Post Tagged with: "New York State Liquor Authority"

News / Police

Community board resumes battle vs. bars

Longwood residents are bitterly opposed to the opening of a new bar on this stretch of the neighborhood between Whitlock and Westchester avenues.

Attorney complains board member intimidated applicant Prospective bar or lounge owners looking to open a new venue in Hunts Point or Longwood will have to gain approval from a new Community Board 2 sub-committee created to filter out the bad seeds.

News

Strip club using McDonald’s for parking

Residents and cops are fuming mad dancers and customers at the recently opened Platinum Pleasures strip club on Tiffany Street in Hunts Point are using the McDonald's parking lot across the street.

Residents angry strippers, customers are using local parking lot Strippers and the customers who pay to see them dance at a recently opened club in Hunts Point are parking under the golden arches of a nearby McDonald’s and residents are not lovin’ it.

Business / Crime

Liquor Board rejects Hunts Point cabaret

In a breakthrough for Hunts Point residents who have fought to see an end to the proliferation of strip clubs on the peninsula, the state’s Liquor Authority ruled not to grant an alcohol permit to a club owner who recently re-applied. The agency on April 24th voted down an application [...]

Business / Crime

State grants topless bar booze permit

Representatives of Community Board 2 are furious that state authorities have agreed to grant a liquor license to the owner of Platinum Pleasures, a topless bar set to open soon on Lafayette Ave., despite fierce opposition from board members, community residents and businesses.