Pennyfi eld Avenue residents besieged by loitering concerns
This group took pictures along with smoke effects at area where there is a no-standing zone along a seawall
on Pennyfi eld Avenue in Throggs Neck. Video of this was sent to the Bronx Times. Photo courtesy of Ernest Nargi
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Residents living just outside
the gate to Fort Schuyler
are raising concerns about loitering
at a very scenic backdrop.
At the terminus of Pennyfi
eld Avenue residents are raising
concerns about cars parking
and loitering into the late
hours in a ‘no standing area’
adjacent to a seawall overlooking
the East River that offers
unobstructed views of Bronx
Whitestone and Throgs Neck
bridges.
However, the scenic background
is across the street
from a pair of condo complexes
known as Pennyfi eld Estates 1
and 2 at 10 and 24 Pennyfi eld
Avenue, and the evening visitors
are disrupting the residents’
peace and quiet.
Ernest Nargi, a resident
of one of the complexes, said
that he has personally observed
littering, drug use, the
drinking of alcohol from open
containers and public urination
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Neighbors are raising concerns about parking in a no-standing zone near
the terminus of Pennyfi eld Avenue. Photo courtesy of Ernest Nargi
at the popular waterfront
location.
Neighbors of his are concerned
as well, according to
Nargi.
“On some nights you will
have a dozen vehicles out
there and there is absolutely
no quality of life enforcement,”
he said.
He shared with the Bronx
Times photos and videos of
cars parked in the no standing
zone, and one of a photo shoot
that blocked the street and included
smoke effects.
He said that he and some of
his neighbors “just want quality
of life enforcement.”
Nargi reached out to Senator
Alessandra Biaggi.
Biaggi said that her offi ce
contacted the 45th Precinct on
his behalf, as well as other appropriate
city agencies.
“The 45th Precinct has informed
my offi ce that they will
have a greater presence and
more enforcement of any loitering
going on,” said Biaggi.
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