“As the NYPD crackdown on Chelsea's wild 27th Street club scene continues, artygoers are migrating east to the Flatiron District, where crowds, clubs and fisticuffs are on the rise, police say.
The capacity of gin mills in the heart of the Flatiron District - 19th, 20th and 22nd streets between Fifth and Sixth avenues, and 21st Street between Fifth and Park avenues - has surged to more than 10,000 people.
Since January, there have been 39 felony assaults in the Flatiron's 13th Precinct - an 18.1 percent increase over the same period last year.
Meanwhile, felony assaults have dropped 17.6 percent from last year in the 10th Precinct, which covers 27th Street and the heart of Chelsea's club scene, where 18-year-old Jennifer Moore partied last year before she was murdered.
Police cracked down on the area following the murder and a series of Post investigations on lax club security and rampant teenage drinking.
The State Liquor Authority has launched 19 investigations into Flatiron clubs since January. The agency has also received 12 applications for new liquor licenses, which is on pace to match last year's flood of 51 applications. ”
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