Carnival NYC - The Boardwalk Meets Manhattan

Thrillist

Carnival — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:11:19 +0000

“On the 5th floor above Bowlmor, Carnival’s a cavernous, adultified take on the traditional chaotic fairground, with big top tent-evoking strips of red/yellow/black fabric soaring over a dual-sided bar featuring giant spinning pinwheels; a spacious main room w/ wall-to-wall game booths; and a soundproof “Fun House” dance room (with candy colored bottle service booths and constantly changing LED floor tiles) accessed through the mouth of an enormous crazed clown…”

New York Times Style Section

Carnival — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:10:21 +0000

“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…”

Time Out New York

Carnival — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:08:48 +0000

“Perched atop Bowlmor Lanes, this just-opened hot spot brings the best of Vegas’s retina-burning flash to Manhattan (with a nod to Coney Island’s dearly departed Astroland)…”

Bottle Service

Carnival — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:26:13 +0000

Includes Personal Guest List

Platinum:

2 Grey Goose Bottles
1 Dunk Tank Drink
1 Patron Silver Bottle
75 Game Tickets

Gold:
2 Grey Goose Bottles
1 Dunk Tank Drink
50 Game Tickets

Silver:
1 Grey Goose Bottle
1 Dunk Tank Drink
25 Game Tickets

New York Post

Carnival — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:54:18 +0000

“Coney Island has come to Union Square – minus the cyclone, but with cocktail waitresses in a dunk tank, bottle service at the dance floor and, best of all, a covered roof for year-round carousing.
Welcome to Carnival, so far the most amusing 21st-century fun zone to open in the Big Apple. By day, it’s a playground for kids of all ages. After the sun sets, it morphs into a new nightclub as unique as Tho Box was when it opened in early 2007…”

am New York

Carnival — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:40:09 +0000

“To put it mildly, Union Square newbie Carnival lives up to its name.
Food takes the form of penny candies and snow cones. The dance floor is tucked inside a clown-mouth funhouse. a row of old-school games sit poised near the bar. Circus-style performers take the stage on a regular basis.
“This place really brings out your inner child,” bartender Sarah Shanfield, 22, said about Carnival, which is located above another nostalgia-inducing spot Bowlmor Lanes…”

Paris on Perezhilton.com

Carnival — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:18:40 +0000

“At the grand opening of new club Carnival in New York City, Paris Hilton was seen hanging out with a real ape — and we’re not talking about her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt.
Paris met Bentley, an adorable little chimp, and fell in love with him on the spot.
Supposedly she spent more time with the little guy than she did with Doug!
He does seem to have more charm!”

Lady Aye

Carnival — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:29:50 +0000

“Sweetheart of the Sideshow”, The Lady Aye is the world’s only Ivy League-educated, Jewish female sword swallower and has appeared on Gossip Girl and has been featured in Featured in USA Today, AOL’s Digital City and Bust magazine.

Skills include – Human blockhead, sword swallower, fire eater/breather, grinder girl, glass walker, bed of nails, straitjacket escape

Harold Todd

Carnival — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:21:13 +0000

Here are some of Harold Todd’s acts: Clown characters, Cyr Wheel – stage name “The Human Spoke”, Juggle-clubs (pass clubs), balls (up to five), Unicycle, Lasso, Stilts and Spinning plates

Jessica the Tall

Carnival — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:48:25 +0000

When she is on her stilts she is one tall drink of water!

Star Magazine

Carnival — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:25:08 +0000

PARIS HILTON and beau Doug Reinhardt enjoyed the attractions (a chimp!) at the launch party for Bowlmor Lanes’ new lounge Carnival.