South across the plaza - and lanes of roaring Manhattan-bound traffic - city notices posted by another hovel warn of a clean-up that was planned for Nov. Cleanups are periodic but since the city gives advance warning, on the appointed day he will break down his shelter and decamp. “He f–king stole some f–king dog!” Ray said. Scattered over the plaza: trash, rifled-through suitcases, three Citi Bikes, a propane grill.Īs Ray spoke with The Post, one of his neighbors approached with a well-groomed German Shepherd on a chain. Stupid s–t, like if somebody left a bike but they didn’t chain it up well.” “A lot of people here do drugs,” he said. With a shovel he “equipped” himself with from the city Parks Department, he said, he cleans up trash, including needles. Those who live on the colonnade admitted to The Post it’s a dangerous drug den where people do anything to survive. Ray decided to set up between two granite Tuscan columns on the northern side of the bridge approach about three weeks ago, when “money ran out,” he said. “You have to have some sort of craziness to have the gall, balls, whatever you want to call it, to deal with this.” “Everyone here is a different shade of crazy,” said one resident, who gave his name as Ray, 41. Those who live on the colonnade conceded to The Post it’s a dangerous drug den where people do anything to survive. They’re junkies over there,” said one homeless man who said his name was Jonathan, 47. A homeless encampment at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge on the Manhattan side. “They will try to punch you or kick you, you have to run away.”Įven other homeless people avoid the area now. “It’s not so safe,” she continued outside the Buddhist house of worship. “And when we talk to them, they just will throw things on you and do all kinds of strange things.” “Somebody pooped in front of the temple,” said the woman, who only have her first name, Cindy. Urine isn’t the worst of it, according to a woman who works at the nearby Mahayana Temple. “Every day’s a problem,” said Zhong Yi Wang, 53, who manages his family’s restaurant, Jisu on Canal Street, where he said three bamboo plants - which cost $800 a pop - recently disappeared.īridge denizens often urinate on his door, bang on his window, and even barge inside to scream at him, he said.
Nearby businesses and residents told The Post their new neighbors are not only a blight near the 111-year-old span once hailed as the gateway to the Big Apple - they’re dangerous too, throwing things when jostled, stealing, and even pooping al fresco. Within 24 hours, Portland mayor plans to remove homeless camps, build pickleball courtsĪt least a dozen homeless people - each a “different shade of crazy” - have colonized the historic Manhattan Bridge colonnade, terrifying residents and besmirching the century-old neoclassical structure with shanties, tarps and tents. Seriously, can anyone name a well-run Democratic city? Tragic discovery in Phoenix’s largest homeless camp Newsom set to release $1B for homelessness
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