Brooklyn’s 11 Smokiest Smokeasies
2. American Legion Post 1636
Groan. Really? The Gowanus hall on Ninth Street received 10 violations since 2011. “The city previously allowed club members to smoke inside, but Post leaders failed to renew their ‘membership association’ waiver, which would have allowed them to smoke inside,” the Daily News reports. And though the Legion’s state finance director urges them to follow the law, the local community board is rolling its eyes. “It seems bizarre to me that the city would go out of their way to target what in effect is a private organization,” the district manager told the paper. [photo]