Emperors Club Prostitute Bigs Live in Brooklyn Heights? More Like Fort Greene

Live from Brooklyn Heights, where some of the people arrested in connection with the Emperors Club live. Money laundering and promoting prostitution are some of the charges against them.

UPDATE: Atlantic Yards Report questions the location of the home pictured as being in Brooklyn Heights. WCBS-TV sent a reporter to Fulton Ferry Landing, on the edge of Brooklyn Heights, but it is more likely the home pictured is in Fort Greene. See here.

Brooklyn Investigation and NY Gov. Spitzer: Kinky "Client 9"

Get Paid to Wave in Downtown Brooklyn

In January, McBrooklyn reported that Liberty Tax Service in Downtown Brooklyn was looking for people to dress up like the Statue of Liberty and wave at people. This enterprising woman jumped right up and accepted the challenge.

Need work? Apply soon. This position may not be open after tax season.

- Get Paid to Wave

Photo by MK Metz

That's One Stacked Mannequin on Fulton Street

Dr. Jay's Ladies store at 479 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn has one stacked mannequin standing in the window. We mean really stacked. We mean falling out of her dress stacked. We mean -- oh, well.


Photos by MK Metz

Brooklyn Investigation and NY Gov. Spitzer: Kinky "Client 9"

It was an investigation of a Brooklyn-based prostitution ring that netted the biggest fish in New York State: Gov. Eliot Spitzer. (The story was first reported by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle hours after Thursday’s raids.)

The Emperors Club escorts charged anywhere from $1,000 to $3,100 per hour, based on each particular woman’s diamond-rating. The Eagle has a screen-grab from the Emperors Club Web site (taken down soon after the raids) here.

Client 9 Kinky?

If you haven't read enough:
Court filing excerpts regarding "Client 9"
who apparently asked his escorts to do things
"that, like, you might not think were safe..."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Violations of 
18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1952, 

2421, 2422, 1956 
MARK BRENER, 
a/k/a "Michael, " COUNTY OF OFFENSE: 
CECIL SUWAL, NEW YORK 
8 
a/k/a "Katie, " 
a/k/a "Kate, " 
TEMEKA RACHELLE LEWIS, 
a/k/a "Rachelle, "and 
TANYA HOLLANDER, 
a/k/a "Tania Hollander," 

Defendants. 

Excerpt:

LEWIS asked "Kristen" how she thought the
appointment went, and "Kristen" said that she thought it went
very well. LEWIS asked "Kristen" how much she collected, and
'Kristen" said $4,300. "Kristen" said that she liked him, and
that she did not think he was difficult. "Kristen" stated: 'I
don't think he's difficult. I mean it's just kind of like . . .
whatever. . . I'm here for a purpose. I know what my purpose is.
I am not a . . . moron, you know what I mean. So maybe that's
why girls maybe think they're difficult . . . ." "Kristen"
continued: "That's what it is, because you're here for a

[purpose]. Let's not get it twisted -I know what I do, you
know." LEWIS responded: "You look at it very uniquely, because .
. . no one .ever says it that way." LEWIS continued that from
what she had been told "he" (believed to be a reference to
Client-9) "would ask you to do things that, like, you might not
think were safe -you know -I mean that . . . very basic things.

. . . "Kristen" responded: "I have a way of dealing with that...

More here.

- New York Gov. Spitzer Admits ... Something

- New York Gov. Spitzer Alleged to Visit VIP Prostitutes

New York Gov. Spitzer Admits ... Something

UPDATED:
At roughly 3:15, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer admitted he acted in "an inappropriate way" that "violated the trust of his family" and apologized to the public and his family.

He did not deny or confirm the New York Times article that alleges that Gov. Spitzer may have been "client "Number 9" of a high-priced call-girl ring.

One of the clients described in court papers "arranged to meet with a prostitute in Washington who was part of the ring on the night of Feb. 13," says the Times. The Gov. was in Washington at that time.

Last week Federal agents raided three Brooklyn locations and arrested four individuals believed to be the leaders of the international prostitution ring servicing clients in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Paris.

According to the Brooklyn Eagle, the Emperors Club employed "model-esque escorts who charged anywhere from $1,000 to $3,100 per hour, based on each particular woman’s diamond rating."

According to the Eagle, the Emperors Club concealed the illegal nature of the business by accepting monetary proceeds in U.S. bank accounts on behalf of front companies such as QAT Consulting Group, Inc. and QAT International, Inc.

New York Gov. Spitzer Alleged to Visit VIP Prostitutes From Brooklyn-Based Emperors Club

Last week Federal agents raided three Brooklyn locations and arrested four individuals believed to be the leaders of an international prostitution ring servicing clients in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Paris. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, the Emperors Club employed "model-esque escorts who charged anywhere from $1,000 to $3,100 per hour, based on each particular woman’s diamond rating."

Now an article in the New York Times alleges that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer himself may have been a client -- client "Number 9." One of the clients described in court papers "arranged to meet with a prostitute in Washington who was part of the ring on the night of Feb. 13," says the Times. The Gov. was in Washington at that time.

According to the Eagle, the Emperors Club concealed the illegal nature of the business by accepting monetary proceeds in U.S. bank accounts on behalf of front companies such as QAT Consulting Group, Inc. and QAT International, Inc.

Spitzer canceled his scheduled public events for the day. He scheduled an announcement for 2:15 after inquiries from the Times.

Update HERE.

Brooklyn's Urban Outfitters Getting Ready for Thursday

The Urban Outfitters at 164 Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill was abuzz with activity this weekend as the crew prepared for Thursday's opening.





Looks like some nice spring fashions coming in.




Photos by MK Metz

Target Opens Near Brooklyn College

The Brooklyn Junction blog provides a first look at the new "Brooklyn College Target" at The Junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues. Plenty of photos so take a look. BJ says that the store "seemed well stocked and clean. Service was friendly." And there's an in-house Starbucks.

BJ also maintains a running list of shops expected to open soon at the Junction, including Canal Jeans, Circuit City, and Shakespeare and Co. bookshop.

More here.

Bomb Scare on Smith Street?

Saturday night the police shut down Smith Street between Union and Douglas (in Boerum Hill) at roughly 5:30 p.m. and didn't let anybody drive through. McBrooklyn wandered by Union Street and Smith (shown here) at roughly 10 p.m. and Smith was still blocked off.

A resident was told it was a bomb scare, though the police wouldn't confirm anything. The cops left at (roughly) 10:30.

Photo by MK Metz

End of the Rain on Atlantic Avenue

And the sky revealed itself to Brooklyn Saturday evening.

Photo by MK Metz