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chinese massage place got robbed in broad daylight today — Brooklynian

chinese massage place got robbed in broad daylight today

ltjbukem
ltjbukem
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
as i walked south on vanderbilt at around 10:35am, dropped off my dry cleaning at happy cleaner and then heard a chinese woman running by, shrieking, from the massage place a few doors down.

as it turns out, some guy followed her into the store after she just opened up. she put her handbag behind the table, said suspect reached behind, stole her pocketbook and ran around the corner on park place, i believe, headed east.

apparently had the wages for all the workers for the month.

an hour later, 5-0 was parked outside, but both guys were in their patrol car, doing nothing but acting as a decoy.

Comments

  • king without a crown
    king without a crown
    Perhaps they were taking a Police report while awaiting the arrival of the Evidence Collection Team to dust for fingerprints. Just a thought
  • supreme_ian
    supreme_ian
    ^^^^ great answer KWAC
    spoken like the true YOU !

    and just because i would like to know..

    how do you know it was the "WAGES for a WHOLE month" ?
  • ltjbukem
    ltjbukem
    spoke to a pretty good source.
  • mac1
    mac1
    That's terrible. I feel a little sorry for that place. They seem to be trying very hard, but in all the wrong ways. When people go for a massage - at least young professional types - they are looking for a zen-like, cool atmosphere. Shanghai's computer printouts in the store front, half-ass drawing on the wall, massage therapists standing out front smoking cigarettes dressed in medical scrubs, and ugly "gift card" banner under the awning, just ain't cutting it for this neighborhood. They should take some aesthetic cues from Milk Bar across the street, which seems to be thriving.
  • paraderest
    paraderest
    supreme_ian wrote:

    how do you know it was the "WAGES for a WHOLE month" ?
    The perp did indeed get the months payroll. The victim reports giving the perp $10!!!!!!!!!!

    Sometimes I crack myself up.
  • ltjbukem
    ltjbukem
    Mac1: completely agree. that store is a bit out of place with the 2009 vanderbilt avenue. maybe the 2000 vanderbilt ave it may have gotten some business.

    i'm shocked that they're able to make rent, considering places like red lipstick are moving out of vanderbilt because they can't make rent.
  • rbg
    rbg
    And they close really early on weeknights. Not good for the "after work massage" crowd.
  • boogieknight
    boogieknight
    That's a shame. I haven't been yet but if its just a cheap quick "tui-na" or whatever the hell no-frills Chinese massage joint, with a bunch of tables separated by curtains - that's all I need.

    There are places that offer zen-like, scented candle, touchy-feely crap - go there if you want - why must everything be the same? Why must everything be expensive? Can't I just pay $45 bucks for a no-frills hour instead of $150 - my eyes are closed and I'm dozing off pretty much the entire time anyway, so why pay for "ambiance"?

    These places are perfect wham-bam, no conversation, fix my aching back, rub my feet quickie places for the working "stiff".

    If I want luxury I go to the Peninsula in midtown.
  • mac1
    mac1
    I'm just saying it's a bad business model for this neighborhood. Clearly the place is floundering.
  • ltjbukem
    ltjbukem
    do we know if it's really floundering? can't be that bad if someone robbed them for their wages...
  • rosweed
    rosweed
    That's no happy ending.
  • old time brooklyn
    old time brooklyn
    They robbed my testicles a few weeks back.
  • emily
    emily
    Since this is my work-from-home day, I went over and tried this place out. We are impecunious at the moment, so I just did the 10-minute chair massage. I thought it was good, and definitely cheaper than the place I sometimes go near my office.

    With this style of massage, I usually find the massage itself not particularly relaxing but afterwards my back feels "untangled." This is not the kind of place that you get someone a gift certificate to as a shower gift or anything--it's a place you'd take yourself on a semiregular basis because your back is messed up from, say, working on a computer so much.
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