An S&M dungeon that shares a building with a dance academy for young girls in Queens has some parents begging the kinky group to find a new place to get their freak on.
“It’s awful!” fumed one parent at Astoria Fine Arts Dance Studio on 23rd Avenue, which sits two floors below the Iron Bell Academy, a fetish group that frequently hosts bondage parties and workshops.
“It shouldn’t be in this building at all,” she added.
“There are children here . . . engaging in wholesome activities.”
Isabella, a parent who asked that her last name not be used, came across Iron Bell when she started looking for a dance school for her 10-year-old daughter.
A friend recommended Astoria Fine Arts, which, coincidentally, was not far from Isabella’s home. But when she looked up other tenants in the building, the results shocked her.
“That’s really not OK. We know that it’s a residential area and that’s a commercial building — there really should not be a dungeon up there,” she said.
Since 1998, a city ordinance has barred X-rated businesses from being within 500 feet of schools and residential areas.
So Isabella on Thursday submitted a formal complaint with the city, asking officials to investigate the Iron Bell’s operations, records show.
A spokeswoman for the Buildings Department confirmed the building on 23rd Avenue sits in a residential zone and is registered as a facility for offices and storage. The agency will investigate the X-rated claims.
But for Iron Bell founder Sebastian Bell, the parents’ concerns are based on misunderstandings of and prejudice against the S&M community.
“We understand it’s not everybody’s cup of tea,” Bell said. “That’s why we do everything we can to keep this discreet.”
Bell said his academy is not a business and is perfectly legal.