Pool
153 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Pool” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.
Manhattan
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1020 Amsterdam Ave · Morningside Heights
Still pouring
All the right ingredients for a good Columbia student hangout: cheap drinks, booth seating, pool and darts.
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119 BarPick
119 E. 15th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Closed; now The High Note
Cheap beers, dim lights, beat up sofas, wood paneling, and a pool table - this could almost be a frat basement, except it's the kind of bar where frat boys get kidney punched.
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531 E. 5th St. · East Village
Still pouring
A December 2005 auction of the bar on Ebay may have failed to attract any bids, but we think it's worth every penny of the 650k list price. Pinball anyone?
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1683 1st Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed
The theme is wild west, but the scene is waitresses in mini skirts pushing jello shots and frat boys playing beer pong and Big Buck Hunter.
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AmbiancePick
68 2nd Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Luscious Market Deli
Smells of must and vomit, but you'll soon forget to care. Cheap beer, friendly bartenders, and even odds of walking in and getting straight on the pool any night of the week.
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344 Amsterdam Ave. · Upper West Side
Closed; now Earthbar
Huge, upscale billiard hall gives each table plenty of room. Oddly seems to be packed on weeknights and empty on weekends.
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42 E. 1st St. · East Village
Closed
The upstairs may look like it's been ripped from a Pottery Barn catalog, but downstairs their's a cavernous lounge replete with disco ball, and a pool room. If it sounds schizophrenic that's because it is.
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137 E. 55th St. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
The space is almost above reproach. A restaurant, bar, lounge all decked to the nines with Arabian flair. There's even a game room with a pool table, poker board, and a PS3. Unfortunately enjoyment of it requires the mental exercise of blocking out the Hamptons mate or die crowd, and forgeting you're drinking a $9 Corona.
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136 2nd Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Brasserie Saint Marc
This warm and comfortable bar has the makings of a truly great neighborhood haunt. Couches make it a nice place to take over with friends and a pool table makes for a good place to make new ones.
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275 W. 22nd St. · Chelsea
Closed
Comfy, mellow gay bar without the cruise or die atmosphere. You might even be able to bring your straight friends here.
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15 Barrow St. · West Village
Still pouring
Bi-level dive bar draws students and neighborhood locals with its 16 taps, high tops, and dank basement pool table.
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1720 2nd Ave · Upper East Side
No license found in 2026
Who would have guesses that a bar named for a conversation on the merits of blondes vis-à-vis read heads and brunettes would attract a bud drinking backward baseball cap crowd?
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1768 2nd Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed
Successfully replicates the frat party feel of Mardi Gras without all of that distracting cajun culture. The magic recipe: $1 well drinks for girls on Thursday nights.
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11 Trinity Pl. · Financial district
Still pouring
A gritty downtown dive deli with top notch reubens and a solid pint of Guinness. Feels like NYC circa Taxi Driver.
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11 Trinity Pl. · Financial district
Still pouring
A gritty downtown dive deli with top notch reubens and a solid pint of Guinness. Feels like NYC circa Taxi Driver.
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58 Bleecker St. · NoHo
Moved to 648 Broadway
A male to female ratio few straight bars can rival. This is a bar for men. Men who like pool and darts and TV and top 80's and 90's top 40.
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79 E. 7th St. · East Village
Still pouring
An enormously popular East Village dive. Comfortable and lively during the week, packed to capacity on the weekend. Always cheap.
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Blue Donkey BarPick
489 Amsterdam Ave · Upper West Side
Closed; now King Food
An adult offshoot of Homer's Malt Shop next door, the Blue Donkey Bar attracts a neighborhood crowd with a décor a notch warmer than the many nearby beer and shots joints.
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The Boiler RoomPick
86 E. 4th St. · East Village
Moved to 45 Second Ave.
Just your friendly neighborhood gay dive bar with a pool table, young crowd, great jukebox and believe it or not Bass on tap.
