Student
46 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Student” 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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192 2nd Ave. · East Village
Still pouring
A little personality, and less charm, make it hard to imagine what will draw people into the plasma TV infested corner bar when there's no game on. Beer pong?
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99 MacDougal St. · Greenwich Village
Closed; now Greenwich Village Comedy Club
A small, low key, relaxed, and comfortable basement bar with better than average food.
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32 Cliff St. · Financial district
No license found in 2026
The only beer pong table in the Financial District is at this popular Pace student hangout.
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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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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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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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233 E. 14th St. · East Village
Closed; now Coyote Ugly
There was a time not too long ago when bars like this confined themselves to the Upper East Side. This sharp counterpoint to Beauty Bar next door features giant plasma TVs, wings and burgers, and standing room only crowds.
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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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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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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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179 W. 4th St. · West Village
Still pouring
Basement bar with cheap food and even cheaper beer. The name says it all.
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1664 1st Ave. · Upper East Side
A different business is licensed at this address: Somebody's Darling
Irish bar on the UES. You know the drill: 10 Plasma TVs, sports packages, rotating happy hour specials, wings, (yawn) and, um, beer.
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90 Fulton St. · Financial district
Closed
Thanks to $2 well drinks for women all night every night the stripper pull at this "upscale lounge" gets plenty of use.
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108 3rd Ave. · NoHo
Moved to 18 W. 33rd St.
Now in new digs in the former Second Nature space on 2nd ave,the bar may be totally new, but it still remains the prototypical college dive.
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442 Amsterdam Ave. · Upper West Side
Still pouring
This huge bar is the flagship of the Amsterdam Avenue college scene. To call it frattish isn't quite accurate, better perhaps to call Columbia and Fordham frat parties Gin Millish.
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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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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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513 3rd Ave. · Murray Hill
A different business is licensed at this address: Aunt Bernie's
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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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1442 3rd Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed; now Tang by Mr. Sun
A mecca for the frat boys at heart. Start off the night with a little beer pong, then a few rounds of shots, and when your buzz gets going work your way to the dance floor and find someone's hip to hump arrhythmically to the sweet beats of Abba.
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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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109 Macdougal St. · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
With cheap beer, wings, sliders, beer pong, and all the big games is it any surprise that Off the Wagon is the frat bar du jour for NYU backwards baseball cap set.
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Peculier PubPick
145 Bleecker St. · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
A student bar that serves over 500 beers, improves dramatically when NYU isn't in session.
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St. Pauls Chapel · Morningside Heights
No license found in 2026
Enjoy a Pop-Tart with some coffee, mulled cider, or beer at this music venue in the basement of St. Paul's Chapel . Not only is the music all acoustic, it's also unamplified, which hasn't deterred the likes of Jeff Buckley, Ani DiFranco, Lisa Loeb, and Suzanne Vega from playing here.
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219 2nd Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Little Rebel
Seven TVs blight this otherwise handsome pub with a great beer selection.
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137 Essex St. · Lower East Side
A different business is licensed at this address: Mazaar Bar And Lounge
College kids flock in droves to this Asian fusion restaurant turned late night no cover dance club.
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151 2nd Ave. · East Village
Closed; now The Copper Still
Add one part Irish bar, one part dive, and one part sports bar and you've got this popular 2nd Avenue NYU hangout. If that's not your scene grab a seat on the expansive patio and enjoy the ambience of Second Avenue.
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998 Amsterdam Ave. · Morningside Heights
A different business is licensed at this address: The Hamilton
Creative cocktails with an old school flair keep the Columbia set coming back to this coffee bar by day bar by night.
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535 LaGuardia Pl. · Greenwich Village
No license found in 2026
A bar for those who pursue a more refined and sophisticated variety of drunken student buffoonery than Down the Hatch or Senor Swankey's can provide.
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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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2 St. Marks Pl. · East Village
Closed; now Ray's Pizza & Bagel Cafe
St Marks sports bar attracts a college crowd with it 24 beers on tap 7 TVs. For Monday night football here's where you want to be, but on Saturday night steer clear.
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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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411 3rd Ave. · Rose Hill
Closed; now Bella Union
The numbers say it all. 32 Plasma TVs. 3 floors. Top 40 music. And 8 gazillion people jammed in on a Saturday night.
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613 2nd Ave. · Murray Hill
No license found in 2026
Low-key, low-ceilinged, low-priced bar. $1 drafts for happy hour and they've got a back (concrete) garden.
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167 Bleecker St. · Greenwich Village
Same bar, now The Comedy Shop
At this jack of all trades bar/restaurant, there's an Italian restaurant, live music, comedy, and DJ nights, but the real draw is an all day $3 pint special on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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64 3rd Ave. · NoHo
Closed
The giant Times Square style ticker outside insures that everyone who passes through knows what to expect. This is a bar for the NYU frat pack, a place to get drunk on Bud Light, watch the game, and if the stars are aligned have a drunken hook-up with that hot kid in your Bussiness and Marketing class.
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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.
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149 Bleeker St. · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
A dark, crappy, and quickly becoming notorious student bar where the drinks are cheap, the dance floor is over-crowded, everyone's trashed, and the waitresses keep coming around with jello-shots. Naturally this can be a fantastic time if you're of a certain age or frame of mind.
Brooklyn
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110 Bedford Ave. · Williamsburg North Side
Closed; now The Bedford
The word Sound was added to the name of this coffee shop by day and lounge by night, and the chill atmosphere has been given a jolt courtesy of nightly live music acts.
Already closed by 2009
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Absolutely 4thPickClosed by 2009
228 W. 4th St. · West Village
Closed; now Wilfie & Nell
*Closed December 2007 after lease went up to $19,500. Warm, attractive and low key. This small martini bar makes is an excellent option to catch up with an old friend, or to grab a drink after a dinner date.
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Korova Milk BarClosed by 2009
200 Ave. A · East Village
No license found in 2026
A dimly lit interpetation of A Clockwork Orange's Korova Milk Bar. True to its source material it lends itself to utter, wretched, albeit nonviolent, excess.
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Luke and LeroyClosed by 2009
21 7th Ave S. · West Village
No license found in 2026
Straight forward bi-level lounge with a cabaret licence ignites into a singles frenzy fueled by FIT students.
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RoadhouseClosed by 2009
984 Amsterdam Ave. · Morningside Heights
Closed; now Amity Hall Uptown
Sure there are plenty of Columbia frat bars, but the Roadhouse isn't just any Columbia frat bar. It's vying to be the Columbia frat bar.
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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.