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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"><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"></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">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"><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"></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"><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"></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"><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"></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"><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"></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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gay bars in brooklyn

A prehensive list of the very bt gay and queer bars NYC

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13 BT GAY BARS IN BROOKLYN, NY

Top Brooklyn Gay Clubs & Bars: See reviews and photos of Gay Clubs & Bars Brooklyn, New York on Tripadvisor. * gay bars in brooklyn *

This borough is full of gay bars which means you don’t have to go to Chelsea, Wt village, or Hell’s kchen to get to a gay bar.

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

Drk and dance the night away at the bt gay bars NYC, offerg everythg om drag shows to chill nights and happy hours. * gay bars in brooklyn *

This gui will help you fd the bt gay bars Brooklyn and help let you know the spots where to fd gay events and night hangouts.

Here is our list of the bt gay bars Brooklyn.

THE BEST BROOKLYN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BROOKLYN

The (almost) lost gay history of Brooklyn, om Hart Crane cisg at the St. Gee to male bety ntts on Coney Island. “On the (Queer) Wateront,” will be on display at the Brooklyn Historil Society through Augt 4. * gay bars in brooklyn *

It is a favore spot Lorimer stop and was opened 2015 as a gay bar by the same owners of Metropolan bar.

Metropolan bar has evolved to the perfect gay scene for many people.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

The bt gay bars, parti and events New York to h up if you want to meet someone new. * gay bars in brooklyn *

It is another h and new gay bar Williamsburg, and is a favore spot for the lols. Many people have often overlooked this spot, but ’s one of the bt gay bars Brooklyn.

THE (ALMOST) LOST GAY HISTORY OF BROOKLYN

* gay bars in brooklyn *

Compared to the other gay bars on this list, the Exley bar is the smallt, wh the perfect terr r and perfect outdoor seatg. This w-boy style bar is another gay bar that you will enjoy as blends the old school queer and new to create a fantastic atmosphere.

