Topless bar with no cover charge on Grand Street in East Williamsburg

About this club

Pumps is a topless bar on Grand Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, across the East River from Manhattan. The club has been running since 1997, and it is the kind of place that settles into its surroundings rather than announcing itself.

Inside, the club pairs dancers with strong drinks and a room dressed in vintage motorcycles. The motorcycles give the room a garage character. A night here is built around the stage and the drinks, with no cover at the door, so the evening begins as soon as a guest walks in.

The club is topless and sells a show, dances and drinks. Guests come for the dancers and stay for the bar, and the atmosphere is loose and unfussy rather than formal.

Pumps sits in Brooklyn, a short trip from the Williamsburg waterfront and the venues around it. The club keeps a phone line and its own website for anyone planning a visit, and those are the ways to reach it before setting out. Grand Street is easy to find, and the club is among the destinations that make up a night in this part of the borough.

This is a strip club in New York for people who like their evenings unpretentious and close to home in Brooklyn. It suits groups heading out in East Williamsburg, visitors curious about the borough's nightlife, and anyone who prefers a bar with a bit of grit and a stage to a polished Midtown room. The drinks are strong, the cover is nothing, and the motorcycles are real.

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