Le Bain is the penthouse discothèque on the top floor of The Standard, High Line. A plunge pool sits on the dance floor and the rooftop sundeck opens in season.
Tip: Free entry early on weekends; arrive before 23:00 or expect a line. The rooftop crepe stand opens late if you need a snack.
Address: 444 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10014, New York City
The Lot Radio in Greenpoint broadcasts live DJ sets from a shipping container on a triangular vacant lot, with a coffee, beer and wine counter open through the day.
Tip: Open 10:00 to midnight every day with free entry; Saturday afternoons are when the best New York selectors swing through.
Elsewhere in Bushwick spreads across three stories and five rooms, with a 600-capacity Hall, smaller Zone One and a rooftop bar running indie and electronic bookings.
Tip: Buy advance tickets for the Hall headliners; Zone One and the rooftop often stay open free after the main show wraps.
Village Vanguard has run jazz from a triangular basement on Seventh Avenue South since 1935. Two sets a night, Tuesdays for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra's standing date.
Tip: Two sets nightly at 20:00 and 22:00. The 22:00 set Tuesday through Thursday drops to $35 if seats remain by 21:00.
Birdland on West 44th runs jazz, big band and New Orleans sets across a downstairs club and an upstairs theater room. The Birdland Big Band plays its standing Friday slot.
Tip: Set covers run $35 to $56 with a $20 food or drink minimum. The 17:30 and 19:00 sets are the easier walk-ins.
Smalls in a West 10th Street basement is the no-frills jazz room that runs four sets a night and a 23:45 jam session through to 04:00 most nights of the week.
Tip: Buy at the door cash, or stream the late-night jam free on SmallsLIVE if you cannot get in. Capacity is tiny so arrive early.
Blue Note on West 3rd Street is the West Village jazz room and restaurant that hosts touring headliners across two nightly sets, with a New Orleans Sunday brunch.
Tip: 20:00 and 22:30 sets nightly. The 22:30 set is the easier reservation; the brunch jam runs Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30.