Cubbyhole, a tiny lesbian and queer corner bar on West 12th since 1994, packs a fishnet ceiling of stuffed-animal lanterns and a friendly bartender into one small room.
Tip: No cover, cash-friendly, $2 PBR pours. Get there before 22:00 on weekends or you wait in a line out the door.
Address: 281 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014, New York City
Henrietta Hudson on Hudson Street, founded in 1991, is the oldest standing queer-women bar in the country. The 2021 rebuild added a kitchen and back lounge.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. The Friday Cody Cunningham resident DJ set runs until 04:00; Saturday is the dance floor night.
Pieces on Christopher Street is the gay dive that runs nightly drag shows from 22:00. The room is narrow, the karaoke list never stops and the regulars cheer for everyone.
Tip: Open 14:00 to 04:00 daily. Tuesday karaoke is the night that draws the biggest crowd; arrive before 21:00.
Henrietta Hudson on Hudson Street, founded in 1991, is the oldest standing queer-women bar in the country. The 2021 rebuild added a kitchen and back lounge.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. The Friday Cody Cunningham resident DJ set runs until 04:00; Saturday is the dance floor night.
The Eagle NYC on West 28th is the leather and cruise bar with three floors, an outdoor patio and dress-coded events on the upstairs roof deck most weekends.
Tip: Opens late, 22:00 most nights. Underwear, jock and bear nights all enforce dress codes posted on the door.
3 Dollar Bill on Meserole opened in 2018 in an old Otto Huber Brewery building. Ten thousand square feet split between dance floor, drag stage and outdoor garden.
Tip: Look for Drag Race headliners on weekends; ticketed parties sell out via See Tickets. Mondays often free for community nights.
Industry Bar on West 52nd is the Hell's Kitchen lounge that built the queer block, with nightly drag shows from 23:00, two bars and a back stage that fills every weekend.
Tip: Free entry every night until 23:00, then a small cover on weekends. Sunday drag brunch on the calendar most months.
Boxers in Chelsea is the gay sports bar with shirtless bartenders, two pool tables and a wall of TVs that pulls a mixed crowd on game nights and a queer one after dark.
Tip: Free pool every Sunday, karaoke Tuesday and Sunday. Game-day kitchen runs wings and burgers until 02:00.
Pieces on Christopher Street is the gay dive that runs nightly drag shows from 22:00. The room is narrow, the karaoke list never stops and the regulars cheer for everyone.
Tip: Open 14:00 to 04:00 daily. Tuesday karaoke is the night that draws the biggest crowd; arrive before 21:00.