Drug dealers take over playground

From the Times Ledger:

Police from the 111th Precinct said they were aware of reports from residents that a number of dealers were selling drugs in Bayside’s Marie Curie Park and narcotics detectives have been conducting an investigation.

The park, on 211th Street between 46th Road and 46th Avenue, is situated behind the Marie Curie Middle School and one block away from the Bayside School. It is filled with young children, particularly on fair-weather afternoons.

A Bayside resident of 11 years who wished to remain anonymous contacted the TimesLedger Newspapers last week and described a group of four to five black men in their early-to-mid-20s who smoke marijuana and sell drugs to adults and children in the park.

The police said they were looking at a nearby house in connection with the alleged drug sales, but would not comment further on the specifics of the investigation.