It was the shot heard 'round Chelsea last weekend when a clubgoer opened fire in the streets just outside of the popular West 28th Street nightclub Shadow around 4 a.m Saturday. The round, which blasted through a metal gate and destroyed a neighboring storefront, is the most recent bout of violence to occur in the area (in January, a man was stabbed and beaten over the head with a beer bottle there), prompting community members' complaints about noise, drug dealing, and other turbulence in the club's vicinity. more ›

Well, we hope it was fun while it lasted? The beleaguered Juliet Supperclub, currently closed amidst a legal dispute, may never again open its doors. Cue the tiny violins for all the big douchebags who loved it. The Real Deal reports that the club has chosen to withdraw a lawsuit it filed in an attempt to stop eviction proceedings started by its landlord. more ›

Three people were killed and another was injured in separate shootings in the Bronx and Queens last night—and that included one of NYC's top tax cops. Police found 42-year-old Tracey Young shot in the torso and head in her Briarwood home at around 11 p.m. According to the Post, she lived with her husband, former 32nd precinct cop Clarence Cash, who later turned himself in and remains in custody at the 107th precinct. “She was an incredible investigator—one of the top 10 in New York State. She made so many cases,” the assistant director of investigations for the department told the Post. more ›

Multiple people were shot inside Chelsea's Juliet Supper Club early this morning, less than two months after a man was fatally stabbed after leaving the club. A 43-year-old man who was shot in the torso and back was declared dead on arrival at Bellevue this morning a little after 2:30 a.m.. According to sources, "some current NBA and NFL players were inside the crowded club, but they were not involved in the shooting." more ›

Would you enter the world of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive? You will soon be able to in Paris, where Lynch is helping open a nightclub inspired by the film's own Club Silencio (in fact, it will have the same name). The director will be hosting nights there, and is designing the interior himself, recently noting, "I enjoy how architecture and design create mood." As long as it's not a One Eyed Jack's kind of mood, that's cool with us. No word on what will be behind the red velvet curtains, but there will be a concert hall, a restaurant, a library and a cinema. (The real venue that Club Silencio was housed in is this theater in LA.) more ›

Since nightclub-related shootings are not exactly a rare occurrence here in New York, so maybe it isn't the best idea to name your new Meatpacking joint after a firearms? And yet here we are, but a few days away from the opening of Gunbar a "dive-bar-inspired-lounge" where "Lower East Side meets Eastern London." Who knows what that even means, but hey! They have an on-site tattoo parlor? Is that even legal? more ›

Here's hoping Lola's faded feathers are still in her hair—The Copacabana is coming back! This July, possibly earlier, the club most people still connect with Barry Manilow will be back in town with its own venue (as opposed to hosting parties in other venues)—nearly four years after its last incarnation shut up shop. more ›

Last week, a new Duane Reade opened on the Upper West Side at West 72nd Street and Broadway. While it does offer a growler bar and seems much airier than the usual DR, residents were livid about the 24-hour store's bright billboard on the second floor. One neighbor described it to WCBS 2 "almost like a strobe light... It went from a very serene environment to like being in a club. When I’m in bed, I can still see the flashes." (Just like Kramer!) But there may be relief soon. more ›

A nightclub for dogs? To quoth Marge Simpson: Whatever! According to newly launched iPad-mostly The Daily, a doggie disco has opened in Manhattan, which they describe as a late night haven for partying pups and their owners. The Fetch Club will serve your pooches, too—but what's on tap? A Sauvignon Bark, made of chicken broth and potatoes, or maybe your dog would prefer a Happy Tale Ale (which is beef flavored and part of the club's "bowl service"). And doesn't this sound fun!: more ›

A new law going in effect today could spare bar and restaurant owners from fees given for serving minors if employees take classes on identifying fake IDs (last month, a 17-year-old girl accidentally fell to her death from a building's ledge, not too long after partying with a fake Brazilian ID). Businesses can get a 25% discount off the fines if all the employees pass the class from the Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association. However, executive director Scott Wexler just rendered all those classes useless by giving away this tip for free: "If you bend a license, and if it's valid, it will not crease. In a simple 30 to 45 seconds, bar staff can identify if they are serving underage drinkers." more ›

