Regardless of what they think about the place, everyone agrees it’s a dive. Rounding the corner of 125th Street onto Madison Avenue, you descend into what appears to be a cellar—past an overflowing dumpster, gingerly avoiding rats darting from beneath the stairs—and enter the Mt. Morris Turkish Baths, known in years gone by as the Turkish Embassy. It is one of the city’s few remaining gay bathhouses, and the extent of gay public space in... More >>>