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115 Essex St. · Lower East Side
Closed; now Wabi Nori Hand Roll Bar
All the right ingrediants for a lasting student hangout: Flip cup, beer pong, pool, darts, and cheap beer. On Fridays they serve free wings from 5-7pm.
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232 8th Ave. · Chelsea
A different business is licensed at this address: Spicy Moon
Four words: drag queen puppet bingo. Fridays 7:30-10:30pm.
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29 St. Marks Pl · East Village
Still pouring
There's a crashed plane in the backyard. The bartenders' are Irish and the crowds' mostly expat.
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354 W. 44th St. · Hells Kitchen
Closed; now Tatsuda Omakase
A low key sports dive and Time's Square refuge.
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309 Amsterdam Ave. · Upper West Side
Closed; now Xi'an Famous Foods
Friendly neighborhood gay bar named for it's candles only lighting policy. Frequented by a mature but attractive crowd.
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219 E. 59th Street, · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
A popular and unobjectionable after work destination. 8 Flat screens, pool, darts, bar food and imperial pints.
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Cherry TavernPick
441 E. 6th St. · East Village
Still pouring
An unpresuming dive, but the Cherry Tavern is that rare Manhattan bar where strangers interact.
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310 Bowery · NoHo
Closed; now 310 Bowery Bar
A beer, shots, and bottle service joint with a convenient location near Houston Street for those driving in from Long Island and New Jersey.
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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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450 Amsterdam Ave · Upper West Side
Still pouring
The small size and vague literary pretensions of this pub help keep the neighborhood's frattish hordes at bay offering a welcome respite for a somewhat brighter student crowd.
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61 2nd Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Bar Monto
Solid Irish pub. Never too crowded, rarely empty - a good place for conversing with friends over an excellent pint of Guinness.
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Ding Dong LoungePick
929 Columbus Ave. · Upper West Side
Closed; now Bob's Your Uncle
An uptown bar with a downtown vibe, a dimly lit punk bar, a beer and a shot type of place, and that rare Columbia bar where 30 year olds don't feel ancient.
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14 Ave. A · East Village
Still pouring
This NYC outpost of the Vegas Double Down has a long wooden bar and a pool table in back. The wall is emblazed with a disclaimer: You puke. You clean it. It might seem odd until you realize they serve a Bacon Martini (made with real bacon) and a shot called Ass Juice made from undisclosed ingrediants.
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185 Christopher St. · West Village
Closed; now Rockbar NYC
New York City's best bar to go bear hunting.
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The DuplexPick
61 Christopher St. · West Village
Still pouring
A sing-along piano bar, a pool table, a juke box, and New York's oldest cabaret theatre. Frequented by the occasional broadway star and all those who love them.
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95 E. 3rd St. · East Village
Closed
A prototypical East Village bar where the motley crowd starts to gather at noon on weekdays. On a recent Wednesday afternoon we shared the bar with hells angels, hipsters, and a host of friendly neighborhood regulars.
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531 2nd Ave. · Rose Hill
Still pouring
Second avenue is lined with cookie cutter Irish pubs that serve more Bud than Guinness. This is not one of them. A solid pint of Guinness, a wood beam ceiling, and a roaring fireplace ensure Failte's place head and shoulders above the rest.
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75 Christopher St. · West Village
A different business is licensed at this address: Cellar Dog
Great tables, bargain rates and plenty of space make this basement pool hall a hit. Add a little Jazz or comedy later in the night to the mix and you've got a homerun.
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7 E. 36th St. · Murray Hill
Closed; now 5th & Mad
Named for a type of sailing boat used in Galway Bay, this massive bi-level Irish pub has 36 taps, pool tables, a dart board, projection screen TV, and enough space to accommodate the entire fixed income department at Merrill Lynch.
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270 W. 45th St. · Midtown West
A bar by this name is licensed at 206 W 41st St
A convenient location, above average food for the area, and 18 beers on tap ensure that the many tourists and theatre goes who pass through are more than satisfied.
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115 Christopher St. · West Village
Closed; now Dandelion
This dimly lit Christopher Street bar packs with a hugely diverse crowd of tourists and locals of all ages and ethnicities.
