The Bowery Ballroom is a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City

New York City

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. The structure, at 6 Delancey Street

Delancey Street (Manhattan)

Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattan's Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn. It is an eight-lane, median-divided street....

, was built just before the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It stood vacant until the end of WWII

World War II

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, when it became a high-end retail store. The neighborhood subsequently went into decline again, and so did the caliber of businesses occupying the space. In 1997 it was converted into a music venue. It has a capacity of 550 people.

Directly in front of the venue's entrance is the Bowery Station

Bowery (BMT Nassau Street Line)

Bowery is a station on the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of the Bowery and Delancey Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, it is served by the J train at all times and the Z train during rush hours in peak direction.Construction of this...

 on the BMT Nassau Street Line

BMT Nassau Street Line

The BMT Nassau Street Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway system in Manhattan. It is served by the and trains which are colored brown on maps and signage...

 ( trains) of the New York City Subway

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The club serves as the namesake of Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....

's Bowery Songs

Bowery Songs

Bowery Songs is a live album by American singer and musician Joan Baez, released in 2005. it was recording during Baez' set at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom.- Track listings :# "Finlandia" – 2:08...

album, recorded live at a concert at the Bowery Ballroom on November 6, 2004. It is also appears in the 2000 film Coyote Ugly as well as the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick and Norah , who meet when...

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