Terminal Bar (bar)
| Location | SE corner 8th Avenue and 41st Street, New York City, New York, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Type | Bar |
| Opened | 1958 |
| Closed | 1982 |
| Owner | Murray Goldman[1] |
The Terminal Bar was a bar located in Times Square in New York City at 41st Street and 8th Avenue. It had a reputation as one of the roughest bars in the city and was located across from the Port Authority Bus Terminal.[2][3] Terminal Bar originally had a mainly Irish American clientle but over time evolved into a predominately African American and gay bar.[4]
The Terminal Bar was featured in the Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver[5] and was the subject of an award winning American documentary short film, Terminal Bar, directed by Stefan Nadelman[6] that used a combination of animation, live action and black-and-white photography of Terminal Bar's former patrons taken by the director's father, bartender Sheldon Nadelman, from 1972 to 1982.[7]
The Terminal Bar closed in 1982.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Genovese, Peter (1982-01-03). "Terminal Bar, Eighth Avenue: The End Is Near". The Home News.
- ↑ Coombs, Orde (1980-12-01). "The Roughest Bar In Town". New York. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ↑ Felson, Marcus (2006). Crime and nature. SAGE. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7619-2910-9.
- ↑ "Terminal Bar; Punch-Drunk Love". Nypress.com. 2002-10-15. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ↑ "New York, You’ve Changed – Taxi Driver (Part 2)". Scoutingny.com. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ↑ "25 New Faces of Indie Film 2003". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ↑ "End of the Line: Stefan Nadelman's Terminal Bar". DVD Talk. 2002-10-13. Retrieved 2010-11-30.