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205 Club

205 Chrystie St., New York, NY 10002
at Stanton St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-477-6688 Send to Phone

Photo by Shanna Ravindra

Hours

Tue-Sat, 10pm-4am; Sun-Mon, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

J, M, Z at Bowery; F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Profile

With Serge Becker of La Esquina and the Box involved, the reinvention of former rock dive 6s and 8s was bound to be high-concept: The upstairs re-creates Warhol’s Factory via tinfoil on brick, gunmetal filing cabinets under the bar, and faux water damage on the walls and ceiling. On any given day, creative director Aaron Bondaroff—owner of the store aNYthing—keeps the Warholesque spirit alive by populating the raised D.J. pulpit with the likes of Kid America and Jamal Ali then filling the mismatched vintage furniture with fashion folk, Japanese hipsters, and skateboarding chuggers of Colt 45s, here to gawk at transgressive artists like Dan Colen, Ryan McGinley, and Neck Face (who graffiti-ed the building’s exterior). Meanwhile the Purple Group (of Cielo) brings a more Euro crowd to a low-ceilinged, candlelit basement where plywood walls are covered in text from Craigslist personals ads and dark electronica from outfits like Rub and Tug keeps everyone dancing (and cruising) until 4 a.m.

Extra

While you don’t need to buy a bottle to score one of the mod chairs or the u-booths, expect to wait at the velvet rope during peak times unless you know which names to drop.

3.5 "Not Recommended"
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cool contest

panbear from 10003 | Posted on 2/16/08

Overall Reader Rating: 3 (Not Recommended)

This is the place to be if you want to enter the I'm much cooler than you contest with 250 other people .. the music is pretty good but its NYC so it's not that hard to find that kind...Read More

I hope the employees are not treated the way I was...

Joystick from 10001 | Posted on 1/29/08

Overall Reader Rating: 2 (Not Recommended)

I actually had a good time when I was there, but my positive feelings about the place completely changed when I called to inquire about having a party here. The manager had a horrible attitude when I called and completey discouraged...Read More

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