On Jan. 14, EVG contributor Stacie Joy reported on the crime and quality-of-life issues inside the Mariana Bracetti Plaza public housing development along Avenue C between Third Street and Fourth Street. (Read more from the interview with resident Kanielle Hernandez right here.)
We heard from another resident who lives in the complex.
"I grew up here, and when I say this building has become more dangerous than it was in the 1970s and 1980s, I am not kidding," said the resident, who shared a few photos to illustrate the squalid conditions ... such as in the blood-stained elevators and atop the trash-strewn sidewalk bridge, which lines the property and provides cover for some of the illegal acts that residents have reported without much success...
That absolute lack of attention by our politicians and police on these issues and the myriad of other more minor, but ultimately detrimental, quality of life issues in our neighborhood are criminal. So many of these problems would be improved by simply having more of a police presence.
ReplyDeleteDrug dealers used to keep that building very safe. Ask the residents. Ask the neighboors. It wasnt good for business to have people shooting up outside. My neighboor grew up in this building and once that generation faded out - the place slid and needles/stems galore. Sometimes the bad ones keep us safe from the other "bad ones". I'm sure the old timers (especially female) on the Hells Angels block can attest to this.
ReplyDeleteYes 3rd street looks very bad these days with most buildings vandalized but when the hells angels were there it was much better and cleaner as a neighborhood I miss those days everything got so bad nowadays and I don’t think it will ever be the same
DeleteWho manages the building? Why are they not taking measures to provide security? If you get to the bottom of that question, maybe there is a chance some measures can be taken. Hate to see that perfectly good housing in a desired location going to pot. Police can only do so much, if the building's owners don't want to do anything to protect the tenants, there is little the police can do.
ReplyDeleteIt's a NYCHA building, and NYCHA residents deserve better.
ReplyDeleteRE 2:03 "Who manages the building?"
ReplyDeleteThe worst landlord in NYC manages the building, NYC Housing Authority.
another reminder that NYCHA, the biggest public housing authority in the United States by a wide margin, has approximately half the budget of the NYPD.
ReplyDeleteWhat's your point? Should the NYPD budget go to the NYCHA? That won't solve these problems
DeleteMore active cops would solve this problem. How would NYCHA solve these problems? Hire security who really cant do anything?