Williamsburg's Macri Park Closed Thursday Night, Will Reopen as a Gay Bar

Williamsburg dive bar Macri Park — which hosts weekly drink-and-draw events and drag queen bingo at 462 Union Avenue — closed last night with no prior warning, just a chalkboard sign out front that read, “Last day for Macri Park. Let’s Drink.”

According to Next Magazine, it will reopen on September 11 as a gay bar.

This shouldn’t be a huge surprise: Owner John McGillion, who also owns the neighborhood’s Alligator Lounge and the Charleston, tried to turn the now-closed Lulu’s in Greenpoint into a gay bar last year but couldn’t because of a provision in the building’s lease.

Top photo by Claire Lobenfeld; last photo by Macri Park GMAP