New York
New York City
Manhattan sells bottles; Brooklyn and Queens run the actual scene. The last decade moved the centre of gravity to Bushwick, Ridgewood and the industrial edge of Greenpoint, where the licences are cheap and the rooms are dark.
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Open right now
Wednesday 10:51 local
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Rooms published
Saturday
Peak night
21+
Legal drinking age
America/New_York
Through the night
Peaks at 2 of 10 rooms around 22:00.
The rooms
Ranked by editorial score, weighted with freshness, impact and scene. The method is public.
Nowadays
An outdoor yard, an indoor room with a custom system, and a Nonstop weekend that runs from Saturday night into Monday morning. The most complete club in New York.
Basement
Under the Knockdown Center, the closest thing America has to Berghain’s floor — and it is unusually honest about the debt.
Public Records
A hi-fi room built by people who care more about the speakers than the bar spend. Come early and actually listen.
Elsewhere
Three rooms and a roof in one building, which makes it the easiest good night in Brooklyn to commit to without a plan.
Knockdown Center
Good Room
House of Yes
Circus, cabaret and a dancefloor, run on an explicit consent policy that other clubs should have copied years ago.
Bossa Nova Civic Club
A tiny tropical-dark room that has outlasted every club that opened around it. Cheap, sweaty, permanently correct.
3 Dollar Bill
Paragon
Avant Gardner
The Mirage’s open-air LED wall is a genuine spectacle. The rest is scale, queues and expensive drinks — go for a specific line-up.
Le Bain
A plunge pool on the dancefloor and the best skyline in Manhattan nightlife. The door is the price of admission.
Silo Brooklyn
The Sultan Room
Superior Ingredients
Marquee New York
TBA Brooklyn
Musica
Mood Ring
Somewhere Nowhere
On the map
Clustered by district. Tap a pin for the room.
Pins are approximate. Verify the address before you travel.
Districts
Where to base yourself, and what each part of the city is for.
Bushwick
6The centre of gravity. Warehouses, queer nights, and the best door-to-door density in the city.
East Williamsburg
4Where the very large warehouse events happen.
Ridgewood
2Over the Queens line. Two of the most serious dancefloors in America.
Greenpoint
1Industrial waterfront, small rooms, good sound.
Meatpacking
1Manhattan’s remaining club strip. Dress accordingly.
Williamsburg
1Rooftops and live rooms, plus the overspill from everywhere else.
Nearby scenes
Worth a train, a bus, or a change of flight.
One night in New York?
Give the concierge your hours, your budget and your sound. Get a route through the city’s venues, with timings and door tips for each stop.