Patrons report being harassed and intimidated. The city's classic gay leather bar, the Eagle moved to desolate West 28th Street in 2001, after the original Eagle closed further downtown, where it had survived since 1970 in a former longshoreman's pub until the neighborhood went upscale.Īs the Times reported on this weekend's raid, the police turned on the lights, shined flashlights in patrons' faces, and forced people to empty their pockets. This weekend, on the night when gay marriage was passed in New York State, the Eagle bar was raided by the NYPD.
