We hit the streets, the strip clubs in search of the city’s scintillating undergroun

Manhattan

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Store manager and piercer Pete says dozens of New Yorkers stop by the shop every week to get holes punched in their nether regions. Clients range from “girls turning 19 to 50-year-old soccer moms, trying to spice things up.” 174 Ludlow St between E Houston and Stanton Sts (212-253-6402,

 

Poleriders


The city’s first wheel-drawn pole-dancing spectacular has cycled its way around Union Square and the Lower East Side. The mobile show enlists about a half dozen dancers, who generally grind to their own iPod tunes. “Manhattan oozes steamy sex,” says founder Andrew Katzander. “Where do you think all the humidity comes from?” For show schedule and pole-dancing class

 

 

The Standard Hotel


Get thee to the High Line for an impromptu peep show. Reports of schlongs and sexcapades visible through the hotel’s floor-to-ceiling windows are rampant. “It’s all day every day,” says Stephanie of London Meats, which sits right across the street. She’s seen everything from movies being made to naked women prancing in front of the windows. The guests’ antics have even thrown a wrench in production—the loading dock’s of people  are captivated by the show. “Everybody stops walking,” she says. “Two even have binoculars.” 848 Washington St at 13th St (212-645-4646, standardhotels.com)

 

The Museum of Sex
There are 24,000 erotic artifacts at MoSex (233 Fifth Ave at 27th St; 212-689-6337, museumofsex.com), including 19th-century brothel guides and bare-booty coins used as peep-show currency in Times Square. Even the building is rumored to be a former whorehouse. Mark your calendar for two big MoSex goings-on: the November unveiling of its brand-new store,