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This is a list of notable current and former nightclubs in New York City. A 2015 survey of former nightclubs in the city identified 10 most historic ones, starting with the Cotton Club , active from 1923 to 1936.
Club 57 was a nightclub located at 57 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was originally founded by Stanley Zbigniew Strychacki as well as Dominic Rose, then enhanced by nightclub performer Ann Magnuson , Susan Hannaford, and poet Tom Scully. [ 1 ]
The Roxy hosted a party for the famed Olympic gold medal-winning USA Ice Hockey team in 1980. [citation needed] Ruza Blue, nicknamed "Kool Lady Blue", produced the first multi-racial, multi-cultural Hip Hop dance clubs in New York City. She was the founder of Club Negril (1981–82) and The Roxy where she showcased elements of Hip Hop plus more ...
David Bowie was filmed in the club for his music video for the song "Fashion" in 1980. [13] Joy Division was scheduled to perform their first-ever US dates from May 21-23, 1980 at Hurrah, but the suicide of their singer Ian Curtis a few days earlier prevented this. [14] Famed New York club doorman Haoui Montaug worked as the doorman for Hurrah ...
The World was a large nightclub in New York City, which operated from the early 1980's until 1991 at 254 East 2nd Street, in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood. The venue, which included a secondary establishment called "The It Club," was housed in a former catering hall and theater.
Xenon was a popular New York City discotheque and nightclub in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was located in the former Henry Miller's Theatre at 124 West 43rd Street (now the site of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre) which, prior to Xenon, had been renamed Avon-at-the-Hudson and was operating as a porn house.
Scores is a strip club in New York City. During its early years, it was known for its celebrity clientele, which included Howard Stern, Russell Crowe and Jason Giambi.At its peak, it operated in two locations in Manhattan and licensed its name to strip clubs in five other cities.
Waltpaper, club kid and author of New York: Club Kids by Waltpaper [33] Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist and partygoer alongside the Club Kids; James St. James, author of Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland, a 1999 memoir of James' life as a Manhattan club kid, as well as Michael Alig's murder of Andre "Angel ...