What are the hours for Checkmate NYC?

Hours for Checkmate NYC: Fri: 22:00-04:00; Sat: 22:00-04:00.

Does Checkmate NYC require membership?

Yes, Checkmate NYC requires membership.

Is Checkmate NYC BYOB?

Yes, Checkmate NYC allows guests to bring their own beverages.

Checkmate NYC

Name: Checkmate NYC
Address: 227 East 56th St (Lower Level), New York, NY 10022, New York, NY, USA
Telephone: (212) 421-3313

New York, NY, USA

On-Premise Club

Updated Oct 10, 2026

227 East 56th St (Lower Level), New York, NY 10022

New York, NY

(212) 421-3313

Phone

checkmatenyc.com

Website

Membership Required

21+

Age Requirement

Men: suits, dress shirts, dress pants, dress shoes

Dress Code

Hours

Fri22:00-04:00

Sat22:00-04:00

Event Pricing

Single womanFree

Single manNever admitted

Who can attend

Single men are not admitted

Before you go

Joining: Apply with the membership form and a current photo of you and your partner. Applications are reviewed within 24 hours, and an approved applicant receives an invitation that must be shown at the door.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Joining (opens in a new tab)
First visit: A membership becomes active after the first time you attend. It is canceled after more than a year without attendance.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for First visit (opens in a new tab)
Who can attend: No guests and no walk-ins.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Who can attend (opens in a new tab)
ID: If you are not the person or people in the photo submitted for approval, you are denied entry on arrival.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for ID (opens in a new tab)
Alcohol: Guests bring their own bottles; staff tag the bottle and serve you. The club does not sell alcohol.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Alcohol (opens in a new tab)
Phones & photos: Cellphones must be put away and kept inside the lockers.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Phones & photos (opens in a new tab)

Reviews

Rated 4.0 out of 5 on Google from 88 reviews.

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About

Checkmate NYC describes itself as “a private, safe, sexy & fun club”, a members-only, on-premises lifestyle club on Manhattan's Upper East Side that opens every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Its About page says the club has been open for 29 years. The club lists a video dance floor, an LED dance floor, a live DJ, a tended bar and a foreplay/skin lounge, alongside cinema, black/dark and blue light/neon playrooms plus mirrored and public playrooms. Showers, robe and towel service, attended private lockers and private security are also listed. Nights include a Thursday after-work party and theme nights every weekend, though themes are only a suggestion. The club admits prescreened couples and single women, never single men, and guests must be 21 or older. Members need an active membership and an RSVP, while everyone else applies through the membership form with full-body photos of both partners; applications are reviewed within 24 hours and approved applicants receive an invitation to show at the door. There are no walk-ins or guests. The bar is BYOB: the club tags guests' bottles and serves them but does not sell alcohol. The dress code is formal, with high heels required for women and dress shoes for men, and women without heels are denied entry.