Basement

#39 of 50 on the PEAKTIME Club Index · Queens, NYC, US · est. 2019 · index score 77.9/100.

The Knockdown Center's no-phones black box, New York's most Berlin-minded room.

The room

A no-phones black box inside Queens' cavernous Knockdown Center, Basement is the most Berlin-minded room in New York. Stickered cameras, serious techno and a protected dancefloor brought the Berghain ethos to the US in a way few rooms dare.

Reputation

NYC's most credible techno room.

What makes it singular

A genuine no-phones, music-first techno box, rare in camera-happy New York.

Signature nights

no-phones techno program

Iconic sets

Berlin techno residents bringing the no-photos marathon to NYC.,Knockdown Center's huge adjoining space for festival-scale nights.

Capacity: ≈ 600 · Origin: Within the Knockdown Center (2019)

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