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The best magic show in the world is in NYC — but you won’t find it on Broadway

Trip to B’klyn is in the cards

Magician Denis Behr. German. In NYC now. Pay attention. Word is he’s the world’s best in card tricks.

His English, perfect. Black shirt, black pants, perfect. Imperfect is his small “theater.” It’s behind a secret partition in a smaller than my john Brooklyn store selling shticks and tricks. He’s behind a simple table. The tiny clustered room has no video, no cameras, no special effects, no clever lights, no soft cushiony seats. Nothing. Just him. Audience of maybe 20, it’s 69 Atlantic run by Hal Schulman, who charges $200. He’s there through Saturday.

Why was I there? My friend, lawyer Stuart Slotnick’s dad Barry Slotnick is the famous lawyer. Between lawsuits, Stuart loves card tricks.

Behr: “I began age 7 after I was given a set of magic tricks. It fascinated me. I began to learn the truths behind them. I then bought whatever books I could find on magic. Mail order. We didn’t yet have the Internet, I watched others on TV who did these tricks.

“I went to a magic shop in Germany. My........

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