Oldest Bar in New York?
bRIDGE CAFE: When the Brooklyn Bridge first blocked Water Street from sunlight in 1883, this bar/restaurant had already been serving the local population for almost a century—in more ways than one: An 1860 NYC census lists 279 Water St. as the home of six Irish prostitutes.
According to a Times article, the Bridge Café has been a “drinking establishment” since 1847, thus making it the oldest continually running bar in NYC. Only a few blocks from the South Street Seaport, it’s decidedly not a tourist trap. After all, Ed Koch held court here twice a week at his private table during his mayorship, and city politicians still take advantage of its communal but easygoing air to conduct business here over a couple of cold ones.
bRIDGE CAFE: When the Brooklyn Bridge first blocked Water Street from sunlight in 1883, this bar/restaurant had already been serving the local population for almost a century—in more ways than one: An 1860 NYC census lists 279 Water St. as the home of six Irish prostitutes.
According to a Times article, the Bridge Café has been a “drinking establishment” since 1847, thus making it the oldest continually running bar in NYC. Only a few blocks from the South Street Seaport, it’s decidedly not a tourist trap. After all, Ed Koch held court here twice a week at his private table during his mayorship, and city politicians still take advantage of its communal but easygoing air to conduct business here over a couple of cold ones.
21 comments:
Fantastic !! The windows as so beautiful !! great post..Unseen Rajasthan
I know this place. Last fall I stayed just round the corner at the Best Western Hotel. I walked by here daily 3 or 4 days.
Is McSorleys stiill open on E. 7th?I have fond memories of consuming a few brews there and jars of hot mustard. I'm sorry I missed visitng this great bar. Looks like it'd be a favotite place to relax and enjoy friends. Great pix!
Cool Federal style building with quite a history.
It's a great old building and I hope it is there for many years to come.
I love the angle of the first pic!
I wonder who lives upstairs, the owner or his friends?
Long legged prostitutes with green thumbs.
It's hard for me to accept its claim as oldest bar since it was a restaurant for a spell and has gone under so many different names. Still a great old building.
Fascinating bit of history. Six Irish prostitutes, eh? I wonder how they knew they were Irish...the pols probably checked them out personally...
If only those walls could talk
The stories within those walls!!
What a great building. Nice to have pockets of history like that in such a modern place.
Gotta love a building with a tawdry past.
See today's Gothamist and now Curbed for details on the collapse of Building C on Admiral's Row- due to the latest rainstorms and decay.
Love this photos and I like so much this architecture!
Frank,
Yes McSorleys is still in operation.
It has become a little bit too much of a tourist spot especially around the holidays.
Good Job !
Old Building - New business.
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