The Gaslight Cafe doorway, 116 MacDougal Street

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The basement doorway where the real Gaslight Cafe ran its poetry and folk nights until 1971.

Time there
5 min
Best time
Evening, when MacDougal Street is busy
Cost
Free
Good to know
It is directly across from the Comedy Cellar.

Filmed here

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023) · S1E1 “Pilot”

    Midge’s drunken first set at the Gaslight, which ends with her arrest. The show used this doorway for Gaslight exteriors; the club inside was a set.

Private land or a working building. Look from a public spot; please don’t go in.

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