People who live along a ten-block stretch of Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn describe it as an around-the-clock ‘open drug bazaar.’
This morning NYPD narcotics officers raided six businesses in the neighborhood where, they say — along with CDs, jerk chicken and T-shirts — marijuana and cocaine were being sold.
Police targeted Nostrand Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights after neighbors complained to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.
Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes said today’s raids should send the message, ‘We will not tolerate whole neighborhoods being held hostage by drug sellers.’
