Bossa Nova Civic Club
A tiny tropical-dark room that has outlasted every club that opened around it. Cheap, sweaty, permanently correct.
Neighbourhood
Bushwick
Energy
Sweatbox
Capacity
—
Price
$
Age
21+
Opened
2012
Indoor / outdoor
indoor
Dress
No stated code
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