Subway Inn to Close After 77 Years in Midtown Manhattan

Subway Inn, the New York City institution that clung to its dive-bar roots even as its Upper East Side neighborhood sprouted steel-and-glass office and apartment towers, is serving its last drink.

The bar, which opened in 1937, will close on Aug. 15 and seek another location, according to a notice on its Facebook page. A bartender who would give his name only as Steven S. and said he was the son of the owner, confirmed yesterday that the building’s landlord had given it notice. A spokesman for World-Wide Group, the building’s owner, declined to comment.