in young men and bathhouses and sex parties is still unproven. That The Times believes in that success fairy tale should make it unsurprising that the city’s health department probably does, too. But having been to bathhouses in Phoenix, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale and New York City (I’m willing to admit that in print!), I have never seen any zealous adherence to safe-sex guidelines, or any intrusion in the ability there to have non-safe sex beyond some helpful (and correct) advice from the occasional social-worker types. (between 1st & 2nd Ave.) (212) 477-4744 Casual dive bar welcoming a diverse group of patrons, both gay and lesbian. Some allowed monitoring, few closed-more opened!-and they put a bucket of condoms in the entryway. new age gay bar at the Standard East Village Hotel. The paper noted past public health successes: “From San Francisco to New York, bathhouses notorious for promoting casual sex changed the way they did business or closed down.” diagnoses among gay men under 30 has been greater each year since at least 2001, spurred a New York Times editorial this week.
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Eastern Bloc, Therapy, Metropolitan Bar, Henrietta Hudson, Flaming Saddles Saloon, Industry, Barracuda Bar.The report from the city, which shows that the number of new H.I.V. The Cock is located at 29 2nd Avenue between East 1st and 2nd Streets in the East Village (21, ).
The Phoenix has a strong tradition of catering to a diverse and trendy crowd, and has become a gay institution in the east village. The Phoenix, originally established as The Bar in 1999, rose from from the ashes after a fire devastated the mainstay dive watering hole. which has been serving up cocktails and comfort food at 349 E. 447 East 13th Street New York, NY, 10009 United States. You can can come and stay for hours and your wallet wont take a beating. You will probably watch at least five people have sex before you get your hands on your first beer, but hey, we're all adults here. EAST VILLAGE The Redhead, a beloved 13th Street bar and restaurant twice featured on the Food Network. Actually, its a really solid bar in general that happens to cater to gays. But for those who brave the Cock, this hole-in-the-wall is the real deal. A club has always existed (until recently) in the basement of the Majestic Apartments building in the East Village, with an entrance on East 4th Street near. yesterday after leaving Phoenix, a bar on East 13th Street, where he had been relaxing with friends. It's also not the kind of place you bring your straight male friends, or host a bachelorette party. Evans said, he was heading to his Chelsea home about 1 a.m. THE COCK: This aptly-named East Village bar is divey as hell-peruse Yelp for vivid illustrations of how "sleazy," "dirty," "grimy," and "smelly" the space is, along with some slightly more graphic hookup descriptions-and certainly not for the faint of heart. Stonewall is located at 53 Christopher Street between Waverly Place and West 4th Street in the West Village (21, ). Read up on more Stonewall's history here.
Stonewall is naturally packed during Pride week (the parade takes place on the anniversary of the riots), so be prepared to get up close and personal with fellow bar-goers this weekend. Now an official New York City landmark, this West Village tavern launched the pride movement on June 28th, 1969, after continued police harassment against the gay community finally reached a tipping point. STONEWALL INN: No guide to the city's gay bar scene would be complete without a nod to the historic Stonewall Inn.