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So many good memories topped off by the making of the movie.

I had the priveledge of being there when Saturday night fever was being filmed! My friend & I were there! We were visiting from Fla., and decided to check out this disco, and well the rest is history! Too bad they are going to destroy something that has so many memories. Does anyone remember seconds in queens? Thanks, Beth

I AM TRYING TO REG TO THIS SITE BUT HAVING SOME TROUBLE I AM HOPING SOME ONE WILL GET THIS I AM LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE CLUBS AND THERE WAS A CLUB THAT I FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE MENTIONED IT WAS IN THE CITY OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE AND IWAS A DISCO CLUB BY THE NAME OF STUDIO 16 FOR TEENS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 18 AND IT WAS THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION IT THANK YOU

Never have been to Odyssey, but have had many good times at Spectrum. How could anyone let this LANDMARK be demolished....for shame.

Does anyone remember a singer at the club called Vince Capri? He used to sing live with disco music...sort of like early Kareoki~!

I remember Vince Capri. There was also a singer there named Kathy Ashley. Unfortunately I can't shed any light on the who, what, when, where, or why of them. Don't know if they still singing or are still alive...Anybody???

There was another location on Long Island in Bayshore. It was located on Sunrise Highway in the what used to be Marshalls. It was tucked in a corner but you could hear the DJ practicing in the afternoon when you walk through Marshalls shopping in the rear of the store.

During my only visit to NYC (so far), I was in a record store in the Village and the subject of disco came up. The store owner told me of Odyssey. I went that same night and stayed for hours and hours, dancing on the famous floor. The DJ played almost everything I asked for and everyone was so friendly. That night easily eclipsed the rest of the time I spent in the city. It was like a gift from Heaven. It's regrettable that a place like this can't be saved from the wrecking ball. This lucky Texan will miss it.

I was a DJ at the 2001 club in Memphis in the late 70's for 4 years. I also worked as the DJ for the Studio 16 that Susan talked about. I would love to hear from her, do you remember me.Randy Chambers email me Randallbe@aol.com

Was lead singer of the song Got To Getcha Back by The Sons Of Robin Stone performed here in the 70's anyone remember shoot me an e-mail ? Jim

OMG Winewhore, when I divorced my 1st hubby I was a DISCO DOG GIRL there, at the Bayshore 2001 for awhile. I sold hotdogs...it really was fun. It was a great experience to meet guys. Thanks for those memories!! You don't hear anyone talk much about the Bayshore one.
Red

Red
Yes, not too many people talk about that one but I lived in CI so that is where I went. If you listen to 1Club FM and click on Old school dance-70's, they will play all the 12inch remixes from that time...
Mary-aka winewhore!

The location, 802 64 Street, is now a medical building. A number of Brooklyn ex-discos have become medical buildings. I'm sure many a former dancer now in his/her 50s is now a patient of one of those many doctors! A weird irony indeed!

802 64 Street, Brooklyn

GREAT FUN MEMORIES!!!

What an experience this club was. Of course when I started going it was a gay club called "Spectrum". I loved being around those gay Italian boys from Brooklyn..Being latino from Brooklyn!..lol But really, I started going in 1993 and I lived in queens at the time and my most memorable night was one day I went with friends to this club and they were with dates and I was dating at the time but nothing serious, and I was single for that night only and while hanging out with my friends we all went to the dance floor and the floor was lit up like Saturday Night Fever...lol and this guy walk in and just started dancing near me and I thought nothing of it until he came up to me and just started dancing with me without saying one word. So we dance and when it was time to go(closing time), he walk me to the R train not too far from there and we talked and I just made out with him and it was one of the best make out sessions I ever had. What a hottie he was. Too bad he was very married...to another man that is.

This is the club that helped put DISCO on everyones tongues in the mid-seventies. A very popular DISCO that was packed everyday. The dance floor was the first of its kind. The famous DISCO BALL was huge, and became a standard in every DISCO that followed. But Disco Tex and his sexolettes were not a part of the club itself. Monti Rock III played the deejay in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, but wasn't 2001 ODYSSEY' s deejay. I can't remember who the deejay actually was? But he was good, always packed the floor. A 5 to 1 female to male ratio on Saturday nights made this a place to go to. On my scale of 1 to 10, because of its importance to DISCO it has to get a TEN!!!

I was the DJ @ 2001 Clubs Pensacola FL '81-'85. What a ride!!!! Also DJ'd @ Big Daddy's Lounge Pensacola '79-'81. Real good times!

I was in the house band at the original 802 club in the mid-70's. It was a nite club hosting acts like, The Platters, Lenny Welch, Jack Jones and neighborhood comedians. One nite Jack Jones said to Charlie the owner, "The piano is out of tune". Charlie replied " I just had it painted last week."

