McGurk's Suicide Hall
| McGurk's Suicide Hall | |
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Interactive map of the McGurk's Suicide Hall area | |
| Former names | McGurk's Saloon |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Saloon, dance hall, brothel |
| Location | Manhattan, New York, United States, 295 Bowery |
| Coordinates | 40°43′29″N 73°59′32″W / 40.7246°N 73.9922°W |
| Opened | c. 1893 |
| Demolished | 2005 |
| Owner | John McGurk |
McGurk's Suicide Hall was a notorious saloon, dance hall, and brothel at 295 Bowery in Manhattan, New York City. Operating in the 1890s and early 1900s, it catered to sailors, sex workers, and thrill-seeking visitors and became infamous after a cluster of suicides by young women in 1899, which led newspapers to dub it "Suicide Hall".
Owned by Irish immigrant saloonkeeper John H. McGurk, the hall became a symbol of the Bowery's late-19th-century vice district and has been described in later accounts of New York's underworld and working-class nightlife.