"This Is No Seaman Bar; It's A Semen Bar."
Josh Bernstein, the NY Press writer who is reviewing the city’s shadiest hang-outs for his Scary Bar Project column, already had plans to check out the Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge when the majority of our readers dubbed it The Scariest Bar in Brooklyn. (Granted, a few of you guys are far more freaked out by…
Josh Bernstein, the NY Press writer who is reviewing the city’s shadiest hang-outs for his Scary Bar Project column, already had plans to check out the Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge when the majority of our readers dubbed it The Scariest Bar in Brooklyn. (Granted, a few of you guys are far more freaked out by the bocce-playin’ Brooklyn Law dudes at Floyd than you are by scantily clad barmaids at divey strip clubs, which is, of course, understandale.) Anyway, Josh called the place “NYC’s safest, scuzziest dive”:
“Security cameras patrol the room, while the L-shaped bathroom offers a low-tech preventative measure. The angled mirror behind the toilet lets you see anyone — ne’er-do-wells or the undead — sneak up behind you.”
We’re not sure if the security cameras and mirrors make the place “safe,” but at least you’ll always see your attackers coming before you get jumped. That said, the joint seems more uncomfortable than scary. But, hey, if you don’t mind getting a big hug from a lady in a “floss-thin outfit” (and if you’ve got a few dollar bills to slip her in return), this could be your new favorite spot.
Where Seamen Once Roamed, Ladies Now Gyrate [NY Press]
Scariest Bar in Brooklyn? [Brooklyn Record]
Photo by lesterhead
Cattyshack!
http://www.nypress.com/19/40/food/joshuambernstein.cfm
“If it weren’t for him, I never would’ve known about the lesbian bar a few blocks from me that has the best Sunday afternoon football setup, complete with cheap bloody marys, free snacks, and an awesome bbq.”
Hey, Ben – sounds absolutely ideal! Where is it?
I thought it was already shut down. I drive by it every day after work and haven’t seen it open for a coupla weeks.
Listen everybody, Josh is a friend of mine, and believe me, he LOVES bars. Good bars, bad bars, scary bars…he loves them all. He’s not trying to shut any of them down, he’s trying to spread the love and experience bars that most of us otherwise wouldn’t frequent. If it weren’t for him, I never would’ve known about the lesbian bar a few blocks from me that has the best Sunday afternoon football setup, complete with cheap bloody marys, free snacks, and an awesome bbq.
Uh, I don’t think Josh is trying to shut down this bar at all. In fact, if bars like this were to become “generic marble-countered stroller-acommodating yuppy bars,” our man would be out of a writing gig!
josh writes
“I need to slide out the door. I’m no prude, but I am a cheap bastard”
then why is he reviewing bars?
Oh my, chill out folks! So you have to shut this bar down now? Everyone’s scared of a different kind of place that is in their new neighborhood? What, it doesn’t fit in with your aesthetic? So simply don’t go in there if you’re so scared. That’s what I do, I don’t go in, but I also don’t want to change it into another generic marble-countered stroller-acommodating yuppy bar. This is New York City we’re living in … Pa-leeeze! Gosh what a boring place everyone wants to selfishly create! So is this new witch-burning going to be about property values again then, oh lord when will it stop?