Gotham Comedy Club

34 W. 22nd St. · btwn 7th & 8th Ave
Union Square/ Flatiron, Manhattan

Already closed by 2009

In 2026

Moved to 208 W 23rd St

Later here: Metropolitan Room (licensed 2017–19).

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

There's not a bad seat in the house at this elegant comedy club.

History

Two blocks over, three hundred seats

Chris Mazzilli and Michael Reisman opened Gotham Comedy Club at 34 West 22nd Street on May 10, 1996, and opening night featured Paul Provenza, Mike Royce, Sarah Silverman and Dave Chappelle^{1, 2}. In 2006 it moved two blocks northwest, to a $2.5 million room seating 300 in a 1929 building next to the Hotel Chelsea, and Comedy Central began recording there^{1, 3, 4}. Our listing still had the old address, so anyone chasing our no-bad-seat promise was two blocks off.

Brothers Chris and Steven Mazzilli have run it together since 2005². Jerry Seinfeld filmed his documentary Comedian there, and Dave Chappelle and Lewis Black are among the comics who have played it^{1, 5}. It's still at 208 West 23rd Street, with shows on the calendar for October 2026⁶.

The old room on 22nd Street became the Metropolitan Room, a cabaret, from May 2006 until it closed there in September 2017^{3, 7}.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

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