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Gay Latino Clubs in NYC

While many New York City nightclubs host Latin parties and attract a Latin crowd, the city also hosts clubs in Manhattan and Queens that cater to the Latin community all week long. Of course, you do not have to be Latin to enjoy the drink specials, drag queens or the Latin music. Each venue sports a mixed clientele.

  1. Escuelita

    • Manhattan’s legendary gay Latin nightclub calls home the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 39th Street, along the edge of the Hell’s Kitchen and Theatre District neighborhoods. Open every night of the week but Monday and Wednesday, Escuelita has a cozy main room with low ceilings, and a stage in the back for performances. Sundays, the club opens early at 8 p.m. for a tea dance. Other days, it opens at 10 p.m. There are drink specials each night, and each night boasts different DJs, hosts, go-go boys and drag queens; however, the type of music is consistent: hip-hop, R&B, reggaeton, bachata and merengue. On your birthday, you can receive free admission, a special drink and a gift bag. VIP tables with bottle service can be reserved on the club's website. With a membership card, you save on the nightly admission fees.

      Escuelita
      301 W. 39th St.
      New York, NY 10018
      212-631-0588
      escuelita.com

    Club Atlantis

    • Queens’ upscale Club Atlantis attracts Latinos from all over New York City as well as Long Island. With different DJs in the main room and the Cantina Lounge, Club Atlantis boasts plenty of room to mingle and dance. Atlantis is open every day for 2-for-1 happy hour from 4 to 9 p.m. Weekends boast packed dance parties, with house and club music in the large room and merengue, bachata, salsa and reggaeton in the Cantina Lounge. On Tuesdays, Atlantis hosts a movie night with free popcorn. New York magazine notes that Atlantis’ “strippers resembling Diesel models and drag talent modeled after the Fantanas are bound to entertain.”

      Club Atlantis
      76-19 Roosevelt Ave.
      Jackson Heights, NY 11372
      718-457-3939
      clubatlantisnyc.com

    No Parking

    • No Parking sits on Broadway between 176th and 177th Streets in Washington Heights on the northern tip of Manhattan. A playfully bright and open lounge space with the bar in the middle of the room, plenty of seating on the sides and room to dance in between, No Parking offers 2-for-1 happy hour from 6 to 10 p.m. each day. There are evening drink specials, even on weekend nights when No Parking is packed with local Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. On Tuesdays, the lounge hosts “Wii Nite” with free pizza. The DJs play current and classic club, hip-hop, reggaeton, bachata and merengue music.

      No Parking
      4168 Broadway
      New York, NY 10033
      212-923-8700
      noparkingbar.com

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