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133 John St. · Financial district
No license found in 2026
Second floor bar that's popular with Pace University students thanks to all you can drink specials.
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511 E. 6th St. · East Village
Closed
UESers stranded downtown will be happy to know there's a felt lined button-down home away from home.
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224 W. 49th St. · Midtown West
Closed; now LeGrande Lounge
Red Velvet and black walls make for a decidedly 80s twist on rock and roll chic. Aside from hotel guests an odd cast of refugees from the Time Square mayhem have made it their local.
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356 W. 44th St. · Hells Kitchen
Closed; now The Brazen Tavern
Shoot straight past the half dozen giant plasma screens and comically inept DJs on the ground floor and head upstairs where you'll find a relaxed lounge and pool table.
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430 Amsterdam Ave. · Upper West Side
Still pouring
Loud and raucous, the student crowd here's the same as the other big frat bars on this block, but at least Jake's has a backroom that's free of TVs, so you can try and score digits without the sickly plasma palor.
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520 E. 6th St. · East Village
Closed; now Josie's
A low-key dive. Boasts really cheap beer, a great juke country box, and a fiercely competive pool table.
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17 John St. · Financial district
Closed; now Carragher's at the Irish American
A bar for stock clerks not stock brokers.
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11 Waverly Place · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
Not just a student bar. Josie Wood's is the NYU student bar. It's basement environs might as well be annexed considering the amount of financial aid dollars spent here. And while anyone over 23 will feel like a dinosaur, for the kids with shiny new fake ids this is the place to head after class on a Thursday.
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12 Avenue A · East Village
Still pouring
There aren't many sports bars in the East Village, and there aren't any other Buffalo Sabres or Cubs bars, so if that's what you're looking for you're in no position to complain.
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222 E. 14th St. · East Village
Same bar, now The Belfry
A solid bar ruined by new ownership that fired the previous bar staff en mass and redecorated the place in Upper East Side chic. Beer pong anyone?
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725 7th Ave. · Midtown West
Closed; now Platinum Dolls Gentlemen's Club
Small, almost elegant strip club.
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135 Ave. A · East Village
Still pouring
Pinball! Pool and not much else, in this comfortable, relaxed extremely low key dive.
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405 3rd Ave. · Rose Hill
No license found in 2026
Standard Murray Hill type bar brings in an a crowd looking for a cosmo after work or a place to watch the big game.
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Manitoba'sPick
99 Ave. B · East Village
Closed; now Thayer
Owned and operated by Dick Manitoba a former front man for The Dictators , Manitoba's, while not exactly a punk bar per se, remains true to the spirit of punk - camaraderie and anit-materialism. The crowd's as friendly as any you'll find, a Rheingold can be had for $3, and no cover live bands play here most nights. With a combo like that it's hard to think of a reason not to go.
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178 Ludlow St. · Lower East Side
A different business is licensed at this address: Sweet Chick LES
A pool table, booths and a crowd that likes to drink. This place mantains the vibe of an LES which was swallowed up by skyrocketing rents years ago.
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393 2nd Ave. · Grammercy
A different business is licensed at this address: Clara's Gramercy
A perfectly average Grammercy dive boasting a rather extraordinary drink special. Wednesday night $10 buys you all you can drink from any of 16 taps.
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266 W. 47th St. · Midtown West
Still pouring
This Irish pub once home to the infamous gay bar Stella's, is trying to achieve a more familty friendly brand of debauched night - the kind that ends in the whole bar singing off key to The Wild Rover.
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224 Ave B · East Village
Still pouring
Like it's sister bar Sophie's on 5th Street, Mona's is one of the last truly great East Village dives. It inspires rabid loyalty but offers little more than cheap pints and a generous pour, but in this rapidly gentrifying hood it's a rare and precious thing.
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213 2nd Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Jackdaw
Outfitted in the style of an ultra-trendy lounge in, say, Boise Idaho, this former dive bar now boasts a velvet rope and electronic shot measures. On weekends, hip-hop DJs draw a primarily Asian crowd.
