New York· LGBTQ+ directory
Gay bars in New York
37 venues listed
About gay bars in New York
WhereIs.Gay lists 37 gay bars in New York. Each listing includes opening hours, location, photos and a combined rating from WhereIs.Gay, Google and Yelp where available. Click any venue for full details.
Sorted by rating — rated venues appear first, then by number of reviews, then A–Z. Ratings combine WhereIs.Gay, Google and Yelp data where available.
Showing 37 of 37 venues
The Toolbox
Upper East Side neighbourhood drinks and community events
Lucky Cheng's
Drag dinners with adult comedy and audience interaction
Club Cumming
Intimate East Village stage for cabaret, comedy and music
Julius
Historic Greenwich Village gay pub
Flaming Saddles
Country saloon where bartenders dance on the bar
Rise Bar
Hell’s Kitchen drag hub with karaoke
Stonewall Inn
Historic Greenwich Village gay bar and landmark
Eagle NYC
Multi-level Chelsea leather bar with a roof terrace
Phoenix
East Village neighbourhood gay bar with drag and DJs
The Townhouse of New York
Midtown East gay piano bar and cocktail lounge
Hardware
Hell’s Kitchen gay bar in a converted hardware store
Monster Bar
West Village piano bar and dance club
Pieces
Compact West Village drag, karaoke and pop bar
Industry
Spacious Hell’s Kitchen drag and DJ bar
9th Avenue Saloon
A longstanding, informal Hell's Kitchen gay bar
Albatross Bar
Astoria karaoke, drag, bingo and neighbourhood games
ANIMAL
Williamsburg cocktails, DJs and an outdoor patio
Boxers Chelsea
Chelsea's gay sports-bar stop
Boxers Hell's Kitchen
Gay sports-bar energy on Ninth Avenue
C’mon Everybody
A queer-owned bar, music venue and live-arts space in Bed-Stuy
Cubbyhole
Compact, colourful West Village lesbian bar
Friend’s Tavern
Historic Jackson Heights Latino bar with karaoke
Ginger’s Bar
Brooklyn’s long-running lesbian neighbourhood bar in Park Slope
Good Judy
Park Slope queer lounge with drag and karaoke
Happyfun Hideaway
An informal queer hangout on Myrtle Avenue
Henrietta Hudson
A landmark lesbian-built queer bar in New York’s West Village
Hombres Lounge
Jackson Heights Latin nightlife with cocktails and food
Kween
Astoria cocktail lounge and kitchen with drag brunch
Lambda Lounge
Black-owned Harlem cocktail lounge
Metropolitan
A long-running Williamsburg gay bar with dancing, events and a spacious garden
Mood Ring
Bushwick cocktails and queer dance nights
Oberon
Williamsburg queer cocktails, food and DJs
Red Eye NY
Queer performance and nightlife near Times Square
The Bush
A lively dyke bar for the queer community in Bushwick
The Ritz Bar & Lounge
A Hell's Kitchen gay bar and dancing destination
True Colors Bar
Jackson Heights Latin music, DJs and karaoke
VERS
Queer-owned Hell’s Kitchen cocktails, food and cabaret