I remember the night the owner, Charlie, said to us " Boyz, they gonna film a movie here so we gotta close for a while. " That was the beginning of the end.

to those who worked or hang out with the crew of 2001, I invite you to contact me for a reunion party being held in early nov.2008. after 35 years the gang is getting together and talk about the good old days. d.j.chuck,vito,alex,billy,johnny,and the rest will be there.please rsvp to phileskow@yahoo.com phil eskow asst. mgr of 2001 odyssey. Home of saturday night fever. brooklyn, n.y. from 1975-1980

I brother Joey filmed in a commercial there for Crazy Eddie... If anyone remebers. I still have it on video which I will post along with the behind the sceens on Youtube one of these days. But I also had the chance to be there during the filming it, it was filmed right after Saturday Night Fever. After the commercial was over I started going there on I think it was Saturday afternoons for kids. The second to last time I went there was when I heard it was closing down, it was called Spectrum. Im straight but the place was gay at the time, I took my girlfriend. Everyone was nice and we had a great time, took pics. I could not believe a landmark to the disco era was comming to an end. So I went there while is was being torn down and stole a hand full of bricks from the building, lol. The story does not end there... I have been working part time in the movie business now and a few yrs ago I had the pleasure of meeting Karen Lynn Gorney (Stephanie Mangano from Saturday Night Fever) at a movie party one night in Manhattan. We were introduced through a friend of ours. I talked about my brothers commercial and also about how I am also friends with the guy who was in the process of buying the dance floor. She knew him too, it turned out to be a great convo. She then gave me tickets to a play of hers that she was doing off Broadway at the time. It turned out to be a night I will never forget.

The d.j. of the club was chuck resnick. his father was charlie resnick the owner along with his sister mary and brother in law louie. Chuck is the only left who owns the name 2001 odyssey disco home of saturday night fever. The club managers were Philip Eskow, Vito Bruno who now owns Am & pm Entertainment, still producing Saturday Night Fever concerts Reunions. Philip now writes books. Every year the gang gets together for a club reunion, along with the gang who once visted the club, and made saturday night fever what is for.

As a child, my grandmother lived at 1342 64st. in Brooklyn. Thats 5 blocks down from 2001 odyssey / spectrum club. I was a 6 year old when "Saturday Night Fever" was filmed. I've always wanted to go there. When I turned 21, I finally went. What a place. I saw "Musique" and "Ce Ce Penniston" preform there. Ofcourse by that time it was no longer "2001 Odyssey", but "Spectrum", a gay club. I didnt care who or what, I loved that place. When the dance floor lit it was amazing. I even had recorded home video of the inside and outside of the club.I always hoped to preform there someday. When they closed down I found out that the contractors were demolishing. I called the Brooklyn historical preservation society.They did nothing. I also made oak tag posters in protest to hang on the front to be seen, and even spoke to the contractor who said they were not going to destroy the entire structure. I snuck in and took demolition photos with my phone. It was heartbreaking. No one cared to help fight this with me. I tried to contact Oprah, Travolta,Bee Gee,s, Local radio stations, and "Brooklyns own" Joe Causi at W.K.T.U. 103.5 FM. No one gave a s*** to help preserve a Brooklyn / music,and motion picture history spot. Anywhere in the world, when Saturday night fever is mentioned, or Bee Gee's music is heard, That dance floor and that club at 802 64th street is thought of. I'd like to know what the owner was thinking when selling such a gold mine. Is money really everything when youre the owner of such a historical spot? Excuse me but what a d***! Atleast we can still watch the movie, and I still have my memmorys and home video I filmed there. Good times Rest In Peace.

Hi, I'm Joey Binky, I've already written in to tell about my memmorys about "2001 Odyssey"/ "Spectrum" night club and last I mentioned that I have home video footage of that club inside and outside. Reciently I recorded a song and used my video footage of "2001 Odyssey" and myself on the dancefloor. I eddited the video only using certain parts. I Put this together on my computer along with the song I covered called "Runaway" originally by "Del Shannon". It's a dance version, and I guess I'm officially the last one to film a music video at that fameous nightclub even though the video was originally filmed atleast 12 years ago. Well, now to get my song heard, and hopefully get a record company to give me a recording deal and get this on the radio. Anyway go to "Youtube" and search "Joey Binky" "Runaway", and go back to your favourite nightclub again. enjoy it.

Forget about all the hoopla about Saturday Night Fever. I went there when it was the Club 802 in the 1960's. I saw Fats Domino (I found my thrill on Blueberry hill) and Al Hibler's (Unchained melody) to name a few. In case your readers don't know these Rock 'n Roll singer.

winewhore, I used to work in that shopping center
at Cella Luna Pizza. I was a PIZZAMAN at that time.
We supplied the pizza for 2001 Central Islip.
After work I partied there often.

Other clubs i went to were Treehouse, Down and Under,
Lime Tree lounge, MacArthurs Smithtown,
Spectrums Patchogue, Chaz, Stonybrook Inn.
Then after a night of dancin,...
THE COMMACK MOTOR INN!

i had the pleasure of DJ ing at 2001 back in the 80's.
Along side of the great DJ Doug DiAugustino....and the late Charlie Resnik the owner...and the some of the people I worked with his son Chuck, Charlies sister Mary, Lou, Clara, It was my home away from home......thru the years I bring the memories of so many things Ive done in that club...Its a shame...I miss it.....there will NEVER be anything thing like it again.....

Wow... This is DJ Carl (Carl Meyers) formerly of Spectrum, 1986-1998. I came across this post and it brought back so many memories. Fun times, great music, great entertainment and probably the best sound system outside Manhattan. It had it's ups and downs, but was a great place and the highlight of my career. I retired from playing music in 1998, but I am glad my DJ career ended there.