Karaoke
41 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Karaoke” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.
Manhattan
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52 8th Ave. · West Village
Still pouring
A surprisingly low key bar in a location which is fast becoming anything but. The booths here are big comfortable and wrap around into almost a complete circle, there's couches in the back, and a wood burning fireplace. Service at the bar is hit and miss, but you're hear to sit down with friends anyway.
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40 Mulberry St. · Chinatown
A different business is licensed at this address: Ar Restaurant
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141 E. 45th St. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
Sushi and Sapporo at one of the few Japanese spots in the city where Westerners are in the minority.
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25W 32nd St. · Chelsea
Still pouring
Third floor karaoke lounge with private rooms and decent sound.
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Congee VillageRestaurant
100 Allen St. · Chinatown
Still pouring
A huge multi-level Chinese restaurant with a Karaoke bar frequented by Asian businessman, their American counterparts, and the occasional hipster.
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1643 1st Ave. · Upper East Side
No license found in 2026
UES paint by numbers bar. Assemble pool, darts, gold tee, digital jukebox, plasma TVs. Add jagermeister, screeching girls, and high-fiving guys. Remove cash from wallets. Clean puke from bathroom. Rinse. Repeat.
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53 W. 35th St. · Chelsea
Still pouring
Top of the line karaoke machines and quality microphones mean you can capture ever missed note of Umbrella (ela-ela) in stunning fidelity. You can take over any of the 12 private rooms for $8/pp per hour.
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304 E. 48th St. · Midtown East
Still pouring
Top of the line karaoke machines and quality microphones mean you can capture ever missed note of Livin' on a Prayer in stunning fidelity. You can take over any of the 16 private rooms for $8/pp per hour.
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23 W. 32nd St. · Chelsea
Closed; now Anytime Karaoke
Just above Won Jo, the 24 hour Korean BBQ joint is this cool little private room Korean karaoke joint.
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611 2nd Ave. · Murray Hill
No license found in 2026
Owned and operated by New York's bravest, this is the go to bar for girls looking to land themselves a fireman. On Saturday nights ladies drink for free, and by 2am quite a few of them find themselves in need ofa little rescuing.
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25 W. 35th St. · Chelsea
Closed
Head upstairs to the 3rd floor where you and your friends can rent a private karaoke room and then bring in your own food and beer. It has more in common with your average hotel than your average bar.
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9 E. 13th St. · Greenwich Village
No license found in 2026
Popular with NYU students and boasting a Thai menu, Izu may not be the most authentic Izakaya, but the raucous crowd could care less. They flock here in droves to eat, drink and sing their hearts out.
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812 W. 181st St. · Washington Heights
A different business is licensed at this address: 888 Hudson Trail
A friendly neighborhood latin bar and Italian restaurant with a nice back garden.
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29 W. 17th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
A different business is licensed at this address: Baby Grand
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303-305 E. 53rd St. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
This polyglot karaoke bar has a library of 20,000 English songs, 20,000 Chinese songs, 6,000 Spanish songs, and 30,000 Japanese songs. It also boasts 3 private rooms, 33 TVs, and your typical midtown bar acrylic and accent light aesthetic.
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51 1st Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Conall's Public House
This dimly lit bar is one of the very few venues in the city with a smoking exemption. It's sexy, reasonably priced, and so much fun you can't help but feel sorry for all those people standing in line outside of Le Souk a few blocks away.
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842 2nd Ave. · Midtown East
Closed
Depending on your perspective either a solid Irish bar and restaurant becomes a Karaoke wasteland Thursday through Saturday, or an otherwise boring Second Avenue mcIrish bar becomes an Abbatastic paradise.
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Lucky Cheng'sPickRestaurant
24 1st Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Bungalow
Absolutely fabulous, cross-dressing-tacular restaurant where the price of admission is a $22 utterly mediocre entree.
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225 E. 44th St. · Midtown East
Still pouring
As one of the few dive bars in an area ruthlessly homogenized by after work crowds this benign bar almost feels edgey in comparison. You can get a bucket of 5 Sam Adams for $15 and pount of wings for $10 and there are 22 TVs to catch the game on.
