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Le Trapeze, photographed for New York on Tap
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Le Trapeze

Just you're typical Grammercy sex club

17 E. 27th St. · btwn 5th & Madison Ave.
Rose Hill, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Dominique Ansel Workshop

Checked October 15, 2026.

Overview

Traditional English country pub where couples have the option of going upstairs and getting lucky with one another.
Traditional English country pub where couples have the option of going upstairs and getting lucky with one another.

What you should know

  • Le Trapeze is a couples only club. This means no single men, but sometimes single women hang around outside willing to accompany men if the men agree to cover the entry fee (or more often pay an hourly rate).
  • The convention is that you trade your clothes for a towel at the door.
  • Cover is $120/couple. Extra girls are $30 a pop.
  • The clientele is mostly married couples between the ages of 30 and 60.

History

The address now keeps strictly daytime hours

We once called Le Trapeze just your typical Gramercy sex club. By June 2016 it had been at Madison Avenue and 27th Street for over 37 years, and it had lost its lease and was closing1. Its last night was set for July 91. The address, 17 East 27th Street, now belongs to Dominique Ansel Workshop, which closes by 5 pm2.

Sources

  1. polyamory.com
  2. dominiqueanselworkshop.com

Researched October 2026.

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