ASTORIA — A strip club that neighbors say spits out noisy, drunken crowds puking and urinating on sidewalks and leaving used condoms in the street had its liquor license yanked after authorities deemed it "a focal point for police attention."
Aces New York, on 37th Avenue between 32nd and 33rd streets, had its liquor license canceled on Sept. 12 following a State Liquor Authority hearing in August that determined the club demonstrated a "sustained and continuing pattern of noise, misconduct or disorder," records show.
The hotspot, which had previously operated under the name System, has been a source of complaints for years. Neighbors have reported out-of-control crowds, people doing drugs or having sex outside, and patrons leaving liquor bottles and other debris behind on the sidewalks. A man was also shot in the foot outside Aces last year after a brawl inside the club spilled out into the street, police said at the time.
On Friday, the club posted what appeared to be a farewell note to its Instagram account, thanking patrons for "one hell of a run."
But the club took a more defiant tone on Saturday, posting a clip from the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street," in which the main character played by Leonardo DiCaprio declares, "I'm not leaving."
Attempts to reach the club's management were not successful Monday, and an attorney for the business did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
The SLA's decision terminated the club's current liquor license, but it does not ban the business from applying for another one, as revoking the license would have done, according to the agency's rules.
On Sept. 7, Community Board 1 received notice that someone plans to apply for a new liquor license under the same address as Aces, though it's not clear yet if that applicant is affiliated with the club, CB1 manager Florence Koulouris said.
She said the community board receives "constant complaints" about Aces from those who live nearby.
"It abuts very residential and dense residential buildings," she said of the club. "They're all apartment buildings around it and it’s a family-geared area."
Several of those neighbors showed up at a CB1 meeting last year to complain about the club, calling it "dangerous" and "ominous."
"I'm sick of living in a pool of urine surrounded by used condoms and discarded women's undergarments all over my sidewalk," one neighbor said at the time.
