A Lower Manhattan boxing gym that draws a diverse crowd from Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony to Wall Street traders and even Manhattan DA Cy Vance’s boxing club, is facing eviction by a scheming landlord, the club owner claims in a new lawsuit.
Trinity Box Club owner Martin Snow, not one to go down without a fight, sued the owners of 110 Greenwich St. in Manhattan civil court on Tuesday.
The Brooklyn-born Snow claims the landlord, Tom Jakobson of Jakobson Properties, fraudulently used a loophole in a lease agreement to boot the Golden Gloves finalist-turned-gym owner to the curb on Feb. 28.
Snow, who rebounded after flooding during Hurricane Sandy, is despondent about his impending eviction.
“This is personal. This is what I love to do,” Snow told The Post.
Snow, who’s been in the ground-floor space for 10 years, says Jakobson asked him if he wanted to take advantage of an optional 5-year extension.
He said, yes, and even discussed his plans to open a boxing memorabilia store in the building, Snow’s attorney Eddie Hayes told The Post.
Then the landlord did an about face and emailed Snow last August saying he should pack up by February 28, 2014 because he failed to give nine months written notice of his plans to renew the lease by June 2013, according to their correspondence.
Snow believes the landlord wants him out so he can sell the building.
“The motto of this gym is ‘Don’t give up without a fight,’ and I’m not going to give up without fight,” he said.
The basement level facility located a block from the World Trade Center has been featured on David Letterman, Regis and Kelly and hosts pro boxers including champion heavyweight Butch Kidd and former Olympian Isaac Adams.
Trinity member Nick Mascio, 59, told The Post he was “really bummed” to hear that the club may soon be shuttered.
“It will be hard to find another Trinity Boxing club…[it’s] one of a kind,” Mascio said.
Jakobson and his attorney did not return messages seeking comment.