established 1885 approx street address 72 west 36th street between fifth avenue and sixth avenue in the garment district in manhattan city new york city state new york postal code zip 10018 coordinates 40 45 03 n 73 59 12 w 40.750854 n 73.986537 w 40.750854 ; 73.986537 patrons in 1910 keens steakhouse is a steakhouse restaurant located at 72 west 36th street between fifth avenue and sixth avenue in the garment district in manhattan new york city . 1 the restaurant houses more than 50 000 smoking pipes making it one of the largest collections in the world . 2 history edit the restaurant was founded in 1885 by albert keen in herald square what was then the theater district . 3 in 2013 zagats gave it a food rating of 26 and rated it the 2 restaurant in the garment district and the 7th best steakhouse in new york city . 4 see also edit list of restaurants in new york city list of steakhouses references edit keens steakhouse . retrieved september 25 2014 . frank bruni december 14 2005 . where the lore is part of the lure . new york times . retrieved november 26 2012 . look to the ceilings of various dining rooms which are spread over two floors of three connected townhouses and behold row upon row of clay pipes . there are more than 50 000 of them the property of keens customers who in tobacco friendlier times stowed and used them in the restaurant . bill schulz . a pipe dream comes to life . new york times . retrieved november 26 2012 . starting in 1885 when albert keen opened his restaurant and saloon now known as keens steakhouse the destination has provided post dinner pipes to the likes of babe ruth theodore roosevelt and buffalo bill cody . keen who managed the acting and literary society called the lamb s club on west 36th street in what was then the theater district opened up his self named restaurant next door . keens steakhouse . retrieved september 25 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to keens steakhouse . official website coordinates 40 45 03 n 73 59 12 w 40.75080 n 73.98656 w 40.75080 ; 73.98656 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title keens steakhouse & oldid 657132944 categories 1885 establishments in new yorkgarment districtslandmarks in manhattanrestaurants in manhattansteakhouses in the united stateshidden categories use mdy dates from january 2013commons category with page title same as on wikidatacoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 19 april 2015 at 03 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view