Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Club Nights
Many clubs have party nights.
Sunday nights, for example, are
big at Splash, Friday nights
at Crobar, Saturday at The Roxy,
Sunday at Avalon. The Cock is
lively all week. Venues and days
change, so consult the press for
current happenings.
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Check listings publications for details
Top 10 Eating and
Meeting Places
Big Cup
The coffee house hangout
to meet and greet, day and
night. d
228 8th Avenue
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Map L2
Food Bar
The food and the well-
muscled clientele are attrac-
tions at this Chelsea standby.
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149 8th Avenue
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Map M2
Therapy
Chic two-level lounge with
cabaret shows and nightly DJs.
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348 West 52nd Street
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Map H2
G
Trendy lounge with a live
D.J., round stainless steel bar,
and conversation pit. d
225
West 19th Street
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Map L3
Splash Bar
Enjoy the go-go guys work-
ing on the shower stage and
erotic videos above the urinals.
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50 West 17th Street
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Map M3
Boiler Room
A favorite East Village cruis-
ing destination. Weeknights
are mellow, weekends packed.
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86 East 4th Street
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Map N4
XL Lounge
Trendy, soaring space with
changing light scheme.
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375 West 16th Street
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Map M2
Lesbian Herstory Archive
The world's largest and oldest
lesbian archive, founded in 1973,
is located in Park Slope, a popular
lesbian neighborhood. The volun-
teer-run archive houses art, books,
photos, periodicals, video, and
films recording lesbian lives and
holds events supporting lesbian
writers and artists in all media.
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484 14th Street, Brooklyn
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Subway
15th St, Prospect Park
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718 768 3953
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Open by appointment
American Fitness Center
The muscle boys in Chelsea
favor this two-story gym with
the latest weights and circuit
training equipment and fitness
classes. It also offers sauna,
massage facilities, and a café
serving healthy meals and
snacks. The gym actively
supports gay causes from AIDs
walks to Gay Pride organizations.
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128 8th Avenue at 16th St
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Map M2
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Open 6am-midnight Mon-Fri, 8am-
9pm Sat & Sun
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Admission charge
The Works
Gay Upper West Siders
gather here in various states
of dress and undress.
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428
Columbus Avenue
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Map F2
Drag Shows
A transgender waitstaff and
drag shows in the basement make
Lucky Cheng New York's most
unusual Chinese restaurant, draw-
ing tour buses as well as gay
patrons. Also check out the drag
queens lip-synching songs at Lips,
performing to a Latin beat at La
Nueva Escuelita, and serving and
entertaining at Stingy Lulu's.
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Check listings publications for details.
Henrietta Hudson
Warm, down-to-earth, les-
bian lair in Greenwich Village.
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483 Hudson Street
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Map N3
The Cubby Hole
Cozy, unpretentious
lesbian bar where regulars
sing along to the jukebox
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281 West 12th Street
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Map M2
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