No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Dangerfield's

1118 1st Ave. · at 61st St.
Upper East Side, Manhattan

In 2026

A different business is licensed at this address: Rodney's Comedy Club

A different licensed business now operates at this address

Last licensed here under this name: 2019–21.

From New York State Liquor Authority active licenses, downloaded October 9, 2026.

Founded by Rodney Dangerfield in 1969 this comedy venue is the oldest in the country, and the only one in the city without a drink minimum.

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