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Comedy club · Brooklyn, New York

The Tiny Cupboard, Brooklyn, NY: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

10 Cooper St, Brooklyn, NY 11207

The short answer

The Tiny Cupboard is a comedy club in Brooklyn, New York, at 10 Cooper St. On its calendar: most nights; tickets $13.50 + fee online; $20 door, all ages, no 2-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (most days) and publishes how to get booked.

On stage soon

No dated show here on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar yet — the club's own calendar has what is on: its listings ↗

Lineups belong to the club and the comedians, and can change; the listing has the last word. More shows in New York on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micMost days — dates are taken on the sign-up form — Reserve a spot on the form at tinycupboardgames.com/open-mic; people who sign up in person take priority. Buy at least one drink or food item from the bar source ↗
Getting bookedFill out the club's performer-interest form (used for booking its shows, no guarantees), or use the open mics: pre-sign up online and/or sign up in person — the sign-up form source ↗ read 4 October 2026
ShowsMost nights — Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up, two or three shows a night source ↗
Nearest airportLGA — LaGuardia Airport

Per the club's own site, read 1 October 2026.

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Guest spots on shows generally need the right credits and referrals; the open mics are the open door source ↗
The tape it wants
  • A free tape of your set: text TAPES to +1 252-461-3813 source ↗
Its other 7 rules
Hearing back
  • Spots are competitive and the club may not reply to every form source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Open-mic spots can be reserved on the online form, but people who sign up in person take priority source ↗
  • Open-mic comics buy at least one drink or food item from the bar source ↗
  • Regular open mics: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday at 11:00 PM; Thursday at 11:15 PM; Friday and Saturday at 11:59 PM source ↗
  • The New Talent Open Mic Show has a real audience and no bringer source ↗
House rules
  • The club is not taking outside-produced shows; shows are produced in-house (some New York Comedy Festival shows excepted) source ↗
  • Be respectful, watch the other comics, be on time for your slot; no hate speech source ↗

From the club's own pages, read 4 October 2026 — hover a rule for its exact words, or open its source. Where two of its pages disagree, both are here.

More stage time: Stage Time has open mics by night, and the Gig Board has calls for comics posted by the rooms themselves.

For fans

Tickets$13.50 plus a $2.41 fee online for the Best of Brooklyn shows ($15 plus fee for the Sunday 6 PM music-and-comedy ticket); $20 at the door source ↗
AgeAll ages; ID needed only to drink; material can be adult source ↗
MinimumNo two-item minimum source ↗
ParkingPlenty of free street parking near the club, especially under the J train source ↗

As the club's own pages give them, read 4 October 2026 — tap or hover a source for its exact words. Not published there: the phone rule.

Club Etiquette: how to be the table the room loves →

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around The Tiny Cupboard: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Plan a night here → The club's site ↗

Seen running on its own site, 1 October 2026.

Questions about The Tiny Cupboard

Where is The Tiny Cupboard?

The Tiny Cupboard is at 10 Cooper St, in Brooklyn, New York.

When are the shows at The Tiny Cupboard?

Most nights — Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up, two or three shows a night. That is from the club's own site; each show's own page has its time and lineup.

Does The Tiny Cupboard have an open mic?

Yes: Most days — dates are taken on the sign-up form — Reserve a spot on the form at tinycupboardgames.com/open-mic; people who sign up in person take priority. Buy at least one drink or food item from the bar.

How do comics get booked at The Tiny Cupboard?

Fill out the club's performer-interest form (used for booking its shows, no guarantees), or use the open mics: pre-sign up online and/or sign up in person — the sign-up form read 4 October 2026.

How much are tickets at The Tiny Cupboard?

$13.50 plus a $2.41 fee online for the Best of Brooklyn shows ($15 plus fee for the Sunday 6 PM music-and-comedy ticket); $20 at the door. The price of each show is on its own ticket page.

Is there an age limit at The Tiny Cupboard?

All ages; ID needed only to drink; material can be adult.

Comedians based in Brooklyn

As their SUCDb records give where they are based:

Near The Tiny Cupboard

The Tiny Cupboard is one of 33 comedy rooms D.O.C. lists in New York, each checked on its own website. Comedy clubs in New York → · The Club Directory, coast to coast →

The Club Directory is also in the back of the D.O.C. book, Stand-Up Comedy: From Writing to Touring — $29, over 1,000 pages.

Updated 4 October 2026 · the club's facts from its own site, read 1 October 2026; its rules for comics read 4 October 2026; fans' facts read 4 October 2026