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DELIGHTFUL AMBIANCE AND GREAT MIC - I REMEND ALL GAY WOMEN CHECKG OUT THIS AMAZG LTLE BAR PARK SLOPE. IT'S VERY NVENIENTLY LOTED NEAR THE SUBWAY.BY BTERBB“PERRY THE BARTENR ”SEP 2017MY SISTER AND I WANTED TO CHECK OUT SOME LOL GAY BARS AND THIS POPPED UP AS A "LOW KEY LBIAN BAR". I AM GAY SO WHY NOT SUPPORT THE MUNY. IT WAS AD ON A MONDAY NIGHT BUT WHAT MA WAS PERRY!! I HOPE I SPELT RRECTLY. I WAS HAVG A BAD NIGHT AND HE MA ME FEEL LIKE "'S GONNA BE OKAY". THE BAR IS VERY ECLECTIC WH AN OLD WORLD VIBE. THE BAR HAS CHANGED NAM A FEW TIM BUT THE RED CEILG THE NEW OWNER ADD BUT SHE KEPT THE BARRELS AROUND THE BAR. I LOVED HOW PERRY KNEW THE HISTORY OF THIS BAR. I FELT SO WELED. THEY DO HAVE A POOL TABLE. THEY HAVE AN OUTDOOR STG AREA WHICH REMDS ME OF A MISF GARN, WHICH I LOVE. SO MUCH ART AND THGS TO LOOK AT. IF I AM THE AREA I WILL GO BACK BEE THE DRKS WERE STRONG AND THE PERSONALY BEHD THE BAR MA ME FEEL LIKE I WAS HOME. THANK YOU PERRY. SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (5)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSFALL LOVE WH BROOKLYN NIGHTLIFE - NYC'S BT BAR CRAWL 22REMEND90% 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.FOOD & DRKOM $34.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*HOW MONEY WAS MA WALL STREET WALKG TOUR29REMEND96% 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 ADULTMANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE BICYCLE TOUR47REMEND95% 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.PRIVATE AND LUXURYOM $68.00 PER ADULTGANGSTERS AND GHOSTS TOUR NYC117HISTORIL TOURSOM $35.00 PER ADULTDELUXE PRIVATE NEW YORK CY VIP TOUR BY SUV: BT OF NYC. SELECT 3 OR 5 HOURS21REMEND100% 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.B TOURSOM $775.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)NEW YORK CATABS BY CANDLELIGHT1,487REMEND92% 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 $37.00 PER ADULTWASHGTON DC AND PHILALPHIA ONE DAY OM NYC452REMEND92% 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 $133.60 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)NYC PROHIBN STYLE COCKTAIL MAKG CLASS & VTAGE CAR TOUR11REMEND100% 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.FOOD & DRKOM $189.00 PER ADULT NEW YORK CY GHOST TOUR OF GREENWICH VILLAGE171REMEND94% 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.GHOST TOURSOM $35.94 PER ADULTPRIVATE CTOM NEW YORK CY TOUR BY SUV325REMEND99% 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.B TOURSOM $1,396.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 13)NYC PRIVATE CLASSIC CAR EXPERIENCE - MIDTOWN113REMEND98% 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 $65.00 PER ADULTART DE AND ARCHECTURE MIDTOWN LANDMARKS TOUR47REMEND100% 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 ADULTNYC: OFFICIAL GRAND CENTRAL TERMAL SPECIAL ACCS GUID TOUR40REMEND97% 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 ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*THE BT OF BROOKLYN WALKG TOUR: "THE BROOKLYN REVOLUTN!"30REMEND100% 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 $49.95 $44.45 PER ADULTNEW YORK CY: BROOKLYN BRIDGE & WATERONT BIKE TOUR (2 HOURS)42REMEND90% 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 $48.99 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS363 5TH AVE BTWN 5TH & 6TH STS., PARK SLOPE., BROOKLYN, NY 11215-8138NEIGHBORHOOD: PARK SLOPEREAD MOREHOW TO GET THERENTH ST • 5 M WALKFOURTH AVE • 6 M WALKREACH OUT DIRECTLYCALLFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS3,371 WH 3 AL DI LA TRATTORIA3240.3 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSSTONE PARK CAFE2090.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSDOSR BAR-B-QUE5980.4 MI$$ - $$$SURFISH73174 FT$$ - $$$ • PEVIAN • LAT • SEAFOODL'ALBERO I GELATI47293 FT$$ - $$$ • DSERT • ITALIAN • CAFEBROOKLYN BURGERS AND BEERS450.3 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BREW PUB • BARLA VILLA PIZZERIA920.2 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYPEPPO'S BRICK OVEN PIZZA & RTRANT540.3 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYTABLE 87 COAL OVEN PIZZA1920.4 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYCHELA MORN MEXIN33522 FT$$ - $$$ • MEXIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYSEE ALLATTRACTNS1,147 WH 6 PUPPET PLAYHOE10.1 MITHEATERSPARK SLOPE5150.3 MINEIGHBORHOODSBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL BRANCH2780.8 MILIBRARIMORBID ANATOMY MM400.3 MISPECIALY MMSGRAND ARMY PLAZA3330.7 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSGREEN-WOOD CEMETERY1,0701.1 MICEMETERIBROOKLYN BRIDGE25,9112.5 MIBRIDGMETROFLEA NYC - PARK SLOPE 7TH AVENUE140.3 MIFLEA & STREET MARKETSTHE NATNAL 9/11 MEMORIAL & MM96,682SPECIALY MMS • HISTORIC SJ.J. BYRNE PLAYGROUND401 FTPLAYGROUNDSSEE 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.4.55 REVIEWSEXCELLENT3VERY GOOD2AVERAGE0POOR0TERRIBLE0EXOTINDAWOMENEW YORK CY, NY97 NTRIBUTNS1AWOME VIB AT THIS FUN LBIAN BARNOV 2018 • FRIENDSWANT TO BE SURROUND BY SUPER OL LBIANS NY? GGERS IS THE PLACE TO GO! GOOD DRKS, AWOME SERVICE, RETRO R. DELIGHTFUL AMBIANCE AND GREAT MIC - I REMEND ALL GAY WOMEN CHECKG OUT THIS AMAZG LTLE BAR PARK SLOPE. IT'S VERY NVENIENTLY LOTED NEAR THE SUBWAY.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 31, 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.BTERBBORLANDO, FL1,120 NTRIBUTNS1PERRY THE BARTENR SEP 2017 • FRIENDSMY SISTER AND I WANTED TO CHECK OUT SOME LOL GAY BARS AND THIS POPPED UP AS A "LOW KEY LBIAN BAR". I AM GAY SO WHY NOT SUPPORT THE MUNY. IT WAS AD ON A MONDAY NIGHT BUT WHAT MA WAS PERRY!! I HOPE I SPELT RRECTLY. I WAS HAVG A BAD NIGHT AND HE MA ME FEEL LIKE "'S GONNA BE OKAY". THE BAR IS VERY ECLECTIC WH AN OLD WORLD VIBE. THE BAR HAS CHANGED NAM A FEW TIM BUT THE RED CEILG THE NEW OWNER ADD BUT SHE KEPT THE BARRELS AROUND THE BAR. I LOVED HOW PERRY KNEW THE HISTORY OF THIS BAR. I FELT SO WELED. THEY DO HAVE A POOL TABLE. THEY HAVE AN OUTDOOR STG AREA WHICH REMDS ME OF A MISF GARN, WHICH I LOVE. SO MUCH ART AND THGS TO LOOK AT. IF I AM THE AREA I WILL GO BACK BEE THE DRKS WERE STRONG AND THE PERSONALY BEHD THE BAR MA ME FEEL LIKE I WAS HOME. THANK YOU PERRY. READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 19, 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.VENSA LNEW YORK CY, NY33 NTRIBUTNS1GREAT!APR 2015FAB! ONE OF THE FEW QUEER BARS STILL THRIVG THIS CY, FOR LOLS AND TOURISTS ALIKE NNOT REMEND ENOUGHREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 21, 2015THIS 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.NAOMI VSAN JOSE, COSTA RI169 NTRIBUTNS0BEST MARGARITAS EVERSEP 2012 • FRIENDSI ME TO THIS PLACE BEE OF MY NT ALTHOUGH IM NOT GAY, I LOOOVED ...BARTENRS ARE VERY EVER IM BROOKLYN I E HERE TO GET THE MARGARAS MA BY IVETH THEY ARE SIMPLY THE BT THE WORLD. THE POOL TABLE IS A BIG PL, THEY HAVE BBQS THE PAT FOR SUMMER AND S GREAT, LOVE BGO SUNDAYS WH LOLA. FRIENDLY PEOPLEREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 8, 2012THIS 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.MANTARAGGTORONTO, CANADA38 NTRIBUTNS1GREAT BROOKLYN BARGGER'S IS A REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD BAR, A FAVORE OF THE LOLS AND ALSO BROOKLYN'S GAY WOMEN. THE BARTENRS ARE IENDLY, THE BEER IS REASONABLY PRICED, THERE'S A POOL TABLE, A BACK PAT THAT'S OPEN WARMER MONTHS, AND A WELG ATMOSPHERE. THEY HAVE KARAOKE SOME DAYS, ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE FOR THAT, AND ALSO WILL SERVE UP GGER FLAVORED CKTAILS G A MASSIVE MASON JAR FILLED WH PURE ALHOL AND GIANT CHUNKS OF GGER ROOT, ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY THOSE EHER. MY ONLY PROBLEM WH GGER'S IS THE JEBOX, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE NEW DIGAL MACH THAT LEAN HEAVILY TOWARDS THE WORST OF TOP-40 POP MIC, BUT 'S A SMALL PLAT WHEN THE RT OF THE BAR IS SO AWOME.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 6, 2008THIS 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.SIMONE SWHAT IS THE AGE RANGEADD A REPLYVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023KICK AXE THROWG1,722BARS & CLUBS • GAME & ENTERTAMENT CENTERSOPEN NOW • GOWANPANMIC PROJECT37BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • PAT & POTTERY STUDS2023THéâTRE XIV BY COMPANY XIV38BARS & CLUBS • THEATERSBHWICKNEHAWK CEMA - WILLIAMSBURG80MOVIE THEATERS • BARS & CLUBSWILLIAMSBURGMOTO SPIRS DISTILLERY40DISTILLERI • BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • BHWICKBAR101BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • WILLIAMSBURGBLONDIE'S CRAWL BROOKLYN40BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSTHE ROYAL PALMS SHUFFLEBOARD CLUB58BARS & CLUBSGOWAN HEIGHTSBROWNSTONEJAZZ32JAZZ BARSBEDFORD-STUYVANTEASTVILLE COMEDY CLUB26BARS & CLUBS • THEATERSOPEN NOW • BOEM HILLTICKETS OM $10.00IS 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 LISTGGGER'S BAR (BROOKLYN) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

