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Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. Gay bars in Queens pack in locals who don't queen like crossing the river—as well as folks who want a break from the Manhattan scene.

Gay bars in Queens tend to be outside the gipster strongholds of Astoria and Long Island City those gays are close enough to Manhattan that they're willing to commute for nightlife. Queens' gay bars are concentrated slightly further out, in the racially and culturally diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights.

The fact that Manhattan is kind-of a schlep from here has led not gay to longevity for a couple bars, but to a fully thriving scene centered on Roosevelt Avenue. They all offer birthday celebrations, providing freebies often including a cake, invitations, plates and flatware—sometimes even a bottle of bubbly—as long as you bring along all your friends and family.

There are no intimidating dress codes or door policies, and the standard soundtrack is Latin dance-pop at varying degrees of electronic remixing. Recommended: Essential York to do in Queens. Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. About us. Contact us. No thanks Subscribe.

Enter email address. No thanks Awesome, you're subscribed! Photo illustration: Nate Sprecher. Friday June 21 Sign up to our newsletter to enjoy New York without spending a thing as well as options when you're feeling flush. Gay bars in Queens. Club Evolution. Lounges Elmhurst.

This is where all the cute young things come to learn how to party under instruction of drag queens and a crew of bartending bar boys whose uniforms consist of baseball caps, jeans and whistles around their necks.