Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sex / News Red Hook's "Paris Burlesque Club" Will Not Be a Strip Club, Ok?
Posted by Mark Asch on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:03 PM
So: is Red Hook getting a strip club?
CB6's Public Safety Committee was a little bit worried, but Ruggiero told them, "There aren’t going to be stripper poles or runways.” He added that his dancers would only strip down to bikini bottoms (so... topless-only? It's unclear, at least to me, what "no nudity" means).
And the club will also feature classic burlesque entertainments: the BP lists "live jazz, comedians, mimes and jugglers." He'll also hire professional security "not just some big goon," to keep out anyone under 25, and other undesirables.
The Paris Burlesque Club will operate at 18 Commerce Street, a few blocks off the nice yuppie bars on Van Brunt, north of the ball fields, and close to the BQE; it was previously the location of The Hook and other troubled clubs. It's a pretty desolate area, if I recall: an easy place to park your car—as most of the places Community Boards permit strip clubs to operate are—and a great place to get mugged as you walk back to the car you're probably not in shape to drive home anyway.
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