A spa on Billionaires\u2019 Row has been accused of operating a seedy brothel, advertising \u201cSweet, sexy, hot Asian\u201d women, according to a complaint filed by the city.<\/p>\n
57 Star Beauty Shop, which abuts supertall 111 W. 57th St. \u2014 currently advertising a $98 million listing<\/a> \u2014 has been the target of two undercover police stings since December.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was somewhat of a little known secret,\u201d said a former fourth-floor tenant, who relocated about three years ago. \u201cIt was obvious. It was disguised as a massage parlor, but it was never open.\u201d<\/p>\n 57 Star Beauty Spa stands on one of Manhattan\u2019s most expensive blocks \u2014 and is the subject of a recently filed lawsuit. Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/p>\n 57 Star Beauty Spa listed its alleged sexual services on HarlotHub.com.<\/p>\n The main website for 57 Star Beauty Spa \u2014 offering treatments such as facials \u2014 remains active. star57spany.com<\/p>\n The former tenant, who asked for anonymity, said he never saw any employees and the lights would only go on at weird hours of the night.<\/p>\n The business was one of the reasons he relocated.<\/p>\n The complaint obtained by The Post, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, calls for a full one-year closure and $1,000-a-day fines against landlord Tsukiji KK Corporation and other named respondents.<\/p>\n A 911 call in October prompted an NYPD investigation into the house of ill repute, per the complaint.<\/p>\n A sandwich board outside the spa advertises other services on offer. Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/p>\n The business operates from a building directly next to 111 W. 57th St. \u2014 a supertall along Billionaires\u2019 Row. Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/p>\n On Dec. 3 and Jan. 7, an occupant at 57 Star Beauty Shop agreed to engage in manual stimulation of an undercover officer in exchange for a fee, the city claims.<\/p>\n 57 Star Beauty Shop advertisements for \u201cSweet, sexy, hot Asian lady\u201d and \u201cReal Slim Busty Beauties Asian Models\u201d were allegedly found at HarlotHub.com and SkipTheGames.com last week. The latter website was also used to bust NoMad Suites hotel<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n Owner Melinda Her denied the allegations, insisting to The Post \u2014 via a friend who translated from an Asian dialect to English \u2014 that they only do facials, head therapy and massages.<\/p>\n 57 Star Beauty Shop is on the second floor of 115 W. 57th St., a six-story, seven-unit walkup. Its legitimate massage services are splashed across the front window, and a sandwich board on the street promotes 30 minutes of \u201caroma relaxing bodywork\u201d for $58. Another board offers a 30-minute head therapy special for $58. The first floor of the property is occupied by a deli, JIH Market.<\/p>\n To the east of the building is 111 W. 57th St. The ritzy building has a penthouse in contract for roughly $42 million<\/a>, which would mark the priciest residential deal so far this year along the thoroughfare if it closes. To the west of the building is 117 W. 57th St., a small residential building with an Angelo\u2019s Pizza at the base.<\/p>\n The walk-up building houses the spa on the second level, as well as seven rental units on upper floors. Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/p>\n Simple signage announces the spa\u2019s presence. Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/p>\n Some of the high-profile buyers on Billionaires\u2019 Row, which is at the southern edge of Central Park, have been Ken Griffin<\/a>, founder and CEO of Citadel; Michael Dell<\/a>, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies; Bill Ackman<\/a> of Pershing Square Capital Management; and Daniel Och<\/a>, chairman and former CEO of Och-Ziff Capital Management.<\/p>\n