If I had not been a WorldWE youth leader, making videos and educating kids about these issues, I’m not sure I would have picked up on what was happening in the way I did,” he continued. “There seemed to be no issue with teenagers going into the space and paying for whatever ‘services’ they were offering. I said no, just the massage.”ĥ Matthew Kodsi (right) went to Ming Happy Spa not realizing it was a brothel and was asked if he was looking for anything else besides a massage. “She asked me several times if I wanted anything ‘other than the massage,’ including a shower beforehand. She asked me what I wanted and I simply said an hour-long back massage,” 17-year-old Matthew Kodsi told The Post. Mainstream chains like UPS and CityMD neighbor the business on the bustling block and stock art of men, women and couples receiving luxurious massages are displayed on the windows alongside the business’s phone number, hours and address.īut earlier this summer, a local teenager in search of an affordable massage after a boxing session at Gleason’s Gym wandered in and noticed the hallmarks of a place offering more than spa services. Like many other IMBs, the Ming Happy Spa looks innocent enough from Montague Street’s sidewalk. In Queens, which has at least 269 open brothels, the illicit businesses outnumber Starbucks 5 to 1, the data from the intelligence-driven counter-trafficking organization that focuses exclusively on the illicit massage industry shows. The alleged illicit massage business in the upscale neighborhood is one of at least 629 others currently operating across the five boroughs - a network of illegal enterprises so vast, they outnumber Starbucks 2 to 1 citywide, according to data from Heyrick Research.įor every Starbucks that’s in the five boroughs, there are at least two IMBs. seven nights a week, is next door to a high-end women’s boutique and operates an innocuous second-floor storefront that sees a steady stream of well-dressed male clientele late into the night. The Ming Happy Spa on Montague Street, conspicuously open until 1 a.m. In one of New York’s toniest neighborhoods, just a few blocks from the Brooklyn federal courthouse, a shady massage parlor is hidden in plain view. ‘Very gory details’: Jeffrey Epstein document dump is ‘retraumatizing’ to survivors, victim saysīarr-ing it all: Jeffrey Epstein’s brother hints Bill Barr could be ‘protecting’ someone over jail suicideĮx-girlfriend of disgraced NJ pol took part in orgies with Epstein and ‘sex slave’: docsĭisturbing details, notable names, scope of Epstein sex-trafficking ring and other revelations from doc drop
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