUI TO NYC'S GAY BARS
• THE 15 BT GAY BARS NYC TO CHECK OUT
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• TOP 20 NEW YORK GAY BARS
• THE 12 BT GAY BARS IN NYC
• GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE

A GUI TO NYC'S GAY BARS

Navigatg New York Cy's gay nightlife scene n bee a part time job. Bottom le: I've been workg hard at this rearch for most of my (almost) adult, my reviews of some notable NYC gay bars. I vised as many plac as I uld by neighborhood and clud optns om all of the boroughs except the Bronx, which appears not to have a sgle gay bar.

THE 15 BT GAY BARS NYC TO CHECK OUT

Native New Yorker Eddie Gog talks about some of his favore gay bars the cy; be sure to leave yours the ments.

The bartenrs will spend their time tellg you how "straight" they are— don't matter to me if you're gay or straight as long as you're terted gettg me a drk. : NoGym Sportsbar is loted at 167 8th Avenue, (212) 337-2439; Lounge: G Lounge was one of my first regular hot spots when I started feelg out the gay scene about 10 years ago. Juli': Deemed New York's olst gay bar, as well as Greenwich Village's olst bar, Juli' is another hnt that has figured out.

: NoJuli' is loted at 159 Wt 10th Street, (212) 243-1928; Hangar: For the most ethnilly mixed crowd that I've seen at a gay bar, The Hangar tak the ke. Though they don't operate full-time as a gay bar, lots of NJ gays drive over the bridge to h up this Staten Island hotspot; as far as I know 's the only gay or gay-iendly bar on the Island. 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.

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

TOP 20 NEW YORK GAY BARS

In recent years, some gay bars have begun dilutg the kks and raw sexualy that prevly fed the spac an effort to make them a ltle more accsible to heterosexual bar hoppers. When the permanent versn of his avant-gar queer nightclub opened 2017, quickly beme known for s dazzlg, celebry-studd baret, drag, and standup performanc ( whose dienc Cummg himself n ocsnally be spotted) as well as for hostg events that might not be tradnally found a gay bar, such as jazz jam ssns and “drk and draw” nights wh live figure mols. Servg as Queens’ premiere gay bar, Astoria is known for s top-tier drag talent.

THE 12 BT GAY BARS IN NYC

Servg the Gay Communy Sce 1972.

GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE

One of New York’s first gay bars to open after the Stone Wall Rt of 1969, Ty’s has been gay owned and operated sce openg 1972, and ’s always been a “man’s” bar. There will always be gay bars, but will they be as vivid, sexy, and subversive as the hnts of yore?

The history of NYC nightlife is studd wh the memori of fascatg boît that attracted gays sperate need of nnectn, then ultimately fell away as newer spots and trends emerged. Once a year—for three years a row—they've done Gay Bars That Are Gone, an rmative walk as part of Jane Jabsftival, May. What's your favore lost NYC gay bar?

Kyle: My favore is probably the Nth Circle (a fab Wt 10th Street steakhoe-turned-gay-bar full of leather clon, twks, htlers, and celebry drop-s, all eher cisg, playg pool, dog dgs, or bbg agast each other.