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NeighbourhoodGreenpoint
Hours{'monday': '10:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '10:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '10:00-00:00', 'thursday': '10:00-00:00', 'friday': '10:00-00:00', 'saturday': '10:00-00:00', 'sunday': '10:00-00:00'}

Tip: Open 10:00 to midnight every day with free entry; Saturday afternoons are when the best New York selectors swing through.

Location

Address: 17 Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222, New York City

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Elsewhere ★ 4.4

$$Bushwick{'monday': 'varies by event', 'tuesday': 'varies by event', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': 'varies by event', 'friday': '20:00-04:00', 'saturday': '20:00-04:00', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}

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.

599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Village Vanguard ★ 4.9

$$West Village{'monday': '20:00, 22:00 sets', 'tuesday': '20:00, 22:00 sets', 'wednesday': '20:00, 22:00 sets', 'thursday': '20:00, 22:00 sets', 'friday': '20:00, 22:00 sets', 'saturday': '20:00, 22:00 sets', 'sunday': '20:00, 22:00 sets'}

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.

178 Seventh Avenue South, New York, NY 10014

Birdland Jazz Club ★ 4.6

$$Midtown{'monday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets', 'tuesday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets', 'wednesday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets', 'thursday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets', 'friday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets', 'saturday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets', 'sunday': '17:30, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 sets'}

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.

315 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

Smalls Jazz Club ★ 4.7

$West Village{'monday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam', 'tuesday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam', 'wednesday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam', 'thursday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam', 'friday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam', 'saturday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam', 'sunday': '18:00, 19:30, 21:00, 22:30 sets, 23:45 jam'}

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.

183 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10014

Blue Note ★ 4.5

$$$West Village{'monday': '20:00, 22:30 sets', 'tuesday': '20:00, 22:30 sets', 'wednesday': '20:00, 22:30 sets', 'thursday': '20:00, 22:30 sets', 'friday': '20:00, 22:30 sets', 'saturday': '11:30 brunch, 20:00, 22:30 sets', 'sunday': '11:30 brunch, 20:00, 22:30 sets'}

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.

131 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012

Mercury Lounge ★ 4.4

$$Lower East Side{'monday': '18:30 doors, varies by show', 'tuesday': '18:30 doors, varies by show', 'wednesday': '18:30 doors, varies by show', 'thursday': '18:30 doors, varies by show', 'friday': '18:30 doors, varies by show', 'saturday': '18:30 doors, varies by show', 'sunday': '18:30 doors, varies by show'}

Mercury Lounge on East Houston is the 250-capacity Bowery Presents room where touring indie bands play one of their first New York shows. Two sets most nights.

Tip: Doors usually 18:30, openers at 19:00. Bandstand has no bad sight line; arrive early to claim a spot at the rail.

217 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002

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