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A resident of Sunnyside Queens says her neighborhood now “has hoards and I mean hoards of homeless people, derelicts, and the like that have been all and around the neighborhood harassing people.” Today she wrote into local blog Queens Crap to ask if a new half-way house or homeless shelter has opened up nearby, because “the situation has escalated only within the last month and a half!!!!!!! I was walking home one evening, it was dark and felt someone behind me. I started to walk faster and managed to get into my building but this creep followed me into foyer of the building, he didn’t make it in but he pleasured himself on the main door and tried to come after me.”
Sunnyside Resident Says Neighborhood Crawling with Derelicts
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I didn't know any part of New York City was derelict free.
What an ignoramus. The word hoard means a hidden store of something valuable or a carefully guarded supply or stockpile being saved for the future or a special circumstance.
like I said before Camp LaGuardia will be re-open soon. Out of sight, out of mind. first the mayor moved them out of Manhattan.
The correct word is "hordes". Give the girl a break; she's been traumatized.
There's also a homeless man who looks like a cast member of Cats living on the streets of Oakland Gardens in Queens. He's obviously mentally ill and it's only a matter of time before his angry diatribes turn into physical violence against one of the elderly people who live in the neighborhood. But at least Creedmor was able to take someone off their tab.
"Hordes" or "hoards," I don't care how you spell it, weren't they the type of people that got Spitzer in trouble?
I live there, and this article is straight bullshit.
I can't believe people live in such a bitch fest of a fucking city.
I swear to god...
what I want to know is are they white bums or minority bums? I remember growing up in the koch years when I was a kid and seeing white hobos on bowery. They were awesome cause they were just like those train tramps that you see in the movies but filled with more rage. Now I never see any white bums except for those mid-western trustfund rebel hipster drug addicts with those "I need money for drugs" ironic signs in saint marks.
Heh. After reading what was posted on the Queens Crap blog as well, it appears to me like she was attacked and then up and assumed it was an epidemic. The attack itself sounds pretty serious, but no neighborhood is always clean. Sunnyside is in general safer than any of the comparable parts of Brooklyn price wise.
I haven't noticed any increase in the homeless population lately, but that's just me. I've only lived here half a year though.
I go to Sunnyside (Queens Blvd to Skillman Ave, from 40th to 48th St) pretty frequently at different times of day, and have friends there... I was there last weekend. This seems like complete b.s. to me, although I see that a few other comments on her blog support what she says.
The claim that he followed her to her building and pleasured himself on the main door -- I'm assuming she isn't making that up. Not good, but the acts of one crazy shouldn't be attributed to hordes of homeless. She says she called the cops and it took them 45 minutes to show. Now THAT sounds like Sunnyside.
It's CreedMOOR,not Creedmor.
I've actually lived in Sunnyside most of my life (since '76), and up until very recently there were maybe three homeless guys that traversed the greater Western Queens area that I recognized (I'd seen the same dudes in LIC, Woodside, Jackson Heights, etc.) There definitely seems to be an uptick in my sightings of the homeless, especially elderly ones, in the neighborhood.
I've been living in Sunnyside 3 yrs and have several friends who've been here for about a decade. I've noticed one or two more derelicts lately, but no increase in aggressive behavior. (I work weird hours so I'm out and about at weird hours, when weird things happen.) What happened to this woman was a criminal act, and must have been a terrible experience for her, but it doesn't equal a trend. Isolated incidents aside, It's still almost ridiculously safe here.
I used to live in Sunnyside for 2 years sometime ago, it was a great neighborhood, totally love it. a lot of times i would come home very late at night (or very early in the am), and I usually felt very safe getting around those hours. never had any problem either with homeless or anything. maybe that's just me, or i didnt pay attention enough.
I was born in Sunnyside. I remember stories of a girl getting raped not far from our apartment building. That was twenty years ago. Bad things happen. It may look suburban but it's still NYC.
Even "bums and derelicts" want to feel safe that's why many hang around in places like Sunnyside. Having a nice neighborhood can be a magnet for many kinds of people.
