Carnival
110 University Place
New York NY 10003

The Newest and Hottest club in the Village, Carnival combines the fun and fantasy of Coney Island with the style and sophistication of Manhattan.

The New York Times says:

A juggler on a unicycle wobbles past a cluster of club goers, deftly avoiding a collision that might spill their candy-color cocktails down the front of premium-label jeans. A clown on stilts hobbles past a table full of neatly coiffed men with untucked dress shirts who don’t even look up from their drinks. It’s hard enough to project an air of unwavering cool at New York nightclubs.It’s even harder to do so in the presence of a clown.

But Carnival at Bowlmor Lanes, which opened last month on University Place,is not just any club; it owes more to the memory of P. T. Barnum than Steve Rubell. With 16,000 square feet of wire walkers, sword swallowers and Coney Island-style games like ring toss and goldfish pong, it’s a working carnival within the confines of a nightclub. It’s like a cross between Circus Circus and the Boardwalk.

The New York Post says:

With waitresses splashing around in an actual Dunk Tank, clowns and jugglers spinning across the massive room and confetti flying through the air, the debauchery stands to be epic. This is the kid of place that could easily turn psychedelic without the need to actually ingest illegal substances.