The Gaslight Cafe

The Gaslight Cafe
The former site of the Gaslight Cafe as seen in November 2021.
Interactive map of The Gaslight Cafe
Location116 MacDougal Street
New York City, New York
United States
Coordinates40°43′47.01″N 74°0′1.93″W / 40.7297250°N 74.0005361°W / 40.7297250; -74.0005361
Owner
  • John Mitchell
  • John Moyant
  • Sam Hood
  • Ed Simon
TypeCoffeehouse
EventsFolk music, et al.
Construction
Opened1958
Closed1971

The Gaslight Cafe was a coffeehouse in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. Also called The Village Gaslight, it opened in 1958 and became a venue for folk music and other musical acts. It closed in 1971.