Ginger's, a lesbian bar in Park Slope, plans to cancel most of its DJ events during Pride Month. The decision follows a series of noise complaints received by police between January 1 and May 21 of the current year. Public data also shows that the city’s 311 system received noise complaints at the bar’s address during the same period last year. The cancellation has raised concerns among customers and local elected officials, including Brooklyn Borough president Antonio Reynoso. Reynoso links the issue to broader patterns of residents demanding that communities and cultures take up less space. The New York Hospitality Alliance warns that canceling Pride events can harm the community and erode cultural spaces in New York City.
"Ginger's shared in a May 18 Instagram post that it plans to cancel "the majority of our DJ events during Pride." The bar received 20 noise complaints between Jan. 1 and May 21 of this year, according to police data. And New York City's 311 system received 49 noise complaints at the address associated with Ginger's during the same period last year, a Gothamist review of public data shows."
"Reynoso said in a statement to Gothamist that the cancellation of events at Ginger's is "representative of a bigger problem we're seeing across Brooklyn." He cited similar noise complaints aimed at the West Indian Day Parade and Puerto Rican Day celebrations. "Ginger's isn't the bad neighbor - it's the people demanding that communities and cultures take up less space who are not being neighborly," Reynoso said."
"The same sentiment was reiterated by the New York Hospitality Alliance, which represents more than 24,000 restaurants and nightlife establishments. "When the oldest lesbian bar in Brooklyn cancels Pride events because of some neighbor complaints, it harms that community and underscores a larger problem, which can erode the cultural spaces that have long made New York City so special," said its executive director, Andrew Rigie."
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