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30 E. 20th St. · Grammercy
A different business is licensed at this address: By Antidote
If your first name is on the black board you're drinking for free all night long.
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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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221 E. 58th St. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
Named for Oscar Wilde the decor of this midtown gay bar leans more heavily toward the 1980's than 1880's. No matter a friendly vibe and an outdoor patio space make OW an oasis in East 50's.
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129 Ave. C · East Village
No license found in 2026
AKA Duke's Bar. $3 daily happy hour specials 4-8pm.
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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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237 3rd Ave. · Grammercy
Still pouring
This cozy Irish bar has Imperial (20oz) pints, 16 beers on tap, two pool tables, a dart board, and an Erotic Photo Hunt Game. Really what more could you need?
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2021 7th Ave. · Central Harlem
Closed
This locals dive is one of the oldest bars in Harlem. It's not so much a destination as a place to end up. But it you find yourself here, there's a pool table, a game on the TV, and even a piano against the wall if you've got the chops.
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110 Chambers St. · TriBeCa
Closed; now Alto
At the last of the Tribeca dive bars a pitcher of PBR can be had for just $6. Which is good because you'll need to pound a half dozen or so to match the general level of sobriety.
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355 W. 41st St. · Hells Kitchen
Closed; now Red Eye NY
Cheap pitchers, free hot dogs and free full sized pool tables. Oh, yeah, and randomly the bartenders wear bikinis. It might even be reason enough to go to Hell's Kitchen.
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110 University Pl. · Greenwich Village
No license found in 2026
Not the cheapest place you'll ever shoot, but with faultless table, straight cues, and a truly impressive penthouse space you can't help but feel you're getting your money's worth.
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ProhibitionPick
503 Columbus Ave. · Upper West Side
Still pouring
Candle light, dark wood and crimson walls set the tone for this sexy spacious lounge. And with nightly live music, a consistent kitchen, and a full menu it's no surprise that Prohibition is one of the most popular lounges on the UWS.
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212 8th Ave. · Chelsea
Closed; now Heavenly Markets & Deli
Landmark NYC leather bar is surprisingly friendly and low key.
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Rusty KnotPick
425 West St. · West Village
Closed
A co-owner of the Spotted Pig snapped up the former West spot, and created this velvet rope nautical themed dive bar. The beer is cheap and the food is low brow but shoots for the stars, and the sunset view is nothing short of spectacular.
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350 E. 85th St. · Upper East Side
Still pouring
This friendly Irish pub is an oais on the Upper East Side. It's just far enough away from 2nd Avenue to maintain a neighborhood vibe. The service is efficient and personable. And they've got a basketball machine.
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191 Orchard St. · Lower East Side
Closed
A 1,500 SF year round Irish beer garden from the owners of 200 Orchard across the street. To ensure the perfect pint they flew in an expert from Ireland to calibrate the taps and achieve the perfect nitrogen levels in the Guinness. To ensure a Jersey crowd they blast G & R.
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174 Orchard St. · Lower East Side
Still pouring
This long thin dimly lit bar draws neighborhood regulars with cheap drinks and a relaxed vibe.
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SlatePick
54 W. 21st St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Still pouring
A big budget pool hall with all that entails.
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480 Amsterdam Ave. · Upper West Side
Closed; now Florentin Bistro and Bar
Eight 50" plasma TVs, 20 beers on tap, and a standard bar food menu, make this large corner bar a slightly better place to watch the game than the other half dozen sports bars nearby.
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509 E. 5th St. · East Village
Still pouring
A cheap, comfortable, unassuming dive that draws a relaxed and eclectic crowd. Young and old, gay and straight, well of and dirt poor all come here for $3.50 pints of McSorley's and a friendly game of pool.
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3155 Broadway · Morningside Heights
A different business is licensed at this address: The Craftsman
24 beers on tap and students can nab a beer for just $3.
