501licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#2 of 24 guides
217night spots per km²#4 of 24 for density
90bars, lounges & taverns39 per km²
9subway stations with trains all nightlines 1, 2, 4, 6, A, D, E, F, L, N, Q
The night here
Greenwich Village and the West Village predate Manhattan’s grid, so the streets bend and meet at odd angles, and the bars and restaurants sit in low brick buildings rather than towers. Bleecker, Hudson and MacDougal Streets and Greenwich Avenue carry the most licences; MacDougal and the blocks around Washington Square are the busiest late at night, the western streets quieter and more residential.
The Village is also the historic center of the city’s LGBTQ nightlife: Christopher Street, site of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, is now part of the Stonewall National Monument. It is one of the best-connected areas at night, with all-night trains on the 1, A, E, F, L and others at West 4th Street, 14th Street and Christopher Street.
When it gets loud
1,234 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (534 per km², #3 of 24). 64% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 43% 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
90
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
410
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
59
Cabarets & music venues
1
Hotels
7
Theatres
2
Membership clubs
10
Caterers & vessels
17
Streets with the most licensed night spots: Bleecker St (32), Hudson St (30), Greenwich Ave (23), Macdougal St (22).
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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