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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.
Nightclubs located in Manhattan, entertainment venues and bars that usually operate late into the night. A nightclub is generally distinguished from regular bars, pubs or taverns by the inclusion of a stage for live music, one or more dance floor areas and a DJ booth, where a DJ plays recorded music.
In April 2010, the club owners were approved for a liquor license to operate the club in a new location at 760–766 8th Avenue, on the second and third floors. [20] In November 2010, the club owners were granted permission to allow dancing by restaurant patrons as well as the general public, not limited to private parties and catered events ...
The Loft was the location for the first underground dance party (called "Love Saves the Day") organized by David Mancuso, on February 14, 1970, in New York City.Since then, the term "The Loft" has come to represent Mancuso's own version of a non-commercial party where no alcohol, food, nor beverages are sold.
In 1909, the Cosmos Club formed as a club for governesses, leasing space in the Gibson Building on East 33rd Street. [2] The following year, the club became the Women's Cosmopolitan Club, "organized," according to The New York Times, "for the benefit of New York women interested in the arts, sciences, education, literature, and philanthropy or in sympathy with those interested."
The club's board voted in 1933 to borrow $200,000; by then, the club was recording a $50,000 annual deficit, and real-estate taxes had tripled compared to before World War I. [107] With the repeal of Prohibition that year, the club applied to the New York state government for a liquor license. [108]
The Bitter End is a 230-person capacity nightclub, coffeehouse and folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village. It opened in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub. The club changed its name to The Other End in June 1975. However, after a few years the owners changed the club's name back to the more ...
The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests. [2]