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New York Gay Bars

The renowned Stonewall Inn stills stands proudly in Greenwich Village, reminding visitors of the political history that allows so many more new gay bars and clubs to flourish across the city. There are countless places for the lgbtq+ community today to locate their crowd and perceive safe doing so, from the bustling drag scene of East Village to the quirky and alternative parties of Bushwick, from nightclub to karaoke block to dive, every destination is different. You're welcome to explore the expansive range of places on offer, and you're sure to find your ideal night.

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3 Dollar Bill

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3 Dollar Bill is proud to welcome all members of the LGBTQ community into a vacuum that represents commitment to inclusion and the celebration of queer identity. This is a space for joy and the largest queer venue in Brooklyn, a unique venue where everyone can express themselves and have a fabulous night. From fun nights at the bar to incredible events with astonishing sound and lights, 3 Dollar Bill is always ready for a fine time.

9th Ave Saloon

Pub Vibes

A neighbourhood fixture and an original He

Starlite Lounge

History

Formerly located in the building at the corner of Bergen Street and Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, the Starlite Lounge was established by openly lgbtq+ African-American entrepreneur Harold “Mackie” Harris as an LGBT-inclusive bar in 1962.

Starlite was possibly the first Black-owned gay prevent in Brooklyn, catering to LGBT people of paint at a time when the Mafia operated most LGBT bars in Unused York. Harris lived in the neighborhood and created what became a mythical safe-haven in central Brooklyn that catered to a diverse clientele, LGBT and straight, depending on the hour of the morning and day of the week.

Kate Kunath, director of We Came To Sweat, 2014

Between 1992 and 2004, the bar was owned by William “Butch” King, who was the resident DJ and helped establish Starlite as a destination for house music and dancing.

By the end of its 50-plus-year run, the self-described “oldest black-owned non-discriminating prevent in New York” catered to LGBT people of color and a broader clientele throughout the week and especially at Friday ni

This new queer bar in Greenpoint is far from divey

When you picture a gay bar, there’s probably a very specific position of details that arrive to mind: cheap, robust drinks served in plastic cups, a sticky dance floor and, more likely than not, a bathroom that looks straight out of an apocalypse film.

And, while gay dive bars are fun for a savage night out or when you’re a college scholar, it would also be kind of nice to get a place where we could enjoy a nice, high-quality cocktail in a classy setting around other queer people.

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Thanks to ANIMAL, a new queer bar at 307 Meeker Avenue in Greenpoint, we finally hold that.

Opened by Jim Morrison Hevert, who co-owns The Exley in Williamsburg, and Ashton Correa, who formerly worked as the director of People and Culture at the Ace Hotel, ANIMAL has been a aspire project nearly 20 years in the making.

“We all grew up going to lgbtq+ bars, many of which aren’t LGBTQ+ owned, which served the lowest quality drinks and lacked a queer aesthetic,” Correa tells Time Out. "As we’ve gotten olde

Heights Supper Club

History

In December 1961, Martha and William Leaver took over the failing restaurant and liquor license of the Heights Supper Club, which had been operating at 80 Montague Highway since 1950. While the old restaurant had relied on a straight clientele, the new owners decided to appeal to the growing number of homosexual men who lived in Brooklyn Heights or visited to participate in its active gay scene, which included a number of well-known cruising places (notably the Promenade) and several popular mixed bars that permitted a certain amount of same sex cruising. The Heights Supper Club appears to have been one of the first bars in Brooklyn to have catered to a gay male clientele. Opening at a time when members of the LGBT community were subject to arrest on a morals charge for “solicitation” or “disorderly conduct” and a bar could lose its license for serving drinks to known or suspected gay men or lesbians, the new owners installed a system of lights that would flash when a someone suspected of being a police officer entered the premises.

The club soon drew complaints from straigh