Twink

7 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Twink” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.

Manhattan

• 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.

• La Nueva Escuelita

  301 W. 39th St. · Chelsea

  Closed

  It's 18 to party and 21 to drink at Times Square's only Latin Gay bar.

• Nowhere

  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

• Rush

  579 6th Ave · Union Square/ Flatiron

  Closed; now Oramen

  Let the gay youth of New York rejoice. This three floor dance club in the former Heaven space is the new reigning king of twinkdom.

• SBNY Splash Bar

  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.

• Vlada Lounge

  331 W. 51st St. · Hells Kitchen

  A different business is licensed at this address: Carla

  Railroad layout gay bar that draws an attractive crowd to drink $12 cocktails.

Brooklyn

• Metropolitan

  559 Lorimer St. · East Williamsburg

  Still pouring

  A beautiful backyard garden for the summer and two fireplaces for the winter make Metropolitan Williamsburg's gay bar for all seasons.

Already closed by 2009

• El FlamingoPickClosed by 2009

  547 W. 21st St. · Chelsea

  Closed; now 303 Gallery

  All ages and all orientations meet on this gigantic dance floor. On Friday and Saturday nights the long running off broadway disco Shakespeare Donkey Show kicks off one of the most off-beat club nights in the city.

• 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.

• 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.