"I pass through this area every day, and I see a lot of people drinking, doing drugs, just hanging around,"
"People who live in this area don't feel safe because nobody is doing anything about this."
"People just came back or they went somewhere else, even more dangerous."
Encampments and persistent litter beneath the Coney Island Avenue overpass near Exit 8 of the Belt Parkway have created long-standing safety and quality-of-life problems in Sheepshead Bay. Neighbors report trash and makeshift camps occupying the area for years, with visible drinking, drug use, and loitering that leave local residents feeling unsafe. Prior encampment sweeps failed to resolve the situation, as displaced people returned or relocated to even more dangerous locations. City Council Member Inna Vernikov is coordinating with the Department of Transportation to install fencing at the site; the fencing is now in procurement and a timeline for installation remains unclear. Neighbors seek effective, sustained interventions to address underlying homelessness and public-safety concerns rather than temporary clearances.
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