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.
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