Gay Cruising Spot: Les Hommes Book Shop – The Dark Side of the Upper West Side Updated 4/19/2015

Name: Les Hommes, (pronounced Le Sommes) French for The Guys or The Boys

Location: 217B W. 80th Street,  between Broadway and Amsterdam. Right next to a laundromat. It right by the 1 train at 79th Street or the 2,3 trains on 72nd Street. C, B trains at 81st and Central Park West are another option to reach this place. Across the street from New York Sports Club (NYSC)

Hours of Operation: *NEW HOURS* 11AM-2AM MONDAY-SUNDAY

Cost of Admission: $12
This is the Uptown version of Bijou Cinema. If you’ve never been to Bijou Cinema, read my review first then cum back to this post. When you open the door, you walk up a flight of stairs to the top and open the door on your left. You will see dildos and sex paraphernalia on the shelves and a glass window surrounding the cashier in a L-shape manner.

You pay your fare and circle around the back through the turnstile. Adjacent from the turnstile is the movie theater room. Once you pass the turnstile, there’s a sign stating. NO RE-ENTRY, NO REFUNDS, NO SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. The first room has regular PG rated movies playing on the screen with several benches facing the screen and a long bench on either side of the tv screen.

As you round the corner, on your left you will see a row of ten private booths. Some of them have locks on them while others don’t but you can maneuver around that should get the one without a lock. Just simply use your body weight to keep other guys from coming in.

On the right is a double swing door that has two urinals. The last door on your left is the sink and toilet so guys can freshen up before they leave. At the back of Les Hommes, are several tiered benches with porn playing in the far back left corner while the benches are directly across from it. Several of the rooms were playing safe and bareback porn, while others screens were either turned off or not operating.

The clientele leans more on the older white men side while scatters of young and mid-30s and 40yos around out the rest. Needless to say, the crowd would be different depending on when you go and what night. These men are also very respectful and will give you your space if you’re not interested in them. So please don’t be nasty or rude to them simply because you’re not attractive them.

Overall, I give it 4 cum shots because your ROI return on investment is much more likely but it loses a shot because not many men know about it and the likelihood of getting off is not 100% guarantee.

In the end, I highly recommend checking out this place. Of course, I encourage you to buddy up – anonymously or with someone you know and go down there, get a booth, and get off. This place is perfect for you straight, married, bi or closeted men to hook up when you don’t have a private place of your own and you don’t want to travel all the way down to lower Manhattan.

PS. It’s BYOC – Bring Your Own Condoms and BYOT Bring Your Own Tissue/Paper Towels

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