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114 West 116 Street
114 West 116 Street
Detail of c. 1939 tax photo of 114 West 116th Street, with Jimmie Daniels occupying the storefront space. Photo by the NYC Department of Taxes. Courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives.
IMAGE DATE1939
From 1939 to 1942, the internationally popular African American cabaret singer Jimmie Daniels owned and operated his eponymous Harlem supper club on the ground floor of this building.
The famed nightspot hosted European royalty, high society from both sides of the Atlantic, and Black and white, gay and straight notables from the arts.
You can read more about Jimmie Daniels at the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project.