The death of the 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand was ruled an accident by the Medical Examiner's office. Nicole John fell off the 25th floor ledge of an apartment building in Herald Square last Friday morning; the Post reports, "Toxicology tests ... aren't expected for weeks." The 25-year-old tenant had invited John and others to his place for an after-party while they were at the Meatpacking District club Tenjune, which is now under fire for apparently allowing the underage teen into the club with her fake Brazilian ID. more ›

After the 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand fell to her death from a Midtown building on Friday, attention has been on Tenjune, where she had been partying earlier. The Post reports that the Manhattan DA's office is opening up a criminal probe: "Investigators plan to interview owners, bartenders, cocktail waitresses and bouncers about how Nicole John, 17, was allowed entry to the hotspot with a bogus ID and what she did while inside the club on Little West 12th Street." more ›

Even though Tiger Woods is practicing at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ (he's playing the Barclays tournament there next week)—which is just a mere 36 minute drive to Butter!—the newly divorced golf player is not expected to enjoy the Big Apple nightlife. The Post's "Manhattan nightclub sources" think Woods will be cooling his heels in Jersey: "'Not a chance in hell Tiger will be out clubbing in New York,' one source said. 'I can't imagine he'd show his face anywhere.'" Still, "Every club promoter would want him in their club." more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] As part of what seems like a city crackdown on artist's loft spaces this week, Clinton Hill's Rubulad has been shut down, and artists began moving out their possessions on Tuesday when they were presented with a padlock and an eviction notice. more ›

Jason Green, one of the EMTs accused of ignoring a dying pregnant woman last December, was fatally shot earlier this morning in Soho. The Daily News reports, "Jason Green, 32 - who was suspended by the FDNY for 30 days for abandoning Au Bon Pain worker Eutisha Rennix in December - was shot in the face outside of Greenhouse club in Soho about 5 a.m., police said. He was off duty at the time." more ›

Rapper/entrepreneur/club owner/Yankees fan Jay-Z, along with his business partner, is suing Red Sox star David Ortiz. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in Manhattan Federal Court, the two claimed Ortiz named his Santo Domingo nightclub after Jigga's 40/40 chain of clubs (which are located in NYC, Atlantic City and Vegas). MyFox5 reports that Ortiz's club, called Forty-Forty, is allegedly named after hitting 40 homers and stealing 40 bases in one season. The lawsuit states, "David Ortiz is fully aware of Plaintiff's Manhattan 40/40 club, since he had been a patron there on several occasions before he opened his Infringing Forty/Forty club." more ›

A man who worked as a busboy at a Times Square nightclub and killed a patron on the club's rooftop in 2008 was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison yesterday. Syed Rahman, who already agreed to plead guilty to the murder charges earlier this year, "muttered" (according to the Post) an apology, "I want to express my deepest sympathy to the friends and family of Ingrid Rivera. I know I caused a tremendous amount of pain." more ›

The NYC Health Department is intensifying a crackdown on bars and clubs that permit cigarette smoking, and officials may make an extreme example of extremely obnoxious club M2 UltraLounge. The club went on trial last week at a special administrative court that the city uses when it seeks to take away property, and the Times reports that if M2 loses, it would be the first time the city had closed a business solely for violating a ban on smoking. more ›

A cocktail waitress is suing for sexual harassment, claiming that back in 2007 her slimy boss cornered her and demanded to sniff coke off her rear. When that failed, he forcibly used her shoulder! According to court papers, Nicole Slama yelled “No!” when Quo co-owner Gary Malhotra pushed into a closet and made his request. OK, off your [breast] then," he said. Again, the former Applebees waitress and full-time student declined. Recently she’d been warned that the exclusive club’s owners used the manager’s office as their personal den of iniquity. more ›

Though early reports indicated the windows of a Clinton Hill nightclub might have been shattered in a shooting, the real cause of the crime was strict enforcement of the city's smoking ban, the Local reports. According to an employee at Waverly Avenue's Loft 45, a "kid was smoking in the bathroom and the bouncer threw him out." Once outside, the smoker and his friends broke five of the venue's windows. The incident comes at a time when many New Yorkers apparently thought it was safe to start smoking in clubs again. more ›

