club /new york

Latin Quarter

200 West 48th Street at Broadway, New York, United States

Opened 1985 Closed 1988 closed Golden Age

Times Square nightclub whose Friday-night hip-hop policy (DJs Red Alert and Chuck Chillout in residence) made it the canonical late-1980s New York rap room; broke Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, and Public Enemy on the same stages.

Key residents (DJs, promoters, regulars)2

  • dj-red-alert
  • chuck-chillout

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External

Citations 2

  1. B
    Wikipedia — Latin Quarter (New York City nightclub) Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  2. B
    Wikipedia — Kool DJ Red Alert Retrieved 2026-05-24.

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