Gramercy Park
4 music artists that Wikipedia ties to Gramercy Park, best known first. A tie, not always an origin
- Ric OcasekMusician · Pop
- John BenitezMusician · Electronic
- Paul CrestonComposer · Classical
- Emma Cecilia ThursbySinger
Music spots
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Venue
Max’s Kansas City
1965–1981Mickey Ruskin opened this restaurant and club on Park Avenue South in 1965; it closed in 1974 and reopened in 1975 under Tommy Dean Mills, until 1981. Debbie Harry was a waitress here; Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye opened for Phil Ochs on New Year’s Day 1974; and after it reopened it became one of the birthplaces of punk, with bands from the Ramones and Blondie to Klaus Nomi, per Wikipedia.
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Venue
Danceteria
1982The four-floor club on West 21st Street became one of the centers of new wave music in New York; Madonna and Cyndi Lauper were among the musicians who frequented it, and in July 2026 Madonna released a track called “Danceteria”, per Wikipedia.
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