The Bell House

Big-name acts & up-and-comers play at this big bar/performance venue set in a former warehouse.

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(718) 643-6510 website

149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

What locals are saying . . .

An evening of The Moth? Taping of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me? Standup Comedy? Live music? Find it here! The Bell House is the creation of Jim Carden and Andy Templar, the pair behind Union Hall. Converted from a 1920s printing press, the venue opened in 2008 and has been hosting new and venerable performances since.

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