New York- An illegal after-hours strip joint once flourished in a tenement owned by slumlord king Morris Piller, his tenants say.

“They had women down there, dancing naked and they had liquor; it was a private club, chairs, tables, everything,” said Gloria Lambert, who has lived at 2501 Davidson Ave. in the Bronx for 23 years. She said the basement club opened about three years ago and was uncertain when it closed.

Lambert, 51, is moving, fed up with the club, the drug dealing, and more.

“I’ve had enough fighting, the leaks, the roaches, rats, broken elevators, and then last winter, no heat and hot water almost every day. I’ve had enough, so I’m moving.”

“All Piller is about is taking your money,” she said.

Piller owns 29 buildings in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan; altogether they have 7,313 current housing code violations for lead paint, vermin infestation, mold and other infractions.

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development has sued Piller for conditions in each of his buildings and is preparing a new case against him over the 344 violations at his 2757 Claflin Ave. property in the Bronx.

Agency inspectors routinely visit the tenements, write up the violations, and that information, along with testimony from tenants, is presented to judges at Housing Court.

They can levy fines and impose other penalties, including jail sentences for landlords who refuse to make repairs.

So far, although he has paid more than $100,000 in fines, Piller has avoided prison.

But in cases involving four of his Brooklyn tenements, HPD attorneys have said they will press for jail time next month if Piller continues to defy court orders on repairs.

Piller has declined comment.

Conditions in his 3,000-apartment empire were first disclosed in an investigation by the Daily News earlier this month. It also detailed how taxpayers are supporting his enterprise through massive rent subsidies paid directly to Piller by government agencies.

At 2757 Claflin Ave., tenant Elizabeth Thompson said the elevators frequently break.

“One reason is the water pouring into them from the roof when it rains. Then the light goes out and we have to call the Fire Department because of short circuits and the fire threat,” she said.

Tenants there and at other buildings in the Bronx visited by The News last week said they were angry and frustrated with Piller.

“I’ve got no wiring, no electricity in the living room,” said Francesca Flowers, a Claflin Ave. tenant, who is charged $659 a month for a small, mice-and-roach-infested one-bedroom apartment that is pocked and moldy.

Beatriz Bonnet, 79, a 28-year resident of that building, has fungi growing on the wall. “I try not to let them get away with things, but because I’m a senior citizen, they don’t listen to me about making repairs.”

Nearby, at 4575 Park Ave., tenant organizer Gregory Zeny was busy putting down rat poison.

“We’ve had a four-year battle with Piller,” he said. A major problem is the roof, he said, “because they keep slapping more tarpaper on top of old tarpaper and it doesn’t work to stop leaks.”

His neighbor Diane Figueroa is charged $900 a month for a two-bedroom apartment. “Sewage comes up through the drain in the sink,” said her daughter, Nicole, 19. “And we can’t use the oven to cook. We just store pots and pans there.”

Downstairs, Victor Martinez, a machine operator, pays $667 a month for a one-bedroom apartment with a bathroom that has broken tiles, leaks and mold. “I’ve been here 10 years and nothing changes,” he said.