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78 E. 4th St · East Village
Closed; now Ella Funt
Straight forward neighborhood bar with a pool table and decent bar food.
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The Stoned CrowPick
85 Washington Pl. · Greenwich Village
Closed; now PubKey
A comfortable NYU dive bar, with a lively pool table, and cheap drinks to fuel an even livelier crowd.
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StonewallPick
53 Christopher St. · West Village
Still pouring
A landmark bar famous for it's important role in the gay rights movement. In 1969 it was raided by plainclothes police officers, but the patrons fought back sparking the Stonewall riots, a crucial turning point in the gay right movement. **Reopened and under new management**
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Stout NYCPick
133 W. 33rd St. · Chelsea
Moved to 215 West 35th St.
16,000 square foot mega-pub has 20 beers on tap including UK micro-brews and cask conditioned ales.
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128 Elizabeth St. · Chinatown
No license found in 2026
A jungle themed Chinatown billiards hall with one of the few snooker tables in the city.
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46 Bedford St. · West Village
Still pouring
Your beer- Coors. Your tunes - Def Leopard, Bon Jovi, and Motley Crue. Your TV - big and plasma. Your bar - The Village Tavern.
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121 Essex St. · Lower East Side
Closed; now Sadie's Ward
A drinking bar usually full, but rarely overcrowded. Not a bad place for picking up what with the enormous bar, friendly pool table, and a long shared sex line for the bathroom.
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538 9th Ave. · Chelsea
Closed; now Blue Ruin
The much loved Bellevue Bar has gone the way of the dodo, but its replacement has the same cheap beer, many of the same regulars, and of course the same prime location next to the Port Authority. With a winning combo like that Why Not is hoping its name will be its calling card to the Greyhound traveling legions.
Brooklyn
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536 Driggs Ave. · Williamsburg North Side
Closed; now Bis Bas
A low key locals hang out. Sundays are gay nights, but the crowd is always fairly mixed.
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Alligator LoungePick
600 Metropolitan Ave. · East Williamsburg
Still pouring
Order a beer get a free brick oven pizza - not just a slice - a whole pizza.
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224 Smith St. · Boerum Hill
Closed
This dog friendly sports bar is a second home for its neighborhood regulars, but can feel more like foreign territory for anyone else.
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138 Smith St. · Boerum Hill
Closed; now Ruta Oaxaca
A cute but otherwise unremarkable bar with hit and miss service is partly redeemed by an unheard of $10 patio brunch that includes a drink.
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609 Grand St. · East Williamsburg
Closed; now Blinky’s
Grungy low key atmosphere + second furniture + back garden + pool table + live jazz - hipsters = A solid neighborhood bar.
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335 Smith St. · Carroll Gardens
Still pouring
Behind its incospicous Smith Street façade lies a former Italian social club turned hip bar. Sticking close to its roots it retains a feel of old world decadence.
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8121 5th Ave. · Bay Ridge
No license found in 2026
With a pool table, dart boards, an enormous selection of beers, and deals on pitchers that are cheap even by Brooklyn standards Bullshots has the makings of a nieghborhood standyby.
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8121 5th Ave. · Bay Ridge
No license found in 2026
With a pool table, dart boards, an enormous selection of beers, and deals on pitchers that are cheap even by Brooklyn standards Bullshots has the makings of a nieghborhood standyby.
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8121 5th Ave. · Bay Ridge
No license found in 2026
With a pool table, dart boards, an enormous selection of beers, and deals on pitchers that are cheap even by Brooklyn standards Bullshots has the makings of a nieghborhood standyby.
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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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45 Waverly Ave. · Clinton Hill
No license found in 2026
A not exceptionally cool, but pretty well hidden Clinton Hill gay bar with DJ and dancing.
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Club EuropaPick
98-104 Meserole Ave. · Greenpoint
Closed; now Good Room
More Eastern European than most bars tourists will visit in Eastern Europe.
