Iconic Midtown sports bar Foley’s NY closing down

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A New York City sports mecca is no more.

Foley’s NY, an iconic Midtown waterhole cherished by sportswriters, fans, and beer lovers alike, will be closing its doors permanently, owner Shaun Clancy announced via Twitter video on Friday.

“Foley’s won’t reopen,” a somber Clancy said after thanking first responders. “Just with everything that is going on, there’s just no way that I can see that we can do it.”

The famed baseball-centric sports bar, across the street from the Empire State Building, had been closed since March, when the entire city went into a pandemic-induced shutdown.

“I really don’t know what to say except to thank you all for everything that you’ve done,” Clancy said. “Foley’s was always about the people. Even now as I look around, so many memories. I appreciate everything you guys have done for me.”

Clancy, a native of Ireland, fell in love with baseball while working as a bartender in the 1990s, opened the bar in 2004, naming it for longtime New York sportswriter and legendary MLB official scorer Red Foley — like Clancy, an Irishman.