Pyramid Club (New York City)

This article is about the nightclub in New York. For the African-American social club in Philadelphia, see Pyramid Club (Philadelphia).

Pyramid Club
Pyramid Cocktail Lounge
Entrance to the club in 2009
Map
Address101 Avenue A
LocationNew York City
Coordinates40°43′33″N 73°59′02″W / 40.72578°N 73.983873°W / 40.72578; -73.983873
TypeNightclub
Opened1979 (1979)
Closed2020
Website
thepyramidclub.com

The Pyramid Club was a nightclub in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. After opening in 1979, the Pyramid helped define the East Village drag queen, gay, post-punk and no wave art and music scenes of the 1980s.[1] The club was located at 101 Avenue A in Manhattan.[2]

101 Avenue A, built in 1876, location of the Club
  1. ^ Hager, Steve. Art After Midnight: The East Village Scene. St. Matins Press, 1986. p. 150
  2. ^ Brian Butterick, Susan Martin, Kestutis Nakas (eds.) "We Started a Nightclub": The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It, Damiani Books, p. 18