Brothel gal pulls out
But B’klyn joint still open
The NYPD has yet to shut down the brownstone Brooklyn brothel exposed by The Post over the weekend, but a city correction officer took action Monday — by persuading his “girlfriend” who works there to quit.
“I read the New York Post story. That’s why I’m here,” the man told a Post reporter outside the Carroll Gardens bordello on Monday. “I told her, ‘This place is crazy, you got to get out of here.’ ”
He had driven up to the red-curtained establishment, Tao — which stands out like a sore thumb on the Smith Street restaurant row — in a white Nissan Armada SUV, which had a permit in its windshield that read, “NYC Department of Correction Rikers Island.’’
He confirmed he was a jail guard but refused to give his name.
The man went inside the tawdry massage parlor for about a minute and then left with a woman who had been inside. The pair walked down the block hand in hand.
When they returned a short time later, the woman went back in. While waiting, the man told The Post that she was his “girlfriend” and that he had urged her to leave her job there.
The woman soon exited the storefront again carrying a duffel bag stuffed with belongings. She and the man then hopped into his SUV and drove off.
As The Post reported Sunday, the storefront at 257 Smith St., in the stroller-mom-meets-hipster-enclave of Carroll Gardens, has been doubling as a bordello.
The NYPD said Monday that the site has been under “investigation” by detectives for a while.
“The precinct [commanding officer] has been aware of the issue from community complaints,” NYPD Assistant Commissioner Peter Donald told The Post. “These things take some time.”
A man who appeared to be a plainclothes detective drove up to the storefront Monday, looked at the door and left. Other cops in patrol cars also rolled by but drove off.
City Hall said Mayor de Blasio, whose former council district is a half-block from the seedy establishment, “is aware of the issue and is no doubt concerned.”