When I'm elected President, I am going to form a special Task Force that will roam the streets, capturing homeless people on sight and locking them up indefinitely so they cannot be a nuisance or danger to decent, upstanding citizens.
Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for them, but enough already. We get it, you don't have a house. WE GET IT.
Nothing ruins your day faster than catching a whif of that "bum stench." Yuck.
I have to agree with her about the rise in skels in the 'hood as of late. I've lived in Sunnyside for 12 years. In terms of bums, there's the black dude that mumbles and spits, then there's the white dude that shits underneath the el - they've been here for years. Over the last month there's been an influx of new bums outta nowhere. I understand that this is NYC, but from 2 bums to a crew of new bums in a month is pretty notable. It's a very small nabe, you know. I like the other two guys 'cos they keep to themselves.... If it's any consolation to the woman who was attacked - the new bums look like pretty serious junkies and they'll probably die soon. On the upside, the downturn in the economy, and
the increase of street urchins may prevent further gentrification in the 'hood.
All of you naive morons who think that homeless crazies aren't a problem that needs dealing with...just wait until they start to invade Williamsburg. Makes a difference when they come to your neighborhood.
How can you telll a real homeless who deserves our sympathy and help, versus a hipster douchebag who pretends to be poor and deserves a serious beatdown?
So...she came first and then he came after her? I thought she didn't like the guy.
Send them to Cuba.
Are all you people relatives of Clippy or something? People type quickly between sips of coffee -- when Gothamist can afford someone to spellcheck and correct all the typos of all the commentors (and I doubt that will ever happen, since even the posts here are full of typos), then you should feel justified in spending your valuable time calling people idiots for their spelling and grammar slips.
:)
It always amazes me how people pounce on someone who spells something wrong, as if it were a sign of moral or mental degeneracy. Most people make loads of mistakes in their typing, even highly educated people whose intelligence you would hardly put in doubt.
Back to the subject -- So! Sunnyside has pervs, eh? Welcome to the club!
Of course you'll see such an article from Queens Crap. They're the free tabloid of NYC. Kevin, get a job already!
Bozack;
Yeah, I think those two junkies are not long for this world; they seem to really care about each other, though, which is nice to see. There's one other big dude I've noticed lately who looks like he went to a rock concert and never came home. When I heard about this woman, that's the guy that popped into my mind.
(By the way, Babyhitler, thay're all white; you see what you want to see...)
I think it's worth pointing out out that most of the derelicts we're talking about couldn't win a fight with a child. They're too hungry, drunk, sick, dreranged, frightened, etc. Yes, they smell bad; they're living on the street, and many are too crazy or despondent to take care of themselves. But an affront to your delicate sensibilities is a far cry from an assault on your person.
JacqueMehoff, Camp LaGuardia won't reopen soon. NYC sold it to Orange County, which is now in talks to sell it to a developer to build a hotel, golf course, and appx. 1000 houses.
Pleasured himself?
I thought that only happened in Barbara Cartland novels...
"I've only lived here half a year though."
I am glad you seem to be admitting that only living someplace for a few months doesn't make you an expert on the neighborhood. You wouldn't know what it was like there last summer or 11 summers ago. The writer mentioned her friends have lived in Sunnyside for more than a decade but have only noticed an uptick in the homeless population recently. So that means it's time to call some serious attention to the situation.
there are plans to move one homeless shelter from Manhattan to a smaller shelter on Franklin Ave(clinton hill)...So more HOBOS, USELESS MEN WITH TALKING PENUSES will be annoying hard working 9-5 women on our way to work.
If it was up to me, I would send all this mindless useless testorone carring leeches to the moon. Why do we women have to put up with early morning and afternoon harrasment! FUKHEADS!
I wish they will die. Seriously.
amanda, what's a penus? Also, what's a "testorone carring leech"?
Don't worry, they WILL all die. I guarantee it.
Re-institutionalization. Maybe far better than what happened before with the asylums and the horrible conditions, but these homeless people are seriously messed up with whatever and just can't function well out in the streets. We have to design and build psych facilities that keep them and us safe. It's well worth the money.