Lesbian Bar
19 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Lesbian Bar” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.
Manhattan
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150 Varick St. · SoHo/Little Italy
No license found in 2026
A club for people who like music and want to dance. No pretense, no attitude, and DJ's who take their job more seriously than themselves.
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Cubby HolePick
281 W. 12th St. · West Village
Still pouring
A lesbian bar so friendly, comfortable and homey that even your straight male friends will feel welcome.
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322 E. 14th St. · East Village
Still pouring
It's easy to pass the time at this friendly gay and lesbian bar. Twenty somethings easily mingle thanks a variety of cruising conveyances, a pool table, pinball, karaoke machine, and video games
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200 Ave. A · East Village
No license found in 2026
A café, bookstore, gallery space, and full bar make for a lively and sorely needed day time gay hangout in the East Village. At night there's a busy schedule of readings, film screenings, and dance performances.
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24 Murray St. · TriBeCa
Closed
Aptly named two room DJ Club undergoes a total transformation depending on the night and the promoter. The popular Friday night lesbian party ceased to exist July 11 2008.
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531 Hudson St. · West Village
Closed; now Katana Kitten
Friendly place with decent food, but make no mistake this is the kind of dyke bar where any unsuspecting NYU student who wanders in will likely find themselves a fly in some gym teachers web.
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218 Ave. A · East Village
Closed; now Spike's
The people who brought you Starlight and Wonder Bar - combined the best qualities and names of both to form StarBar a sleek new bar with an ambience so similar to Starlight you could almost think you were there.
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30 E. 16th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
A different business is licensed at this address: Cry Baby
The sexy basement den below Coffee Shop hosts the hottest dyke party in the city, Eden, on Wenesday nights.
Brooklyn
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160 N. 4th St. · Williamsburg North Side
No license found in 2026
Hookah bar/restaurant with belly dancing and the occassional lesbian party.
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297 Dekalb Ave. · Clinton Hill
No license found in 2026
Behind the darkened windows and low profile exterior is a DJ bar and dance party. On Wednesday nights it boasts only lesbian party for miles in any direction.
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249 4th Ave · Gowanus
Closed
Sexy bi-level lesbian bar and dance club from the former owner of Meow Mix.
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390 5th Ave. · Central Slope
Closed; now 390 Social
A quiet and comfortable gay and lesbian bar, with a tight nit abd incestuously close crowd of regulars.
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363 5th Ave · Central Slope
Still pouring
Park Slope was a tense place before Ginger's opened in 98. So many women who liked women, so many women who liked beer and pool, but where to go?
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273 13th St. · South Slope
A different business is licensed at this address: Paddy's Of Park Slope
The stated aim of Lucky 13 is to provide a haven for everyone who feels outside of the mainstream. Thanks to $1 beers before 9pm and $2 beers there after it does this job with gusto.
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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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6904 Woodside Ave · Elmhurst
No license found in 2026
Lascivious latina lesbians prowl this Woodside nightclub.
Already closed by 2009
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HeavenClosed by 2009
579 6th Ave. · Union Square/ Flatiron
A different business is licensed at this address: O Ramen
Three floors with three themes (Heaven, purgatory and hell) and a different party every night of the week (Latin, Gay College, Lesbian) create an unequalled matrix of possiblities.
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Starlight Bar and LoungePickClosed by 2009
167 Ave. A · East Village
No license found in 2026
A fixture of East Village gay nightlife, Starlight has an attractive and classic décor and brings in a crowd to match. On Sundays the Y chromosones give way to the X's and it becomes lipstick lesbian central.