Monday, September 9, 2013
Homeless cause havoc in Briarwood
From the Queens Chronicle:
A Briarwood church has grown frustrated with an ongoing problem facing the property.
For seven years, the Victoria Congregational Church at 144-64 87 Ave. has been having issues with inebriated individuals at all times of day and night sleeping and consuming alcohol on a ramp that acts as one of the main entrances to the church and in front of the parsonage’s primary entrance door located next to the church.
The Rev. Mark Marsh, pastor of the Victoria Congregational Church, has reached out to Capt. Frederick Grover, the commanding officer of the 107th Precinct in Flushing, in an effort to solve the issue, but little to no action has been taken.
“We need patrols but not only that, we need the officers to get out of the car and walk onto the property,” Marsh said. “Normally they just drive through.”
The times when Marsh had called 911, police officers did not show up at all or almost 45 minutes after the initial call was made.
One time, Marsh had to wait over an hour to go home because the exit was blocked. He called 911 but the police did not respond even though the operator knew an inebriated individual had a brick in his hand and threatened to throw it at Marsh.
Though the individuals have become a nuisance, Marsh said he is not looking to harm anyone.
“What we noticed is that the same people that were here in 2006 are still using the ramp today,” he said. “We’ve talked to the precinct about maybe having some program that the police could put them through to help them.”
According to Marsh, the church is not allowed to contact a social agency to remove the drunken individuals.
“The police are the only ones allowed to contact them and request their help,” he said. “The only way we would be able to get a social agency involved is if we go up to the individuals and ask if they would like us to take them to a facility but if they say no, there is nothing we can do to force them.”
Marsh said that the church has had to call three ambulances in the past month and has found old carpets, trash and even feces at the top of the ramp.
I wonder what Samaritan Village is planning to do about this since it is most likely their drunken residents who are peeing and shitting all over the place when they miss curfew and get locked out. If they want approval to open a homeless shelter in Glendale, they probably should clean up their act in Briarwood first.
13 comments:
What does the city councilman say? The Albany reps that fund the program?
How about newspapers covering this and asking the electeds what are they doing about this.
Good questions #1. Don't expect the cops to do anything, their too busy meeting ticket quotas or commuting from Long Island.
The cope havent cared about this city since they were allowed to live outside of it.
That was the biggest mistake we ever gave their union.
Watch out. Katz may tear own your house of worship and build a homeless shelter.
try automatic sprinklers that will soak them. have the sprinklers going off at intervals. maybe borrow a couple of large scary dogs and tie them up at the top of the ramp.
They're day laborers. DEPORT THEM.
"How about newspapers covering this"?
Um, uh, okay ...
Something tells me one already has.
How about a daily newspaper cover this instead of the supermarket freebies?
why? what do you care if it's in a free paper or one you have to buy?
watch, the Daily News will probably pick it up anyway. They follow the weeklies all the time.
I don't have to buy it. Its online. The more widespread a story is the more likely it is to get attention from city hall. Therefore a post or daily news story is more desirable than a chronicle story.
Try converting them .
The cope havent cared about this city since they were allowed to live outside of it.
That was the biggest mistake we ever gave their union.
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Have you seen what the NYPD has been hiring over the last few years? They don't look like Long Island residents to me.
What do they want the cops to do, Stop and Frisk the offenders?? Oh, wait....
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