71licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#22 of 24 guides
20night spots per km²#21 of 24 for density
18bars, lounges & taverns5 per km²
11subway stations with trains all nightlines 2, 3, A, D
The night here
Harlem has one of the city’s great night histories, from the clubs of the Harlem Renaissance to the Apollo Theater on 125th Street. Today’s licensed venues are spread across a large area at low density, with the clusters on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard) between 110th and 125th Streets.
It is a big neighborhood, so plan the trip home: the A, D, 2 and 3 all run overnight, with stations at 116th, 125th and 135th Streets.
When it gets loud
1,672 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (473 per km², #5 of 24). 61% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 38% 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
18
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
52
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
10
Cabarets & music venues
1
Hotels
1
Theatres
1
Caterers & vessels
2
Streets with the most licensed night spots: Lenox Ave (16), Frederick Douglass Blvd (14), W 125 St (5), Adam Clayton Powell Jr Bl (5).
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