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339 9th St · Central Slope
Still pouring
This long saloon bar aims to be Park Slope's answer to the likes of cocktail focused bars like Pegu Club or Milk & Honey. Hopefully a fireplace, and dark wood interior will help it keep a cozy neighborhood vibe despite a location just down the street from a giant new condo development.
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593 Lorimer St. · East Williamsburg
Closed; now DeStefano's Steakhouse
The kitchen is inconsistent, the décor is devoid of personality, and the crowd tends toward shout-talking, but on Tuesday nights they give away free beer from 8:30-10pm, sure it's only PBR cans, but it's FREE BEER.
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790 Metropolitan Ave · East Williamsburg
Closed; now Easy Lover
This small, dimly lit bar replaced everyone's favorite neighborhood hole, Pour House. The music's seems to be always a bit too loud, the pool table is uneven, but the crowd tends to be pretty friendly and they've got cask conditioned ale.
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212 Berry St. · Williamsburg North Side
Still pouring
A Black Label and a shot of Evan Williams for $4 ensures that the Levee never runs dry. Add a Harley Davidson pinball machine at 3 games for $1 and you've got somebody's idea of heaven.
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243 5th Ave. · North Slope
A different business is licensed at this address: Highdive
With an outstanding beer selection (including cask conditioned ale), great Costa Rican bar food, a back garden, 4 TVs, a pool table and a dart board there's not many angles the Lighthouse Tavern doesn't have covered.
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Loki LoungePick
304 5th Ave. · North Slope
A different business is licensed at this address: Lofi
A gargantuan loft space an efficient bar, couches galore, and a $4 beer. Only in Brooklyn.
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Lost & FoundPick
113 Franklin St. · Greenpoint
Closed; now Threes Brewing Greenpoint
Enjoy the cheap beer and free hots dogs as you play around of ski-ball at this tri-level carnival themed bar. Formerly known as Lulu's nothing has changed but the name.
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279 Grand St. · Williamsburg North Side
A different business is licensed at this address: Tstreet
The siren song of $2 pints have led many neighborhood denizens to find themselves crashed on the Rolling Rocks served here. At least they won't starve. The kitchen is well above par, and after 1am there's free poptarts and beef jerky.
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73 Atlantic Ave. · Brooklyn Heights
Still pouring
Opened in 1947, steeped in history and resolutely friendly, Montero's is a nautical themed reminder of the Brooklyn waterfront's working past and present.
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200 Flushing Ave. · Clinton Hill
Closed; now Brooklyn Roasting Company
It's a strip club. Yes it looks closed. Long closed. The kind of closed that happens to a place by the NYPD. It's not closed. It's the scariest bar in Broklyn, and a visit hear is a badge of honor in these parts.
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351 Kent Ave. · Williamsburg South Side
No license found in 2026
Dimly lit dive bar with high ceilings a pool table and a stage for live music.
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802 64th St. · Sunset Park
No license found in 2026
There's some fierce and firey dancing on this lit from beneath dance floor.
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674 Manhattan Ave. · Greenpoint
A different business is licensed at this address: Eavesdrop
This bar has Eastern European favorites Okacim, Zywiec and Warka on tap as well a decent selection of wine, champagne and a full bar. There's back room for parties and a nice sized garden.
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126 Front St · DUMBO
Still pouring
The archteypal DUMBO venue, an enormous warehouse space that somehow feels cozy and neighborhoody. There's a pool table a wrap-around bar, and a large restaurant all in the same 20ft ceiling room.
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477 5th Ave · South Slope
Closed; now Skylark Bar
There are dives and then there are dives where you can smell the history soaked into the stains on the floor. This blue collar bar is one of the latter. Since 1969 Timboo's has been serving beer to neighborhood residents, although it's not exactly the type of place you'd want to hang out soaking in the history.
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37 Driggs Ave. · Greenwick
No license found in 2026
The forbidding, grafitied, windowless, steel door that marks the entry to Twisted belies the friendly neighborhood bar within.
