Like many a New York City crime thriller, Netflix’s thrives in the shadow of the mighty Brooklyn Bridge. But in exploring the nitty gritty of the city’s nightlife spaces, the series’s titular haunt taps into the city’s history that predates even the foundation of the bridge.

While the Black Rabbit is very much a fictional restaurant in this new Netflix original starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the building that doubles as The Rabbit is very much real, a living archive of a past carved by pirates, bartenders, hurricanes, and even a lady who was probably the world’s first female bouncer.

Read on to discover the New York spots where it all came together.

What is Black Rabbit about?

centres on estranged brothers Jake (Jude Law) and Vince Friedkin (Jason Bateman). While Jake mak

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