This is a club called Nox. It’s located on 4th Avenue between 93rd and 94th Streets. It is only the latest incarnation of many guido clubs at the location, which was once owned by a guy who killed a guy.
I believe that it was called Club Turqoise at the time of gore.
In any event, early in the morning on an April day in 2002, Darninka Rachamin got into his Ferrari drunk, and sped down towards the Belt Parkway along 4th Avenue.
Within five blocks Rachamin had the Ferarri up to 100 mph, and unfortunately struck Howard Mazariegos here at the intersection of 99th and 4th Avenue. Mazariegos was struck so hard that he leg was severed completely, and he died.
If my memory serves correct from the news that day, the Ferrari didn’t come to stop until two blocks later when it ended up running into a cement bench in Cannonball Park.
Rachamin was held on $1,000,000 bond, and ended up taking a plea to 2nd degree manslaughter - receiving seven to 20 years in state prison.
Rachamin almost escaped his prison sentence by a loophole in the NYS prison system, and had sought an early release so that he could be deported to freedom back to his native Israel.
Thankfully the NYS prison system listened to the Mazariegos family and denied Rachamin’s request for early release, leaving Rachamin to rot in prison for several more year.
If you drink, don’t drive - it’s that simple!
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Hey, I am Howard’s sister, thanks for posting this, the message is plain and simple don’t drink and drive, but to correct you, the car hit the building on the corner, not the park, and yes thank god the justice system listened, but he is almost out, supposedly to finish his time in Israel. He’ll be here again, guaranteed..