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Why anyone would put a basketball court just feet away from residences is beyond me. This park should be turned into a dog-run and a community garden. And once again the cops are making lame excuses. They know EXACTLY where the problem lies and yet they make excuse after excuse. This drug den is the hub of the petty crime we see all over the downtown area. Addicts troll the area breaking into cars, homes etc and then return to Wayne Street for their fix. Nice to hear the logical conclusion that the presence of dogs helps to keep these scumbags moving along. Yay Dogs!
Posted on: 2010/5/6 14:49
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Posted on: 2010/5/6 6:26
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I use to live right infront of that park.. You will have a hard time sleeping at night..
Posted on: 2010/5/5 21:56
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Anyone else on here live near this miserable little park? The noise is driving me nuts! I thought it was supposed to close at 10pm, but there are little kids screaming till 4am and crowds drinking, honking, playing music. The basketball Court!!! Weekends are one thing, but weekdays too?!
Posted on: 2010/5/5 21:44
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Supposedly, over the weekend, according to an eyewitness (not me, I know, second-hand--haven't read the police report yet), a car blocked another one off on Wayne at Barrow, two men brandished guns and robbed the car's three occupants, and took the car.
( ? ) Anybody else heard anything about it?
Posted on: 2008/10/21 22:18
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HAAAAAAAA !!!!!! HAAAAAA!!!!!!! HAAAAAAA! Is all I have to say to this thread ........ I am a former Jc resident , having put in my 30 yrs moved on to greener Pastures, AZ and now Cali.
I can honestly tell you that the only reason the Drug bust and cleanup took place at all is because it is an Election year and not to worry every thing will be back to normal with all the multigenerational Bompies returning to roost in the nabe!!!!!! Cheerio!!!!! God how I miss Jersey City!!!!!! 
Posted on: 2008/10/21 0:52
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Glad to hear they're sticking to it. I don't think that playground is a good idea. There's a good one at VVP, as noted a quick 2 blocks away.
Minus the police presence, I see that playground reverting to the lowest common denominator fast...
Posted on: 2008/10/20 20:59
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Two uniformed officers have been planted in front of my building for a nice chunk of the afternoon -- I can see them from my window (and even hear their radios)!
It's been so refreshingly quiet over here lately. From what I can tell, the hoodlums and drug dealers and thugs are beginning to retreat (or are at least in hiding for now). Officer Daly has also been regularly on patrol -- often parking directly in front of the playground as a deterrent. I met him for the first time the other day, and he seems really committed to reducing the loitering and cleaning up the block. I've lived on Wayne Street for over 7 years now and I can't remember it ever being this good. I sure hope it continues -- keep up the good work JCPD!
Posted on: 2008/10/20 20:08
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I say get rid of that little park. I live on Wayne St and it's always filled with knuckleheads. I would NEVER let my kids play there. I don't even like walking down that block.
Van Vorst is 2 blocks away. The kids can play there. TEAR DOWN THIS PLAYGROUND!!!!!
Posted on: 2008/10/20 16:25
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I think that street actually needs the playground. I once let my child play there. The playground equipment was in good repair, and there were a bunch of kids there having a good time. So, there's nothing wrong with a playground being there. The problem is that it's not zoned for a retail shop, and some guys have chosen to operate a retail shop there. Too bad they can't just pretend to be selling sandwiches or something and open in one of the empty storefronts on Jersey Avenue, instead of taking up park space.
Posted on: 2008/10/20 16:14
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anyone know if the police are keeping up a presence around everyone's favorite neighborhood park?
Would be nice to see some real effort beyond the one bust...
Posted on: 2008/10/20 15:51
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Good work.....and only took 35 years.
Must be a mayoral election coming up.... Having lived around here for 20 years, I still maintain that if any site ever needed a luxury condo building, it's that "park".
Posted on: 2008/10/10 13:16
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It's amazing how peaceful the walk home was today. Actually kinda of eerie.
I doubt it will last though.
Posted on: 2008/10/9 23:56
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Gang sweep nets at least 12
Thursday, October 09, 2008 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Detectives with the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office spent yesterday rounding up more than a dozen alleged gang members as part of an investigation into four homicides, officials said. "Different members of this crew were in some way involved in the four incidents of homicide," Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said. "This was a gang-related investigation." By yesterday afternoon, DeFazio said his office had taken about a dozen persons into custody - including a murder suspect - and detectives were tracking down several more. The homicides involved in the investigation took place this year and last, and several individuals were also charged with weapons and drug offenses, DeFazio said. More information would be released today, DeFazio said.
