No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Comic Strip Live

1568 2nd Ave. · btwn 81st & 82nd
Upper East Side, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 16, 2026.

Show on the map Directions See the 2008 page

Overview

The longest running stand-up comedy club in NYC.

History

Since 1975, and still on at eight

Our old listing called it the longest-running stand-up comedy club in the city. Its own site bills it as "NYC Premier Stand-Up Comedy Club Since 1975"¹. It's still telling jokes at 1568 Second Avenue, with an eight o'clock show on the calendar for Friday, October 16, 2026¹.

Sources

comicstriplive.com

Researched October 2026.

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