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The Knickerbocker Club
About the club
Founded in 1871 by members who found the Union Club "too democratic." The Knickerbocker Club is the most socially conservative men's club in New York — the inner sanctum of the Social Register set. Its Stanford White townhouse on Fifth Avenue at 62nd Street is one of the finest private club buildings in America. The membership descends from the families who founded New York — Livingston, Stuyvesant, Beekman, and Van Cortlandt — and those who became the city's industrial aristocracy. Admission is by introduction only with waiting lists of many years.
Amenities
Golf Course
Club House
Driving Range
Putting Greens
Pro Shop
Dining
Fitness
Swimming Pool
Course
Membership
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The Knickerbocker Club
Membership
2026/27
Monthly Equivalent
On request
over 10 yrs
Year 1 Total
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Lifetime Total
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Location
The Hamptons, New York, United States
Reviews
4.6
72 reviews
Perfection at its best, always a pleasure .
Shanen Knickerbocker
The Knickerbocker has for more years than I am able to count been my home form home. Excellent in all regards.
Clive Kandel
I had opportunity to participate in one of the board dinners. It is a premium facility and an ancient city landmark. We had dinner in their library. Staff were courteous and helpful. I was privileged to be at this ancient NEw York City landmark. Background: The Knickerbocker Club (known informally as The Knick), is a gentlemen's club in New York City founded in 1871. The Knick's current clubhouse, a Neo-Georgian structure at 2 East 62nd Street, was commissioned in 1913 and completed in 1915, on the site of the mansion of Josephine Schmid, a wealthy widow. It was designed by William Adams Delano and Chester Holmes Aldrich, and has been designated a city landmark. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), President of the United States is one of the notable members — joined in 1903 upon his graduation from Harvard University. Resigned from the club in 1936 amid the furor surrounding his re-election campaign attacks on the "malefactors of great wealth." (Wikipedia)
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