Venue Reviews

  • Elsewhere

    Elsewhere

    Elsewhere is located on 599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, between Gardner and Scott Avenues. It opened in fall of 2017, with a rooftop that opened Memorial Day Weekend 2018. While unassuming on the outside, even industrial, inside Elsewhere gets classier, albeit it still largely concrete, including an angled foyer (reminiscent...
  • Brooklyn Bazaar

    Brooklyn Bazaar

    Brooklyn Bazaar closed on November 30th, 2019. Brooklyn Bazaar is located at 150 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, at the southwest corner of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues. It is the latest, more permanent installation of the ‘Brooklyn Night Bazaar’ that had various summer locations. A new venue, it opened in September...
  • Forest Hills Stadium

    Forest Hills Stadium

    Forest Hills Stadium is located at 1 Tennis Place, usually with police and security directing attendees down Burns Street. It is the home of the West Side Tennis Club, and the stadium played host to the U.S. Open from 1915 to 1920, and 1924 to 1977. Scenes in from...
  • Brooklyn Steel

    Brooklyn Steel

    Brooklyn Steel is located on 319 Frost Street, Brooklyn, between Debevoise and Morgan Avenues, many blocks east of the Williamsburg/Greenpoint music venues. It is part of the ‘Bowery Presents’ circle of venues, along with Music Hall of Williamsburg and Terminal 5; from noon to six PM, Monday-Saturday, PlayStation Theater...
  • B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill

    B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill

    B.B. King’s closed at the end of April 2018, due to rising rent. B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill is located on 237 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, between Seventh and Eighth Avenue. Right off of Times Square and Port Authority, it opened in 2000. The actual space is located...
  • JBL Live at Pier 97

    JBL Live at Pier 97

    JBL Live at Pier 97 did not return after the 2015 season. JBL Live at Pier 97 is located on Pier 97 on the west side of Manhattan, poking out into the Hudson River, directly west of West 57th Street (but one must cross West Side Highway a block...
  • Kings Theatre

    Kings Theatre

    Kings Theatre is located on 1027 Flatbush Avenue, between Tilden Avenue and Duryea Place. Opened in 1929 as a movie and vaudeville theatre, it closed in 1977, and was reopened on February 3rd, 2015 after a complete renovation, with a performance by Diana Ross. It was added to the...
  • The Westway

    The Westway

    The Westway closed on July 1st, 2015. The Westway is located on 75 Clarkson Street, Manhattan, between Washington Street and West Street, just off the Hudson River, in the Meatpacking District. Basically a (semi-)converted strip club (right near an actual strip club), The Westway randomly includes a ‘stripper aisle’...
  • The Wick

    The Wick

    Note: As of May ’14, The Wick is still undergoing internal remodeling. The Wick is located on 260 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, between Bushwick Avenue and Waterbury Street. It is at the address that once held Danbro Studios, the first floor of a former brewery. The Wick opened in March...