Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
A multi-agency enforcement action took place yesterday at Shaky Eyez, the smoke shop at 402 E. 14th St., just east of First Avenue.
According to legal documents on the door, authorities seized cannabis flower, flavored vapes, cigarettes, and other tobacco products, as well as unlabeled cannabis.
The shop was also cited for unlicensed cannabis processing and its proximity to a house of worship. We're told that one person was arrested.
For now, the shop is padlocked...
... and rather empty...
Shaky Eyez opened over the summer in a storefront that has housed smoke shops in recent years. Signage for the business first appeared in June.
The enforcement action apparently didn’t end sales on this stretch of 14th Street.
When we stopped by around 8 last night, people outside the storefront were offering items for sale from a bag and jacket pockets.
Readers have continued to report similar activity outside the shop and along this section of 14th Street. This corridor has seen ongoing complaints about open-air drug sales and quality-of-life issues through the years.
It seems cops are worthless. Come and sell on 11th st. You can do anything here without repercussions.
ReplyDeleteI feel like this entire character arc could've been predicted from the moment the signage started to go up.
ReplyDeleteVery similar to the "old days" of the 70s. At the laundromat on 1st Ave. btw'n 9 & St Marks, if you stepped outside while your dryer spun you would be approached multiple times by people selling drugs.
ReplyDeleteThe NE corner of St Marks in those days especially
DeleteOh, at the laundromat on 7th St btw Avenues B and C, you stepped inside to buy the drugs. I actually tried to do my laundry there once.
DeleteWasn't that near the bodega that stocked almost nothing other than soap and party favors?
DeleteThis shop got cited for weed that wasn't tested or labeled the way the law demands. Shops like it have been caught pushing packs with cartoons on them where kids walk by.
ReplyDeleteSelling without a license
DeleteSaw it open this afternoon
ReplyDeleteThose smoke shops bring nothing but trouble. The one down by me on Rivington Street has hoodlums hanging out in front all day and there have been several robberies and shootings by the shop. Legalizing marijuana was one of the biggest mistakes made by the NYS legislature.
ReplyDeleteNo, not stepping hard on all the unlicensed places that opened up before permits were issued was the big mistake. It established a black market with all the troubles a black market draws. ("Hoodlums"???)
DeleteLaundromat and weed cafe would be great
ReplyDeleteIts not the cops, who can arrest all theses people, but the non bail law that has the criminals on the street before the police even finish the paperwork.
ReplyDeleteHey, did you know that drug dealers could afford to pay bail and be out anyway? Amazing that in the age of Epstein it's necessary to explain to people that being able to come up with cash and being likely to skip trial or being dangerous have no connection with each other.
DeleteEven with bail they would be back out pretty quick, that is what bail is.
Delete"The shop was also cited for unlicensed cannabis processing and its proximity to a house of worship. We're told that one person was arrested."
ReplyDeleteThis shithole store. which attracts hard drug dealers inside and out, (the shithole store before this one, same MO as well) will never get a legal NYS weed permit due to it's proximity to the Immaculate Conception Church. And, as noted, ti's back open today, 10/8/26, 2.30 PM. The lone dealer was hanging out in front of McDonalds.