Basement

Yowas Academi★★★★★★★★★★5.02 weeks ago

Great venue. Been here many times - truly lives up to the hype, especially on specific nights. Most reviews come from those rejected at the door at basement because they wore black jeans and a regular black cropped top. Just don’t come in a large group, or seem like the belligerent type who decided to “switch things up” and go to a rave for once. Dress in something not basic, darker colors, don’t seem too drunk, speak proper, and you won’t even notice it’s 7am by the time you get out.

Beate Hildebrand★★★★★★★★★★5.0a month ago

Must be one of the best techno clubs in the world. Excellent sound on the whole floor. Super easy to switch between floor and edge when you need a break. Extensive off-floor space to calibrate after a long turn. Very dark which is good so you are not disturbed by fancy light effects. And most importantly: a very serious crowd. No posturing, no socializing on the floor, no groups, no phones. For me, with the right music, this is the perfect setup. Excellent job done at the doors to keep the vibe alive.

Brooklyn Angel★★★★★★★★★★4.02 months ago

Love it here, I always feel comfortable and free to dance however I want. The music has never disappointed me. The music alone energizes me to dance hours on end. I really appreciate the emphasis on consent, and of course, I love so much that it’s no cameras/no photography. When I go out it is to enjoy music among people enjoying music, and exist together in that moment. I know I will get that here. I appreciate the hard door because that’s what makes it a safe space. There’s security monitors everywhere you can go to if someone is making you feel uncomfortable. The bartenders are all lovely, always :) the door people n security r generally chill too. Idk these people see hundreds of people a night don’t expect them to have all the energy in the world. I will say I got rejected for the first time for an event called Bound that I have gone to many times in the same outfit (as a cover up for what I’m wearing underneath), for lacking fetish gear. While I understand the rules of the event, I do have to note as a mixed Black femme that my non Black friend who went in separately and didn’t have fetish gear was let in, and told me there where quite a lot of men (in fact a lot more men then anyone else) inside lacking gear, particularly white men. I can’t really take issue being rejected as I was technically not following rules that night (I didn’t have a different outfit underneath because honestly, I just wanted to dance among my community but I didn’t feel comfortable showing skin that night). But I want to share this as I see some people are reporting a pattern of concerns about discrimination and if that really is taking place hopefully it would be rectified

alex thomas★★★★★★★★★★5.0a month ago

loved my experience here, but it’s NOT FOR EVERYONE. and THATS OKAY. i wouldn’t consider this a good tourist-y spot to visit for ‘funsies’, the vibe in there is curated and for a very good reason. know who is playing and who you’re coming to see. incredibly queer and trans friendly, so if you aren’t, don’t go and ruin it for everyone else who is. i enjoyed myself and will absolutely come back!!!

Matt Deco★★★★★★★★★★1.04 months ago

Arrived before 11pm with a presale ticket to attend the Boys Noize and Juliana Huxtable show on Feb 14th 2026 but was rejected at the door after a 10 second bouncer check. I’ve played at, produced, and attended thousands of events in my 25+ years of being involved in nightlife and have never discriminated or been discriminated against. I helped bring Boys Noize to the US for his first tour in 2009 and have put hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of marginalized, alternative artists as a promoter. I get what they are trying to do but this has more in common with discriminatory conservative politics than the electronic music culture I’ve championed for more than half my life. I understand they are trying to emulate Berlin clubs like Berghain but applying these policies in Queens betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes the dance music scene so great. I’m sure this review won’t make a difference but I feel compelled to say something. Consider supporting other venues with your body, energy, and wallet that don’t have this “you can’t sit with us” exclusionary energy. I take comfort in two truths I know deeply after my time in the scene: This type of venue behavior is thankfully an extreme minority, and everything in nightlife is temporary. How many hundreds of venues named Basement have come and gone over the decades? In closing, I strongly urge the management who set up this system and designed the layout of the entry area to take seriously the safety of their staff. I’ve seen terrible things happen to door crew over the years and with such a confrontational attitude it’s a matter of when, not if, an angry patron is going to do something stupid that gets the bouncers hurt. There are zero security measures in place ahead of them; this is sadly another fundamental difference between the US and Europe that Basement either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about.