Midtown Swings

The woman-led and Black-owned dance studio nestled above midtown’s garment district trains beginners and seasoned dancers alike across styles from ballet to house and salsa to swing. Weekly group classes rotate in five-week blocks, with drop-in private lessons when space allows, and occasional weekend intensives aimed at competition skills or social dancing. On the second floor of 240 W 37th St, they keep the floors swept and the music ready; after hours a few local studio-goers still linger on the sidewalk waiting for the 42nd Street stop to quiet down.

Add 212‑500‑1064 to your contacts, then let the map guide you to the studio door before the light turns. Once you’re inside, you’ll find the neighborhood still smelling faintly of fabric and chalk from the old factories two blocks east. When the music starts, the sound spills right onto the sidewalk, a small sign that swing lives here, today and most evenings.