Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn’s Heavy Metal Mecca, Closes Greenpoint Location Permanently

Saint Vitus Bar, the legendary Brooklyn heavy metal venue that has hosted countless up-and-coming bands as well as special club shows by Megadeth, Anthrax, Deafheaven, Killing Joke, Carcass, Against Me and, most famously, a “Nirvana reunion” that featured Joan Jett, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and St. Vincent and others playing with the band’s three surviving members, has permanently closed its longtime location in the borough’s Greenpoint neighborhood.

It appears the venue’s management will attempt to reopen in a new location, although that information was unconfirmed at the time of this article’s publication.

The announcement was officially made by the owners in a Saturday Instagram post that

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