NY Times reporter N. R. Kleinfield sees the increasing number of obnoxious nightclubs masquerading as bowling alleys as an early indicator on an economic recovery. "As New York struggles to resurrect its economy, it needs powerful new engines of growth," writes Kleinfield. "There must be an answer. There is. Bowling alleys." Which would be a fine fantasy if the bowling alleys he cites were places where you could roll without losing your league shirt, but Kleinfield sees the overpriced popularity of Bowlmor, Lucky Strike, and the newly upscale Leisure Time Bowl as optimistic signs of growth. Remember when bowling used to be an affordable diversion for the working class? Go to Forest Hills if you want that... er, nevermind. more ›

Six years after New York City enacted a smoking ban inside bars, restaurants and clubs, patrons of upscale nightclubs continue to light up, according to a Times investigation. Cigarettes are commonplace at venues like Goldbar, Avenue, and Griffin, the paper reports. "Everyone looks the other way," said Guest of a Guest writer Billy Gray, 25. "It's more of an illicit thrill now," he said. "Like when you were a teenager and snuck a beer in your parents' basement." more ›

A group of pugilists roughed up five off duty cops outside a Queens nightclub on Dec. 16. The officers allegedly got into a brawl in front of the Tropix Bar and Lounge at around 4 am after an officer flashed his badge to a bouncer in an attempt to get into the Queens Boulevard venue, which was closing for the night. A group of men outside the club began shouting at the cops — who had just left a housing police holiday party — and a fight broke out, according to the Daily News. more ›

After reports that a bouncer was arrested for raping an intoxicated customer in one of its bathroom, the nighclub Duvet, aka Club Climax, on West 21st Street off Broadway was shut down. According to the Post, the State Liquor Authority made the decision because, per sources, the club never should have hired the suspect, Hunter Dupree, who is an ex-con. The Post adds that the club "had been hit with numerous SLA violations but stayed open through a quirk in state law -- even after its liquor license was not renewed in November 2004" and that "Cops were summoned to the club 42 times in the past two years, including a Jan. 21, 2009, incident in which a female patron reported being robbed at gunpoint." Back in 2007, a man was stabbed to death outside the club. more ›

A bouncer at the Flatiron District's Duvet is accused of raping an intoxicated woman inside a stall in the club's ladies' room on October 25th. Ex-con Hunter Dupree, 33, isn't legally allowed to work as a bouncer because of his criminal record, but that didn't stop the club (which also goes by the name Climax) from hiring him. The 23-year-old victim says she was "incapacitated" in a stall as the club was closing at 4 a.m., and when Dupree called out to ask if anyone was in restroom, she cried for help. more ›

In its mission to reel in younger clientele, the Nassau County Regional Off-Track Betting location in Plainview is transforming its three-story "Race Palace" into a nightclub. Alongside the regularly televised racetrack programming, the evening will feature dancers and contortionists dispersed between three rooms for a night of what restaurateur Steven Carl tells Newsday is "good clean fun." more ›

Not to be outdone by that measly $1 billion class action lawsuit filed against Greenhouse—the "eco-friendly" but allegedly black-unfriendly downtown nightclub—some other offended blacks have stepped up with their own $1.5 billion lawsuit! Greenhouse: the "big tobacco" of nightclubs. This new lawsuit is being filed today by Raqiyah Mays, a Kiss FM radio host, and three others who say that they were not let in "due to their race." Isn't it about time for Latinos, Hasidim, and Sikhs to get their piece of the Greenhouse bonanza? more ›

The author whose book release party at Varick Street nightclub Greenhouse was allegedly ruined by a racist door policy may file a lawsuit of her own. The "eco-friendly" club was recently hit with a $1 billion class action lawsuit, accusing the bouncer and owner of denying entry to approximately 100 people because of their ethnicity. Now author Teri Woods has come forward corroborate the allegations, and she says it wasn't just blacks who were kept out of her party. more ›

Bronx cop Marc Rios, an 11-year-veteran currently under indictment for smashing a man in the face with his baton during a road-rage incident, has now been slapped with a federal civil rights suit. Victim John Roperto is seeking unspecified damages from Rios over the March altercation, which Roperto says was sparked after he left a Kingsbridge nightclub around 4:20 a.m and an NYPD squad car almost ran him over. Roperto, 32, slapped the car in anger, which prompted Rios to get out and crack him in the face with his flexible police baton, breaking both Roperto's cheekbone and the baton. more ›