In February 1973, aged 17, he opened The Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan with his older brother Joe Siano.
[3] The Gallery was, alongside David Mancuso's Loft and Paradise Garage one of the three most important clubs in the 70's New York underground disco scene.
[2] Knuckles said that he and Levan "spent a lot of the time hanging out in the booth, watching Nicki's every move.
"[2] When Steve Rubell opened Studio 54, he asked Siano to be one of its resident DJs, to which he agreed, while remaining at The Gallery at weekends.
[6] On October 18, 2011, Siano reappeared at Studio 54 for the club's one-night reopening, organized by Sirius XM Radio.