Also open: Townhouse (piano bar, 40+ crowd, 236 E 58th St), The Dickens (rooftop, 783 8th Ave), Flex (405 W 51st St), Rockbar (bears, 185 Christopher St), Nowhere (322 E 14th St), Boiler Room (45 2nd Ave), Henrietta Hudson and Cubbyhole (lesbian bars that welcome everyone) and Ligaw (lesbian-owned speakeasy, 87 Ludlow St).
The Eagle NYC
Three floors of leather and denim with a roof deck. Sunday Beer Blast is the institution.
Leather Bears Rooftop
g Lounge
The '90s favorite, back in 2025 under its original founder, with a new dance floor.
Dance Drag
Club Rawhide
New in June 2026 from the Boxers founders: a 160-capacity club with a no-phones dance floor.
Dance new
Boxers Chelsea
The original gay sports bar. Hot bartenders, pizza, every game on.
Sports After work
Gym Sportsbar
NYC's first gay sports bar; a friendly game-day crowd.
Sports
Industry Bar
Big room, younger crowd, drag every night around 11. 2-for-1 from 5–9.
Dance Drag After work
HUSH HK
Two-floor club in the old Therapy space with theme nights all week, including Latin Thursdays.
Dance Latin Drag
Hardware
Former hardware store with a drag stage and dance room; half-price drinks 2–8.
Dance Drag
Boxers HK
The sports bar's Hell's Kitchen outpost, with a roof deck and weekday 2-for-1s.
Sports Rooftop
Flaming Saddles
Country saloon where the bartenders dance on the bar. Pure fun.
Country After work
Rise Bar
Lounge by day, DJ bar on weekends. Drag brunch Saturday and Sunday.
Drag Brunch
The Ritz
Narrow bar that opens into a packed dance floor; reopened under new owners in 2025.
Dance
VERS
Queer-owned cocktail bar with a patio; piano Mondays.
Cocktails Piano bar
Atlas Social Club
Brick and candlelight. The date bar.
Cocktails
Julius'
NYC's oldest gay bar, famous for its burgers. Cash only.
Historic Dive
Stonewall Inn
A national monument that still pours drinks. Go on a weeknight.
Historic Drag
Marie's Crisis
Basement piano bar where the whole room sings showtunes. Cash only.
Piano bar Showtunes
Playhouse Bar
Drag and dancing in the old Actors Playhouse; Sunday showtunes 6–8.
Drag Showtunes
Pieces
Young, cheap and loud, with free drag every night.
Dive Drag Karaoke
Ty's
Wood-paneled and gay-owned since 1972. Older, bearish, friendly.
Dive Bears
Phoenix
Pool table, jukebox, karaoke Wednesdays. The neighborhood dive.
Dive Karaoke
The Cock
Late-night cruise bar, Wed–Sun 10 pm–4 am. No photos.
Late night Dive
Club Cumming
Alan Cumming's cabaret bar. Check the calendar.
Cabaret Drag
Lambda Lounge
Cocktail lounge owned by a Black gay couple; open late on weekends.
Cocktails Black-owned
3 Dollar Bill
Warehouse club with an outdoor yard and big weekend parties.
Dance Drag
Metropolitan
Fireplaces, a big patio and a 3–8 happy hour since 2002.
Dive Patio
Animal
Upscale queer cocktail bar with a patio (opened 2024).
Cocktails Dance
Mood Ring
Astrology-themed bar with a sweaty little dance floor.
Dance Queer
Good Judy
Drag and karaoke in South Brooklyn.
Drag Karaoke
Albatross
Neighborhood bar with drag karaoke, pool tables and 2-for-1s.
Karaoke Drag
Friend's Tavern
Queens' oldest gay bar (1989).
Latin Drag
Hombres Lounge
Long, narrow Latin dance bar.
Latin Dance