Gay Bars in New York

Bedlam

20s / 30s / Artists / Bar / Casual / DJ

Party Earth Review Named after London’s infamous psychiatric hospital, Bedlam is a breath of fresh air conceived by the owners of Eastern Bloc – only this time, they went for “weird” over “queer,” creating an open multi-room bar “for everyone” with a killer décor and an attitude to match. The crowd of slick-haired rockers and their dressed ... more

40 Avenue C
New York, NY 10009

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Eastern Bloc

20s / 30s / Club Music / Couples / DJ

Party Earth Review A high-energy gay hotspot with a devil-may-care attitude, Eastern Bloc is a rollicking neighborhood joint that attracts a wild, fun-loving party crowd. Though exposed pipes, touches of red and black, and a few propaganda posters give a token nod to the bar’s name, the communist theme is undermined by the amusing and inexplicable ... more

505 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009

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Marie's Crisis Café

30s / 40s / Actors / Anything goes

Party Earth Review Located in the historic building where Thomas Paine wrote “The Crisis Papers” during the Revolutionary War, Marie’s Crisis Café is a mellow hetero-friendly gay piano bar that attracts a mix of entertainment and musical types and patrons who just like to get buzzed and sing show tunes. A dark cellar at the bottom of some ... more

59 Grove Street
New York, NY 10014

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Bar-Tini Ultra Lounge

20s / 30s / Button-downs / DJ / Dance

Party Earth Review A sleek hotspot known for its exuberant parties, Bar-Tini Ultra Lounge is a lively gay bar and lounge that brings an air of luxury and excitement to Hell’s Kitchen. Modern yet sensual, the space is done up completely in white, from the polished walls and plush high-backed chairs to the glossy bar, where well-dressed older ... more

642 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10036

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Historically, downtown New York has always been the mecca of the gay world, and New York gay bars remain the temples at which fun-loving gay men worship. But not content with glitter and Gaga, these gay hotspots bring cool new style to the typical boys’ night out.

Sure, the Bar-Tini ultra lounge in Midtown exudes a typical gay vibe with its smooth white surfaces, blaring music, and electric atmosphere, and the Secret Lounge nearby is wall-to-wall dancing muscle men. But NYC gay bars like Eastern Bloc and Bedlam shake the basic concepts of the overdone dance halls, focusing on queer over queen. These places, owned by the same people, have a punkish décor full of straight-up filth and far-out oddities, both heavily adorned with taxidermy and medical documents. For more traditional fellows, Marie’s Crisis Café downtown has a more traditional air, its basement piano room always alive with classics from musical theater.

These, however, are just a taste of the gay bars in New York, as any Christopher Street resident will be able to tell you. With its thriving gay nightlife and complete lack of inhibition, New York will always be the pride capital of the world, forever catering to good times without boundaries.