#Two raves busted in Sunset Park where de Blasio warned of COVID-19 uptick

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Police responding to the illegal rave in Brooklyn.
New York City Sheriff’s Office

Two raves packing a total of more than 280 people were busted up early Sunday in Sunset Park, Brooklyn — just days after Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that the neighborhood was experiencing a troubling rise in coronavirus cases.

The New York City Sheriff’s Office got a tip there was an illicit gig at 466 47th St. — in a house in the middle of a tree-lined block — around 12:30 a.m. and found more than 180 people inside, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

The space was “polished” and appeared to be rented out for commercial use, a source said.

Multiple summonses were issued — including for social-distancing violations and serving booze without a license — and the three organizers were arrested, authorities said. The alcohol also was confiscated.

Information from that rave then led authorities to a second one in a nearby warehouse at 214 51st St. around 2 a.m., sources said.

The space had more than 100 people inside — including at least some violating social-distancing rules, sources said.

The parties were not connected, sources said.

The sheriff’s office tweeted out photos of its raid on the 51st Street location, with one snapshot showing cops stationed outside a door and another of an officer hauling boxes into the back of a law-enforcement vehicle.

“Organizer was arrested & charged with multiple alcohol beverage control law offenses and violation of local emergency law. Alcohol stock was seized,” the tweet said.

Some Twitter users lashed out at the partiers — who attended the gigs just a few days after the mayor said recent positive-test figures in the neighborhood were sending up a “warning light.”

The mayor said the city would be “saturating’’ the area with workers urging more people to get tested “to see if there’s something further we need to do.”

A Twitter user seethed after Sunday’s raves, “These people need to get shut down. It’s a f–king pandemic. No joke.”

David Greenfield, head of the anti-poverty MET Council, added, “Interesting. Just days after NYC officials announced coronavirus numbers spiked in Sunset Park…”