Commuters who frequent the subway station at West 181st Street and St. Nicolas Avenue are fed up with the dirty syringes heroin addicts throw all over the neighborhood.
Lourdes Bonelli who works as an administrator at Manhattan College told the New York Post, "There are a lot of needles down there, all of the time. It's worrisome, especially with kids around." Bonelli added, "It's also worrisome that there's not any police or security around. I never see them down here."
Teenage subway riders Myah Gomez and Leslie Ramirez say they constantly see junkies nodded off on the platform when they board the trains in the morning.
MTA spokesperson Shams Tarek said "Our new station management and other personnel have repeatedly raised this very concerning issue with nearby mobile needle distribution program and our NYPD partners, and we're deeply dismayed that this issue has persisted."
Police records show that transit cops and members of the NYPD continually patrol the station in an attempt to roust the drug users.
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