The Mercury Lounge is a live music venue in the Lower East Side of New York City.

The Mercury Lounge is an independent indie venue to this day, and is known for launching the careers of many talented bands.

Located at 217 East Houston Street, the space once housed the servants to the Astor mansion on Fifth Avenue, and even connected to it via an underground labyrinth of tunnels.

[12] In the early part of the 20th century, Garfein's Restaurant occupied the space, and from 1933 to 1993 the storefront housed a tombstone seller.

Ryan Gentles, the Mercury Lounge's booker, quit his job to become the band's manager.