Stamford police busted an alleged prostitution ring that was being run out of a massage parlor, arresting four Brooklyn women. And they caught them in the act: Lt. Tim Shaw says police armed with a search warrant found two women in rooms with men, one of them in the middle of performing a sexual act. “[We] located condoms throughout the building. They were hidden in false-bottom hairspray cans,” said Shaw. Which is obviously hardcore proof of prostitution! more ›

Cops were forced to close 14th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues last night after two men were arrested for attempting to rob a massage parlor. Police arrested the suspects and seized one gun, and no one was injured in the robbery attempt. Four women working in the parlor were taken to a bar across the street to await questioning, where one bar patron observed, "There were all these police with guns drawn. I've never seen police action like this." The NYPD: Vigilantly protecting your happy endings since 1845. more ›

In a move that apparently shocked nobody on the block, cops busted a massage parlor on East 78th Street on Monday for charging customers for sex. Cops raided the den and charged Wangshan Ye, 22, and Le Zhou, 40, for prostitution. Upstairs neighbor Derek Karney told the Daily News, "Everyone in the building knows what's going on in there. This place has adult ads on craigslist." The shop, which had only been open for about two months advertised "magic massage—beautiful girl," "high tone Asian acupressure," and "most excellent care." We wonder how many roses they charged? more ›

Last June police busted four people on prostitution charges at a massage parlor on City Island, but rumors persisted throughout the tight-knit community that tugs were still following rubs at the Sun Spa Massage Parlor, which happens to be two doors down from the home of Adolfo Carrión Jr., who was Bronx borough president until Obama chose him as the White House urban affairs director. Two days after a community meeting last month, during which some 70 islanders urged the 45th Precinct to firmly end the happy endings, cops moved in and once again made arrests: two for prostitution and another for unlicensed massage. Bill Stanton, president of the City Island Civic Association, tells the Daily News, "There is an up-and-running brothel four doors away from my church. When there's arrests for prostitution, I call it a brothel." He adds that residents have been reluctant to speak out because they were "worried about their property values." But just to be absolutely certain, last week the News assigned one lucky reporter to visit Sun Spa; he paid $70 for a massage, which ended without full or even partial release. more ›

Is quaint City Island getting less nice and more vice? According to an alarmist article in today's Post, residents are shocked because cops busted four people on prostitution charges at a massage parlor—they were allegedly giving rub and tugs for $200 a pop. The bust happened last June, but rumors are swirling that the full release is back at Sun Spa parlor, which happens to be two doors down from the home of Adolfo Carrión Jr., who was Bronx borough president until Obama chose him as the White House urban affairs director. He tells the tabloid, "Everybody is hearing the rumors, and everyone is concerned." The article also explains that unnamed residents are troubled by "brazen, open-air drug sales and drug use by local teens." Local PTA dad Michael Shanley says, "It's an outrage. You feel like you're on our beautiful island with no police protection, and it's a free-for-all." Teens doing drugs!? Men hiring prostitutes!? What is this, the Bronx? Oh, right. Well, at least the NYPD is now increasing foot patrols on City Island, so perhaps this anecdotal crime story will have a happy ending after all. more ›