Yeah this news is not surprising at all. I actually know a friend in Queens whose house was next to a korean brothel. The korean prostitutes rented a house across the street from him and set up shop there for a while until him and his neighbors became suspicious of all strangers entering and leaving daily. So eventually they called the cops and had them busted.
Personally, I'm not against korean whore houses, but only if they're not next door neighbors.
The funny thing is I think FBI and INS busted a new k place in Queens last month. It was a newly built townhouse in a nice residencial neighborhood. The FBI confisticated almost a million dollars CASH in the house. The korean owner allegely has just opened the business for less than 8 months. See how much money they are making? They arrested 16-20 korean chicks. It was on the local news. The FBI got involved because two corrputted NYPD cops were portecting this particular cat house. The korean mama even gave tips to these two cops about her competitors and let them busting other korean and chinese whore houses. So I suggest you not to try anything in Queens for the time being. It's not going to be funny when you get busted with your pants down.
Try Chinatown, there is one HUGE k place with sauna and everything over there. They got busted once but I believe they are open at the same location again. I heard they have the hottest korean chicks in town and you might make friends with some investment bankers there. haha... I know couple guys working for Goldman and Morgan treat that palce as second home. You know it's a stressful job to work for Goldman that type of SOB companies. You are a single and live alone in a big city with load of money and have no time for relationship. It could be an alternative after working 80 hrs per week you know. It's more efficient this way than hitting bars or strip joints. At least you are going to get what you want without wasting time. right?