The Brook

The Brook is a private club located at 111 East 54th Street in Manhattan in New York City.

[1] In 1992, the City Journal wrote that the name was "supposed to mean that the Club is always open and the conversation flows on forever," but that "neither is strictly true.

[3] When the club was formed, it was announced that membership was only by private invitation and would be limited to 100 men.

New York City residents who were not club members would not be admitted as guests.

Membership, however, was not restricted to New York City residents—some original members came from Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia.