NY Athletic Club fight...

I heard this 3rd hand but kinda funny if you know anything about the NYAC...

 

It was the best fight I've ever seen. Young people, old people, girls , members , non members, it was a nondiscriminatory ragematch.

It's tough to elaborate on it's epicness but I'll do my best. It started near the booths that are across from the bar, so everyone at the bar and not involved quickly got pushed towards the windows facing the park.
The brawl then expanded from the booths to the bar so no one could leave unless you wanted to to go through the lion's pit so we all just stood ( I eventually took a seat with Stephan and some girls) and watched it all unfold. It came in HOT.

Not sure the reason but it seemed to be about a girl. After about 30 seconds it was just threats being yelled. Anyway, probably two broken noses right off the back, one dude knocked straight on his butt on the first punch, glasses thrown, broken glass everywhere , and all the tables turned over or shoved to the side, they were making their arena.....The first break in the fight occurred when a random guy hopped in to break it up, his girlfriend by his side . The commotion ended so everyone thought ,  until somebody knocked the guy's girlfriend over and this kid laid one dude right out. So now the fight expanded to three groups, three wolfpacks. Girl got knocked over again ......Second stoppage occurred after a good five minutes when Luis the bartender joined forces to come in and stop it.  BIG MISTAKE , Luis fell like a bag of sand after a fairly aggressive push and he started screaming " Call nine eleven" . radios were grabbed and called, and these guys were eventually getting chaperoned out. It was all done , fight over . But No, it wasn't done...some pudgy kid comes out of no where , I honestly don't think he was even involved, and connected straight into a much bigger kids dome piece, couldn't have connected better, the kid hit , hits a table, broken everything on the ground. Finally a bunch of guys push the crowd of fighters out of the bar, they get in the elevator and by the time I got down there 10 cops were arresting all of them.

update:

comments below and various hate mail have been hilarious, but by far the best take so far on the matter

Comments

[You don't deserve to know]

Whoever you are, WallStreetJackass, you have picked the right name. You ARE a jackass. Clearly your mother never taught you any manners and you have no sense of respect for others.

[Ken Sternberg]

Thank you for bringing this to light. It's humbling to know that those among us who walk (or get driven in limos) in the more rarified atmosphere can also fall prey to base human emotions.

I mean, come on! It is the New York Athletic Club. They were just being athletic.

[anne]

LOL!!!! hilarious. bunch of central park south idiots acting like the thugs they are.

[Curly Pubes]

I heard it started cuz one of the old members came into the tap room after taking a cold plunge and his 80 yr old gonads were hanging out under his towel and they bumped into some young hottie's Manolo Blahniks

[DHL]

You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie.

[sad]

bunch of idiot lacrosse players

[Well, it's not the Harvard club]

Couldn't happen to a finer establishment. Stayed there a few times as a guest, and best memory is trying to go for a jog at 6AM and being redirected to a back exit because I wasn't wearing the proper attire. Would have loved to see the brawl. Another good argument for confiscatory tax rates.

[Joe]

My friend invites me to the Yale Club a few times per year. This place seems so much more exciting

[Biff]

Were any of the 1% inbred twits killed? Maimed? Disfigured? Keelhauled? Non? Quelle damage.

[Listen Joker, I am paying good money for your politeness]

If NYAC leadership had any backbone they would force all involved to write a letter of apology to the entire membership and level harsh (and humbling) sanctions upon them. Keep it internal to the club, sure, but hammer these jokers lest round two will come again soon.

[Rod Dennison]

There's something magical about wealthy people getting into fist fights!

[Griffy]

Too bad for Luis. A classic bartender. But he never forgets a face, so woe to the clod who dropped him.

[Phoenix]

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Thirty people get involved in a "wolfpack" and three people are being blamed? Things got out of control...let the NYPD deal with it the way they seem fit and the same for NYAC...I can only hope that the Club doesn't scapegoat one or two members for what seems like a mess. Unless you are a member, you do not get a vote.It is ridiculous that the world is involved in this.

[WestLAGirl]

Hi. I love your blog, you're quite funny!

Greetings from Los Angeles!

[Bruce in Austin]

Love the commenters who think WallStreetJackass has no business posting this; they are the same slack-jawed low-lifes who claim "censorship" whenever someone boycotts a Limbaugh sponsor. This episode is further evidence that society has no use for the one-percenters and, in fact, our society will be better off once these inbreds die off from bleeding disease and diabetes (love the description of the "chubby boy" at an "athletic club" - f-ing posers). Good riddance, NYAC scum of the Earth!

[James]

@Bruce In Austin: You lefties are nothing more than a pulsating mass of tired slogans and cliches. You in particular should have been drowned in a bucket at birth.

[A Facebook User]

Love a good brawl story, despite the fact it happened at a some rich man's club... shows ya they are as vicious and cunning as any drug dealer on the streets....

[Mike Perl]

Wall Street Jackass, Thank You for posting this story. Screw anyone who feels this shouldn't be disclosed. You rock!
We in Boca Raton salute you! I read about this in www.dailymail.co.uk

[World star]

WORLD STAR HIP HOP

[member]

to the commentators in the peanut gallery 'bruce from austin et al', these clowns are not members of the NYAC. any douche can come along as a guest at the mercury society party.

[Tim Geithner Jr.]

Boo Hoo
I can't believe people from the outside world are getting involved in this. This should have been handled the way all rich people problems are: quietly.
What will the fat rich diabetic men say to their fat diabetic kids about this incident? Have you no shame Jackass? This is so unfair!! Sincerely,.
Fat Former Lacrosse Player From Yale Who Now Speculates Gas Prices for a Large Wall St. Firm Now Currently Under Investigation

[Bill]

I hope the club kicks out all involved. We do not need them at the NYAC.

[cp]

LOL hilarious!

[Elliot]

This post is hysterically funny! I love the exhortation to the members to "embellish" the club's reputation. What should they do, wear gold lame' bath towels? There's nothing more amusing than establishment pretense in NYC. The "old" money (made selling beaver pelts or stealing) is becoming a laughing stock. And the arrivistes (great- grandchildren of pushcart vendors and Westies) make for good copy)

[a.moch]

Sure it wasn't there butler's and chauffeur's fighting. Didn't think those silver spooned a**holes did ANY heavy lifting !