I frequent a web site called "New York Jacks". As its name infers, it is dedicated to various aspects of jerking off. There are short movies one may watch or download, a chat site, and there are links which are quite extensive. Most are to masturbation groups formed in other cities around the world. The New York group meets thrice weekly for parties in a nondescript warehouse in lower Manhattan. I had been planning an overnight trip to the city to visit the floor of the New York Stock Exchange arranged by my broker, and to visit an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I had wanted to see. I also wanted to view the refurbished Grand Central Station where I spent much time passing through as a boy. So I arranged the trip in order to be there the night of one of the parties.

I took the subway from near my hotel to 14th Street and walked the couple of blocks to 675 Hudson Street where the party was to be held. Arriving shortly before the eight o'clock opening, I decided to "case the joint" from across the street. There were a few guys milling about on the street just outside a distinctive red door in this huge warehouse that filled the block. Shortly after the designated hour the door opened and the men began to file in. I crossed the street and did likewise.

Upon opening the door, one is faced almost immediately with a ticket booth, similar to those found at movie houses, and an entrance door. After paying the ten-dollar fee the attendant opened the door from behind and I entered. After adjusting to the relative darkness, I observed a typical bar to the left, and a narrow aisle dividing it from tables and benches on the right. Only soft drinks are allowed at the parties. Behind the bar is a television monitor continuously playing gay explicit sex videos. On one of the tables were several coat hangers. Here is where one strips except for shoes and socks, places the clothes on a hanger and checks them. The check stub is placed inside a sock. One is then free to continue the short distance to the main room itself, set apart from the bar area by a raised step......(cont)