403licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#4 of 24 guides
230night spots per km²#3 of 24 for density
108bars, lounges & taverns62 per km²
2subway stations with trains all nightlines F, L
The night here
The East Village has more licensed bars, and more bars per square kilometre, than any other of the city’s residential planning areas, and they are spread along the avenues rather than packed into one strip: First and Second Avenues and Avenue A each carry dozens of licences, with more on the side streets around St. Marks Place and Tompkins Square Park.
It is a residential neighborhood as much as a nightlife one, and the noise complaints peak late on Friday and Saturday. Overnight the L at First Avenue and the F at Second Avenue keep running; most of the area is a ten- to fifteen-minute walk from one or the other.
When it gets loud
1,264 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (721 per km², #2 of 24). 70% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 48% 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
108
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
294
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
49
Cabarets & music venues
1
Hotels
2
Caterers & vessels
1
Streets with the most licensed night spots: 1 Ave (45), 2 Ave (44), Ave A (40), Ave B (28).
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
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