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138 5th Ave. · North Slope
A different business is licensed at this address: Miti Miti Taperia
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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10-93 Jackson Ave. · Long Island City
Moved to 611 E 7th St, Austin, TX
This bi-level Mexican spot has pool tables, live music, and a backyard patio. In the summer a small crowd comes here following PS1 Warm-Up and are rewarded with a free PBR by showing their wrist-bands.
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8512 Roosevelt Ave. · Jackson Heights
Licensed here under the same name
Taxi dancing bar features nurse, bikini, and baby-doll nights.
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34-07 30th Ave. · Astoria
Closed; now Dominie's
Just keep walking. This is the kind of place where misery finds company, hope is synonymous with the OTB, and the good and the beautiful are viewed with unveiled disdain.
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52-35 Metropolitan Ave. · Ridgewood
Closed; now La Parrillada Colombiana
Thursdays nights turn into a feeding frenzy here as the bartenders chum the waters with free booze to anyone who can show two X chromosones.
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5412 69th St. · Sunnyside
A different business is licensed at this address: The Gibbons Home
Your standard Irish pub. Pool table, jukebox, TVs, and the boys from the hood.
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PlayPick
77-17 Queens Blvd. · Elmhurst
Closed; now Commonpoint Jack and Shirley Silver Hub
17 pool tables, 4 bowling lanes, karaoke and a myriad of board games provide a host of new opportunities to embrass yourself when your drunk.
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8822 Rockaway Beach Blvd · Rockaway Park
A different business is licensed at this address: Sal Y Lima
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35-15 Broadway · Astoria
Closed; now Madam Marie's
For Eastern Europeans this Croatian bar might be a home away from home, but to the visiting American the leather jackets, slicked hair, and dance music might make them a little homesick.
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WigglesPick
96-24 Queens Blvd · Rego Park
No license found in 2026
Enjoy a glass of orange juice as you survey the dancers in the tiny main dance area of the only all nude juice bar in Queens.
Bronx
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222 W. 238th St. · Riverdale
A different business is licensed at this address: Home The Bronx Steakhouse
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5588 Broadway · Riverdale
Still pouring
A no-nonsense 60's era dive bar with 15 beers on tap.
New Jersey
Already closed by 2009
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Hacienda at 40CClosed by 2009
40 Ave. C · East Village
Closed
Lots of big booths and a long bar make this eclecticly decorated low key bar a good place for small groups and for singles. There's a pool table in the back and DJs on weekends.
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J.P. Warde'sClosed by 2009
12 Ave. A · East Village
A different business is licensed at this address: Kelly's
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JulepClosed by 2009
14 Ave. A · East Village
Closed; now Double Down Saloon
This warm and comfortable low key hangout recently moved from across the street into these cozier digs.
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Luna ParkClosed by 2009
N. Union Square Park 17th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Closed
The drinks are exorbitant and the place heaves with humanity on weekends, but you'll soon forget to care after a few cocktails surrounded by all the beautiful people on a crisp summer night.
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Paradise ClubClosed by 2009
50 W. 33rdSt. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
A crummy strip club not to be mistaken for the long deceased world famous Harlem jazz club of the same name.
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Pioneer Bar-B-QPickClosed by 2009
318 Van Brunt St. · Red Hook
Closed; now Brooklyn Ice House
*Closed by the department of health in November 2007. Reopening under new ownership in Feb 2008* A friendly and comfortable neighborhood bar. Serves up first rate BBQ in a back garden where you can sit at picnic table down a few beers and play a little horshoes. And there's a scrabble night every Tuesday.
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SiberiaPickClosed by 2009
356 W. 40th St. · Hells Kitchen
Moved to Turnstyle Underground Market, Columbus Circle
An "in crowd" dive, that somehow manages to fend off pretense with strong measures of eccentricity and grime to form an oaisis of downtown cool in the 40s.
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Vasmay LoungeClosed by 2009
269 E. Houston St. · Lower East Side
Closed; now The Mayfly
In the corner space of the former notorious lesbian bar Meow Mix this diviest of dives is fast earning a reputation of its own with something seldom seen in these parts recently - a bit of an edge.