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8 Christopher St. · West Village
Still pouring
There's a new theme for every night of the week at this tiny, friendly and unpretentious West Village gay bar.
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219 Ave. A · East Village
Still pouring
There are a lot of great karaoke options in the East Village and then there's Planet Rose. The sound system is sub par, you can wait hours to get your turn, and getting a drink can be as painful as listening to the fifth screaming rendition of Sweet Child O' Mine of the night.
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50 W. 17th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Closed; now 50 West 17th Street offices
This ten thousand square foot dance club is on the must see list of every gay tourist in the city and with good reason. Fifteen years since its inception Splash is still the gay nightclub in Chelsea. Nowhere else can really compete with the the sound, the sights, and the spectacle.
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27 2nd Ave. · East Village
No license found in 2026
One of the most popular Karaoke haunts in the East Village. There's a big boxy room up front and several private rooms you can rent by the hour in the back. Big groups of girls and smaller groups of gay men (from Urge and The Cock next door) flock to have a crack at the 30,000 song playlist.
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81 Ave A · East Village
A different business is licensed at this address: Ave A Karaoke
Grab your friends and takeover one of 15 soundproof room for private Karaoke at $35/hr. A digital llibrary of over 15,000 titles in 8 languages helps make it a lot more fun than you might think.
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9 St. Marks Pl. · East Village
Still pouring
This St Marks outpost of Sing Sing isn't as gritty as its Avenue A cousin, but it's got the same amazing library of tunes, and perhaps an even friendlier atmosphere.
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Spotlight LivePick
1604 Broadway · Midtown West
Closed; now DRAMMA / Palma Verde / Broadway Pizza & Bites
A super-luxorious karoke restaurant and bar with one stage and as many as 800 eyes watching your next performance.
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106 E. 19th St. · Grammercy
A different business is licensed at this address: Midnight Blue
The bar formerly known as Tracy Js has karaoke and little else to recommend it (if in fact karaoke is a reason to recommend it as all).
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Winnie'sPick
104 Bayard St. · Chinatown
Moved to 58 E. Broadway, 2nd floor
Asian/hipster karaoke joint is a people watcher's dream.
Brooklyn
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191 Smith St. · Boerum Hill
A different business is licensed at this address: Shan
A simple, solid Irish bar. Good food, good service, live Irish music, and a relaxed neighborhood crowd.
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65 4th Ave. · North Slope
Closed
This sports pub is representative of the new Park Slope - a sort of Brooklyn Heights meets the Upper East Side. The jukebox is capable of blasting GN'R with an earnest exuberance rarely seen since the late Reagan era.
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7314 5th Ave. · Bay Ridge
No license found in 2026
Sports bar with 50 beers and a thriving singles scene.
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SugarlandPick
221 N. 9th St. · Williamsburg North Side
Closed; now pinkFROG cafe
The free pizza dive Capone's is now the epicenter of the Williamsburg gay scene. Waiters in dress shirts, ties, and undies serve cheap and stiff cocktails to a crowd that's looking for a bigger party than Metropolitan has on offer.
Queens
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36-19 24th Ave. · Long Island City
Still pouring
This former biker bar is now a friendly gay/lesbian joint.
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32-05 Crescent St. · Woodhaven
Closed
Exposed brick, faux Louie XIV furniture, and wall of windows make the Crescent Lounge a neighborhood favorite.
Staten Island
Already closed by 2009
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Boudoir BarPickClosed by 2009
273 Smith St. · Carroll Gardens
A different business is licensed at this address: Zombie Hut
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Karaoke DuetClosed by 2009
256 E. 49th St · Midtown East
A bar by this name is licensed at 304 E 48th St
3rd floor karaoke parlor.
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Muse Karaoke SuitesClosed by 2009
154 W. 26th St. · Chelsea
A different business is licensed at this address: Hilton New York Fashion District
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The West EndPickClosed by 2009
2911 Broadway · Morningside Heights
Closed; now Hex & Co.
Not just a Morningside Heights bar, The West End is the Morningside Heights bar. The beat generation was born here, dizzy Gillespie played here, and virtually every student to ever attend Columbia has passed through here.