Cotton Club

The Cotton Club was a 20th-century nightclub in New York City. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown until 1940.
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  • Type: Bar
  • Description: jazz club in Manhattan, New York City
  • Address: 656 West 125th Street, New York, 10027

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grant’s Tomb and Manhattan School of Music.

Museum
Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and of his wife Julia. is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Cotton Club.

University
The is a private music conservatory in . The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical performance, jazz performance, contemporary performance, composition, and conducting, as well as a bachelor's in musical theatre. is situated 1,900 feet south of Cotton Club.

Metro station
The is an elevated local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and Broadway, at the border of the and Morningside Heights neighborhoods of , it is served by the 1 train at all times. is situated 870 feet southeast of Cotton Club.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manhattanville and Morningside Heights.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the borough of . It is bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by ; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the West Side of in . It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the of in . It is the northernmost part of the West Harlem area, along with and Morningside Heights to its south, and it contains the sub-neighborhood and historic district of . lies to Hamilton Heights' north, and to its east is .

Cotton Club

Latitude
40.81759° or 40° 49′ 3″ north
Longitude
-73.96028° or 73° 57′ 37″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Height
21 feet (6.4 metres)
Open location code
87G8R29Q+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 271923842
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­bar
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11821930
Wiki­data ID
Q1136776
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Cotton Club” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Cotton Club
  • Arabic: كوتون كلوب
  • Basque: Cotton Club
  • Catalan: Cotton Club
  • Chinese: 棉花俱乐部
  • Chinese: 棉花俱樂部 (夜店)
  • Chinese: 棉花俱樂部
  • Chinese: 棉花田俱樂部
  • Czech: Cotton club
  • Czech: Cotton Club
  • Dutch: Cotton Club (New York)
  • Dutch: Cotton Club
  • Esperanto: Cotton Club
  • French: Cotton Club
  • Galician: Cotton Club
  • German: Cotton Club
  • Hebrew: מועדון הכותנה
  • Hungarian: Cotton Club
  • Italian: Cotton Club
  • Japanese: Cotton Club
  • Japanese: The Cotton Club
  • Japanese: コットン・クラブ
  • Japanese: コットンクラブ
  • Macedonian: Котон Клуб
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cotton Club
  • Norwegian: Cotton Club
  • Polish: Cotton Club (klub)
  • Polish: Cotton Club
  • Portuguese: Cotton Club
  • Russian: Cotton Club
  • Spanish: Cotton Club
  • Swedish: Cotton Club

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