Late last summer, reading some reviews and not normally a "street action" kind of guy I decided to try around 28th and Lex.
I came down Lex and made a left onto 28th. Right at the corner were 3 pretty good looking ladies, all apparently on the prowl. I turned the corner and slowed down a bit and one of them headed towards my car. Something didn't quite smell right, so I slowly accelerated away.
I decided to go around, west on 27th to Park, right on Park to Lex, then parked on the Northwest corner of 28th adn Lex to watch.
I believe it was TC above that said "Sloppy seconds mean safe seconds". Boy, was he right.
Across 28 St from me were 4 guys sitting in their car just hanging out. Katty-corner from me were the girls trying to flag down customers. Across Lex from me were a guy and a girl hanging out on a stoop and some workers at the corner store. I just sat in my SUV watching.
I was waiting for one of the girls to be picked up and taken away in a vehicle. Then I figured it would be safe to approach. About 10 minutes later, one of the girls was successful flagging down a car and talking to the driver. They were talking for about 30 seconds or so when he must've said the magic words. She took off her jacket. From all sides, guys in street clothes slowly, then quickly advanced to the car. They jumped the driver and pulled him out. Score number 1 for the cops. Then car across from me were also cops.
I watched with some morbid fascination for about an hour and a half before they all left. During that time they made about 7 different arrests including at least one guy on foot.