113licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#19 of 24 guides
106night spots per km²#7 of 24 for density
19bars, lounges & taverns18 per km²
1subway stations with trains all nightlines F
The night here
Chinatown’s night is mostly about food. Its licensed venues are overwhelmingly restaurants, from small noodle shops to banquet halls, concentrated on Mott Street, Bowery, Canal Street and East Broadway; there are far fewer bars than in the neighboring Lower East Side. Doyers Street, the old curved lane off Pell Street, is the most photographed corner.
Only the F at East Broadway has trains all night inside the area; Canal Street station, on its western edge, has several all-night lines.
Hedged: Canal Street station sits on the planning-area boundary and is not counted in this area’s station list.
When it gets loud
513 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (481 per km², #4 of 24). 60% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 50% on Friday and Saturday nights.
Each row is an evening running into the next morning (the Saturday row ends Sunday at noon). Darker = more complaints. Source: NYC 311 service requests, “Noise – Commercial: Loud Music/Party”.
What’s licensed here
Licence type
Active licences
Bars, lounges & taverns
19
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
94
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
23
Hotels
4
Streets with the most licensed night spots: E Broadway (13), Bowery (10), Division St (9), Mott St (9).
On-premises licences active today in the New York State Liquor Authority’s list, placed by their published coordinates. A licence is not a guarantee a venue is open, or open late; New York venues may serve until 4 a.m.
After Dark
