Long Island City cloudy Friday afternoon linkage

Smoke outside

Though I’m not crazy about having a strip club in LIC (even though it’s all the way down 21 St at the base of the QB bridge in a fairly deserted area) I totally love it that this Gus is not being held hostage by CB2 witholding his liquor license. “No liquor license? Fine–I’ll do nude instead.” I love it, just love it. Somebody flipping the tables on CB2 for once. Go Gus!

The stupidity and ignorance of MTA employees never ceases to amaze me. The main reason the subway is so horrible is the people running it.

what are the plans for the contaminated site?? more condos? i like it empty like it is.

Gus is a crook, did you miss the point in the article? And can you imagine the accidents of cars coming off the 59th street bridge because of a scene outside? The politics are dirty too. The city is trying to drive the strip clubs from Queens Plaza. It just doesn’t make sense at that location. I think their threat is funny. Let them go for it. It will only cause them more trouble in the end.

How about a legalized prostitution area like in Holland. Lets put it on the old Standard Oil dumping grounds. No one lives that far up the creek, it will be a new destination! right next to Hunter’s Point South.

CB2 needs to suck it! Gus isn’t bowing down to their demands and I love it. It’s his building and he may do what he likes with it.

Go ahead and blow $900 in a night. That’s what one guy I know did at the Riverhead. And the quality of the girls……well I’ll let you make up your mind for yourself.

Gus is a crook. I don’t care about the morality aspect, I just don’t like crooks. And I just don’t like the idea were fools can become bigger fools.

49th Ave. between Vernon and 5th St.

i noticed the pet store is closed for a week. also the shelves have been pretty empty for a while… anyone know what’s going on?

Someone tell this guy to save his money, no one will visit an out of the way strip club. Been to Infinity off Borden Avenue lately? You can’t, it closed down after only a few years of operation.

Are there really that many respectable guys in our neighborhood who go to strip clubs? This thread sounds really sleazy.

The owner, Gus, is actually quite business savvy. I admire him telling CB2 to screw themselves. Infinity closed after they began construction on the drawbridge and lost business from the traffic off the bridge. I’m quite certain more “respectable” men frequented the establishment than one might think. You’d be surprised. Ask a stripper and they’ll gladly tell you what kinds of men they see each night. (Mostly married)The topless bar on Vernon near LIC bar is in a prime location, it’s the sleaziest strip joint in Queens and it’s still standing. Why is that? It’s cheap and dirty, the way men like it. Gus’s location won’t be too far from there and will be larger. He owns the building so really, there will be titties shaking whether he gets a liquor license or not and whether paranoid wives like it or not. All this means is he’ll draw in the men who want to look at different below the belt parts as well.

Actually, the powerhouse near the waterfront was once a historical landmark. (the Chemical Schwartz Building- centuries old)I never thought the city would tear it down but hey, if the price is right. Yeah, whoever is threatening to landmark the building is a complete moron if they think the city will pass up big cash to keep some building in an area like that historical. That whole idea brings the LOL’s. In manhattan, many people live within walking distance of topless clubs so why is it beneath us? Some people are so insecure.

Infinity closed down before the construction on Borden Avenue bridge started.