Posted on: 2008/10/9 13:34
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Two charged in brazen drug-dealing operationThursday, October 09, 2008 By MICHAELANGELO CONTEJOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Jersey City police brass are crediting an experimental "three-prong" attack on drug dealing for the seizure of 365 vials of suspected cocaine and two arrests at a Downtown Jersey City park Tuesday night. Arrested at Wayne Street Park near Jersey Avenue at 10:30 p.m. were Clayton S. Cureton, 19, of Montgomery Street, and a 16-year-old boy from Stegman Street, reports said. Advertisement They face multiple drug counts, including drug possession with intent to distribute near a school and park, reports said, adding that Cureton is also charged with using a juvenile to deal drugs. Both were nabbed through using a system of first sending in undercover cops to identified high drug-dealing areas, then sending in plainclothes police at odd hours and finally getting people in the community to go outside and essentially take back the streets, said East District Capt. Brian McDonough. "This operation is ongoing and is a step to insure we go after the drug dealers and then put uniformed personnel in the area to make sure they don't come back," Police Director Sam Jefferson added. "We are now opening it up to other areas of the city." Police chose the area of Wayne Street Park to test the technique after they received numerous complaints of open-air drug dealing, officials said. It was a uniformed officer posted at the park who around 4:15 p.m. spotted Cureton making what appeared to be drug transactions, reports said. The uniformed officer immediately contacted plainclothes officers, who set up surveillance, reports said. The plainclothes police watched as Cureton handed something to the boy as they walked up Wayne Street toward a third man waiting on a bicycle and they converged on them, reports said. The boy dropped five vials of suspected cocaine and was arrested, but Cureton ran and after a chase was found hiding under a car, reports said. The person on the bike got away. A search of Cureton turned up 360 vials of suspected cocaine with a street value of about $3,600, reports said. McDonough said he and Chief Tom Comey used this system of alternating uniformed and plainclothes officers in the 1990s and conferred recently and decided to put it into practice again.
Posted on: 2008/10/9 12:26
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A few more thoughts:
My fingers are crossed that the JCPD regularly posts an officer in a scooter vehicle on the playground, especially from when kids get out of school until when the bars close. But it's pretty dead over there from early morning until early afternoon, so I'm not sure having a police presence there during those hours would accomplish much. I still dig the idea of having a small kiosk or booth or guardhouse or something along those lines in the park -- it could end up being a fantastic deterrent. But in the meantime, a motorized buggy is fine with me.
Posted on: 2008/10/9 1:50
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There was a substantial drug bust on Wayne Street last night and a large amount of crack cocaine was confiscated.
From what I observed today, a uniformed police officer was stationed at the playground in one of those scooter vehicles from the early morning hours until late afternoon. Once he left, another uniformed officer arrived and she was on foot patrol for awhile standing in the vicinity of 89 Hampton Court on the south side of the street when I last was outside. I'm also rather confident I spotted an undercover officer in the mix as well. And as ihatethiscity mentioned, there were police vehicles parked at the intersection of Wayne and Jersey, and a lot of the regulars from the block were MIA. An officer I spoke with said their goal is to crack down on the drug dealing and loitering that has been going on along Wayne Street. They plan to monitor the traditional trouble spots more closely -- namely the block between Barrow and Jersey along with the area just west of Jersey between Jersey and Varick -- in response to last night's bust. While I hope this stepped-up presence continues for a long time to come, I am not holding my breath. But at this very moment, I am elated they are very visible and making their presence known.
Posted on: 2008/10/9 1:39
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Last night around 9:00 p.m. between Jersey & Varick, Wayne St. had about 6 cop cars and about a dozen cops walking up and down the block shining flashlights all over the place. They would not say what was going on, but it sure seemed somewhat serious. They definitely were searching for small stuff i.e. stash or something since they were looking in peoples front yard areas and on the sidewalks. Other than that, I know nothing as the cops were useless in saying what was going on. Surprise, surprise.
Posted on: 2008/10/8 21:55
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Something is happening on Wayne St. I hav edriven down that street 3 times today and there was a police scooter parked in that little park, a seperate time there was a police scooter parked on the corner of of Jersey and Wayne, and there was also a "patrol vehical" type of truck thing, parked there. None of the regulars are out today. I wonder what brought the police over to this part of town today.....
Posted on: 2008/10/8 21:36
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Why are you defending them so much? Are you buying from them? If those kids seem ?perfectly fine? to you, you must be really doped out. Good kids don?t carry switchblades, good kids work or go to school, good kids respect others, good kids don?t smoke herbs, good kids don?t wear gang colors, good kids are not vulgar, and good kids stay out of trouble. If you knew how to read the Street Code, you wouldn?t make a fool out of yourself and argue on this forum. You?ve obviously never seen weapons, because you are blind and you don?t want to see them, I told you that already. Your eyes are dilated, and your eardrums are clogged. Educated yourself and walk around your neighborhood, maybe you learn something. Learn about the Latin Kings and Bloods in Jersey City, right there where you live! Another hot-shot newcomer! Go back where you came from. By the way, if I?m ?old and illiterate dope? you are an inbred moron! My guess: you are young and confused!