New York Gay Bars. Fd the bt gay bars Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, USA. Reviews, photos, gay map, rmatn. * gay bars in 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).

THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC

3 Dollar Bill is the biggt gay bar Brooklyn. It has a Mexin kchen, late night dance parti and drag shows. Reviews, map, rmatn. * gay bars in brooklyn *

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.

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

There’s that many ol and hip and queer thgs to do Brooklyn, ’s what mak New York Cy’s bt gay borough. A number of gay bars Jackson Heights have a big followg Queens, but Friend’s Tavern is one of the most popular.

NEW YORK CY GAY BARS

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.

Charl: So people ll the “gay cheers” (lghs). Now we’re, we’re broang our market segment to not jt target mal, but pretty much all the letters wh the LGBTQ+ Some straight women feel safer attendg gay bars.

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The experiment was enough of a succs (and a fire hazard — the police shut down on openg night when 300 people showed up) that Ryan was spired to dig eper to his adopted borough’s own gay history. The story starts wh Walt Whman’s pictns of gay cisg Leav of Grass, likely the first Amerin letters, and ntu through to the queerg of Sands Street between the World Wars and the moln of landmarks of gay life durg Robert Mos’s nstctn of the BQE the early ’60s.

) While the liv of whe gay men Brooklyn are the most historilly documented, Ryan mak a particular effort to clu women and genr-nonnformg people. 110 Columbia HeightsDurg the 1920s, this buildg would bee an artists’ mune created by gay sociale Haton Easter Field, which is where the poet Hart Crane would wre his most important work, “The Bridge.

” Surprisgly, many people wrote to fend “our Brooklyn Heights homosexuals, ” wh one married man scribg them as “cultured, quiet, and amiable, a cred to our muny. Tony Bonner’s Supper ClubThe first te gay bar Brooklyn, which opened 1950 at 80 Montague Street, had the motto “Where ’s never too late to de.

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Gee, and om the 1920s through the ’60s, the bathroom there was notor as a gay hookup spot.

32 Sands StreetThe se 1916 of one of the first rerd police raids of a Brooklyn bar equented by gay men. Brooklyn CollegeThe school song of Brooklyn College was wrten by the gay Jewish poet Robert Friend.

The Starle LoungeFrom 1962 until closed early 2010, the Starle was the olst gay bar Brooklyn and the most welg for black gay clientele. Coney Island By the 1920s, the “Nickel Empire” started attractg large crowds of gay men to s bathho.

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