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Gym

167 8th Ave · btwn 18th and 19th Sts.
Chelsea, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 16, 2026.

Overview

What else would you call Manhattan's only gay sports bar?

History

The name still says it all

Our old listing asked what else you would call Manhattan's only gay sports bar. A 2013 visitor found brick walls and about a dozen flat screens showing different sports, and declared it a "real" gay sports bar1. It's still Gym Sportsbar at 167 Eighth Avenue, one of four Chelsea gay bars that an October 2026 guide confirms are open2.

Sources

  1. tullyspage.blogspot.com
  2. outnyc.com

Researched October 2026.

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