Most of all, though, people argued that the gay porn movies the bar played were visible from the street, particularly when the bar's doors were open in warmer weather as a result, CB4 petitioned the SLA to reject the bar's liquor license renewal request.Įnter, the police (no, not this kind), who raided the bar early Saturday morning and shut it down for operating without a liquor license. The Fairytail Lounge, which opened on 48th Street near 10th Ave two years ago, was the subject of a number of Community Board complaints from neighborhood residents targeting the bar's noise levels and loiterers. It now appears that the wrath of the neighborhood NIMBYs has proved triumphant, and the bar was raided and temporarily shuttered by the NYPD. A few weeks ago, we warned you of a small war brewing between a Hell's Kitchen gay bar and some area residents who complained it was too loud and porn-ey.
