Town is seeking to shut down an alleged brothel that shamelessly advertises to Wall Road executives within the Monetary District — and operates above a well-liked police bar.
Town filed a lawsuit Monday look to shut the membership, which advertises itself as TemptationsNYC and celebrates its standing as “catering to threesomes & cuckold fantasies” on its Instagram web page
Its web site was taken down shortly after the go well with was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court docket because the operator of the spot known as the accusations of naughty habits a misunderstanding concerning the “swinger lifestyle.”
Undercover officers bought unlawful alcohol, a lap dance and sexual activity on the membership, the town’s nuisance abatement lawsuit claims.
“Businesses allowing prostitution and the illegal sale and consumption of alcohol on their premises should be on notice that the City will take aggressive legal action,” a spokesperson for the town’s regulation division mentioned. “We’re seeking a closing order from the court to put an immediate stop to these illegal activities which erode the quality of life in our communities.”
However the venue’s operator mentioned the swinger’s membership was being rented out to a promoter for a “photoshoot and foot fetish event” the times of the supposed undercover stings.
The operator, who gave his title as Johnny, in contrast the state of affairs to somebody renting a “VFW hall that doesn’t have a liquor license.”
“We don’t sell alcohol and there’s no prostitution,” he advised The Put up of the members-only cub. “That’s not a part of the swinger lifestyle.”
Simply 4 flooring beneath is a police-themed bar, Whiskey Blue, in style with varied regulation enforcement officers, sources mentioned.
The authorized motion is filed in opposition to the unknown operators of the brothel speakeasy and landlord, CYP Enterprise LLC, which the town mentioned had an obligation to make sure their property was freed from legal exercise.
CYP was not in a position to be reached for remark. TemptationsNYC and a “sister club” in Astoria didn’t reply to messages.
The TemptationsNYC Instagram web page is suffering from raunchy posts, together with a promotion for a 2023 “Summer Humpin” and a “‘Bust-a-Nut’ Midweek Play Party.” Final December the web page wished a “Merry Cuck-Mas,” and allegedly hosted “Swinger Con 2025” final Friday, billed as “The largest Friday night swinger gathering in the Tri-State area.”
New Yorkers first reached out to the NYPD “on six separate dates to complain that prostitution was occurring at the subject premises” in 2024, the authorized submitting says.
Johnny advised The Put up he was by no means conscious of the complaints, and hinted that they could possibly be from disgruntled patrons who thought a swinger’s membership was a positive wager for sexual rendezvous.
“The swinger lifestyle is all about consensual adults,” he mentioned. “It’s like going to a bar. You’re not guarantee to hook up with somebody at a regular bar.”
In March, an NYPD detective went to the sixth-floor membership and photographed a taped signal on the door studying “TEMPTATIONSNYC — Give in to your TEMPTATIONS,” the courtroom paperwork learn.
On Monday, the identical signal held on a sixth-floor door, along with a big portray of a girl’s legs with underwear round her knees promoting a swingers way of life web site.
Months later that October, two undercover officers visited the membership a couple of days aside and ordered drinks on the bar, the go well with mentioned, regardless of the spot missing a liquor license.
One of many undercover cops was in a position to buy an “erotic lap dance” for $40, the go well with claims. Because the dancer carried out her strikes, she additionally agreed to have intercourse with the officer for a “tip” of $150, plus a home charge of $50.
Town can also be in search of damages of $1,000 from every defendant for on daily basis that the accused brothel was in operation.
When a Put up reporter requested neighbors concerning the alleged intercourse den, they weren’t shocked.
A supervisor at a close-by diner mentioned the membership has been there “for years.”
A employee at a close-by resort mentioned he sees “a lot of people who are strangely dressed going up there on the weekend.”
“Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate our special Connie!” @temptations.nyc/Instagram
“It’s the stuff people wear at [a] strip club,” he mentioned. “Little weird stuff — most of it’s made out of vinyl. I thought it’s New York City, and I never thought about it again.”
The operator shrugged off the accusations, claiming an house constructing subsequent door frequently has large events on the weekend with “people coming in and out like it’s Grand Central.”
“These two things that happened to me were isolated incidents with that one particular event that was going on,” he mentioned. He claimed that after he realized about that promoter promoting alcohol, he instantly ended his relationship.
Whereas the supposed brothel’s proprietor is unknown within the lawsuit, a mysterious older gentleman with a skinny, manicured white beard seems in a number of posts on the TEMPTATIONSNYC Instagram web page — considered one of which reveals him holding a stack of money up in opposition to his ear.
“Happy Birthday to the MasterMind behind Temptations NYC & Caligula NY,” the publish reads, referring to the obvious Astoria-based “sister” membership, Caligula.
“Comfortable Birthday to our large boss man, head honcho, the one & solely!’ @temptations.nyc/Instagram
In one other birthday publish, a commenter calls the person “Jimmy,” posing behind a New York Mets cake.
“Wishing our owner, the Facilitator of Fun, a very happy birthday!” the publish reads.
The person can also be credited because the proprietor of TemptationsNYC’s “sister club,” Caligula in Astoria.
Johnny mentioned the membership plans to battle the abatement go well with.
“What are you supposed to do?” he mentioned. “Just pack up your pack up your s–t and go because somebody makes bogus phone calls on you?”
