NYC rock den Bowery Electric to close, rebrand as small theater

East Village staple the Bowery Electric is set to close at the end of the month after 17 years — and reopen as a 100-seat theater, The Post has learned.

The longtime rock den at 327 Bowery – which has hosted famed acts from Patti Smith to Green Day (using the alias Foxboro Hot Tubs) – will rebrand as the Bowery Palace when it reopens on Feb. 18.

Christening the new stage will be an off-Broadway run of “Silver Manhattan,” co-owner Jesse Malin’s autobiographical show, dubbed a “coming-of-age story of a young kid from a broken home who found life in the streets of New York City.”

The production, scheduled through March 29, is the only advertised show at the revamped venue to date.

“I want to run it in a smaller theater, and look into the eyes of everyone in the room,” Malin, of the punk band D Generation, said in a statement.

“I have so much history on the Bowery—I played CBGB’s as a kid, and grew up in the neighborhood. My grandfather sold liquor to the bars up and down the Bowery. It’s nice to go back to the scene of the crime. 

“There are a lot of beautiful ghosts and spirits on this sacred ground.”

The stage play is inspired by Malin’s upcoming memoir – “Almost Grown: A New York Memoir,” which will be released in April.

Malin has previously said the show was created “out of necessity” by a spinal-cord stroke in 2023 which left him paralyzed from the waist down.

“In 2023, before my accident, I was on this huge tour,” he added. “Since I was 12, that’s how I made my living—traveling from city to city on this pirate ship, with my band, this gang. Out of necessity, I created Silver Manhattan, a way I could bring the world to me.

“Come into my neighborhood, to my New York. Music has always been the best medicine.”

The changing of the venue in the area is the latest sign of change in a neighborhood long associated with the New York rock scene and considered the birthplace of punk.

CBGB’s — the infamous dive bar where rock legends the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie cut their teeth — closed in 2006. The street corner of Second Avenue and Avenue B was named Joey Ramone Place after the late, iconic singer of the Ramones.

But much of the neighborhood’s rebel edge and urban grit has been replaced by some high-end stores and high rents, leaving spots like Bowery Electric to carry the torch.

News of the spot’s impending closure is the latest blow to live music in the five boroughs with the storied Music Hall of Williamsburg set to close when its lease runs out later this year.