Dive Bar Fact Blast: How Many Real Dive Bars Are There in NYC?

Somewhere between 3 and 4,505.

by Devra Ferst Oct 23, 2014, 3:15pm EDT

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New York has loads of dive bars (though probably fewer than the 4505 Yelp seems to count) but only three actually carry the official name. A bar, called "Dive Bar" operates three locations around the city and first opened in 1989.

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