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I can't really move much closer. I live right across the street, you illiterate dope. If we're talking about the same stoop, it's on Paulmier Place (north side of Mercer) about three doors from the corner. Yes, there are kids hanging out there all the time. No, I've never seen them carrying weapons. I've never even heard them out at night, and I would from my living room. But perhaps you're old and confusing them with the crowds that congregate outside of Barrow Bar (although I've never had any reason to suspect them of weapon possession). My guess: you're old, and perhaps a little (or a lot) out of touch.
Posted on: 2008/9/3 3:55
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On my way home from the PATH station yesterday, I saw somebody throw a chair out the 2nd or 3rd story window of the building on the NW corner of Wayne and Jersey. Didn't hit anyone (landed on the street next to the sidewalk), but I'm guessing that the jackass did it again later on, causing the ruckuss.
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I can?t believe this crap has been going on for years. Every time I?m passing by the corner of Barrow and Wayne I see the same drug dealing faces. They should be locked up for good. F? life-destroying, property value-lowering sons of b.,.! I recently have noticed though, that some of young suspicious individuals moved to Barrow St. and Paulmier Pl. (Mercer) corner. It seems when they feel heat, they move from one place to another like flies. I think they are based in Paulmier PL. # 2. Every time I?m passing by this house (evening or night) I see some young, loud and aggressive punks blocking the sidewalk. I don?t know if this is a hangout house or they simply live there. Some of them were quite active on Wayne Street before. I heard that couple nights back there were several color wearing kids playing with knifes. What the hell is going on over there? I'am surprised because that area has improved in last few years. I guess no street is safe these days. Just wait for some bad news from that corner.
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And you wonder why that $1mm+ brownstone on the corner of Wayne near Jersey Ave hasn't sold. I'm amazed anyone buys those places on the south side of that block.
How is it that there has been no progess on this particular block of JC? Everyone knows it's a real problem and the only thing I've heard was they cracked down on some gambling ring run out of the bodega....
Posted on: 2008/7/20 11:41
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The municipal election is next May. It is important that people make this an issue for the Mayor, Ward E, and at-large councilmembers. By the way, I have a friend who relocated to Bayonne. A new group of people were dealing drugs on his block. My friend called the cops and the problem was solved. No more drug dealing.
Yvonne
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Between the breaking bottles, yelling adults, squealing children, blasting music and barking dogs, the Angel Luis Ramos Playground is still going strong tonight -- and it's after 11:30PM!
With rising energy costs, I understand that not everyone can afford air conditioning, and in many of the old buildings on my block (like mine), the window A/C units are not all that effective anyway. I also comprehend that not every adult has a conventional work schedule. But last week at this time, there were literally two dozen extremely young children out there when I walked past. And tonight it sounds like there are just as many (if not more). With all of the drug dealing, alcohol consumption and blatant mischief going on around these kids in the park, someone should really think about their futures and send these tots to bed already. The cops have driven by a few times to briefly blare their sirens at unoccupied double-parked cars, but no one is being ticketed and the police continue to turn a blind eye to all that's going on at the playground. Another interesting tidbit: A Mister Softee ice cream truck is literally stopping at the playground as I type this. How do I know? Because I can hear the freakin' jingle! And midnight is just around the corner! 
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Ugh. That sucks. As you may know from my JCList posts, I live on Wayne St. too. Just out of curiosity, is your fire escape in the front of your building or in the back? The good part of having one in the front is that it is visible from the street (for cops and neighbors to see), but it can also provide easy access for hoodlums as well as a quick getaway. My building has its fire escape in the back, and I've never had a problem with break-ins here in over 7 years (knock on wood). Access to our backyard from the street and from other properties is rather difficult, though it bothers me that the fire escape is not visible from the street so prowlers wouldn't be spotted by cops and neighbors as easily. Another big problem: I'm not exactly sure how I would easily exit the rear yard in case of a fire! I'm guessing that firefighters would just cut through the high chain-link fences to get us safely away from the building, but maybe I'm being too optimistic? Yikes!
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i live on wayne street, and a couple of weeks ago my LL caught two men up on the fire escape trying to get into my window. make sure you lock your windows!
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Excellent question. A good way to get an answer would be to pose this question to Capt. McDonough at the next monthly Capt.'s meeting. The Event Calendar should have the next time and location.
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Has anyone spoken to Fulup about this? You would think that he would be all for cleaning up this block as the southern side of the block is beautiful with the Queen Anne's and the Barrow Mansion.
I went to the VVP association meeting a couple months back, the one that Jerry Healy showed up to and they were out in full force that night despite the mayor being across the street at the Barrow Mansion. It would have been classic if one of the thugs tried to sell him a bag of fun. I could just picture it. sorry Mr. drug dealer, I only consume liquids.
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