Photos show rampant drug use among the homeless around Penn Station 

Photos show rampant drug use among the homeless around Penn Station 
Photos show rampant drug use among the homeless around Penn Station 

Photos show homeless people in New York City's storied Garment District near Penn Station shooting up and dealing drugs in broad daylight as the crime in the area has spiked 41 percent since last year.

Witnesses in the 24-block radius between 34th and 41st Streets and west of 6th Avenue told The New York Post that the streets are 'littered with used needles, broken glass crack pipes, trash, urine, and feces.'

'I've personally seen dozens of deals go down. I've seen a person OD and nearly die,' one neighbor said on social media, according to the NYC newspaper. 

'This is the worst this block has ever been,' another neighbor wrote in his social media post, The Post reported. 'People live here, and despite reporting and pleading with the NYPD to patrol more down this block, they are not doing anything to try and catch these dealers.' 

A homeless smokes on 8th Avenue near Port Authority in Manhattan on Saturday

A homeless smokes on 8th Avenue near Port Authority in Manhattan on Saturday

A homeless person holds a lighter and a pipe on 8th Avenue near Penn Station.

A homeless person holds a lighter and a pipe on 8th Avenue near Penn Station.

A homeless man wears a garbage bag on 32nd Street near Penn Station on September 25

A homeless man wears a garbage bag on 32nd Street near Penn Station on September 25

A homeless person begs for food or money near Penn Station on September 25

A homeless person begs for food or money near Penn Station on September 25

A homeless man reads outside of a church on 32nd Street while he begs for food

A homeless man reads outside of a church on 32nd Street while he begs for food

A beggar in a wheelchair on 8th Avenue is among the homeless who have gathered in New York City's Garment District

A beggar in a wheelchair on 8th Avenue is among the homeless who have gathered in New York City's Garment District

Garment District Alliance President Barbara Blair told The Post that they're 'appalled and disgusted' by the drug use and 'other illicit behaviors that are taking place on our sidewalks in Midtown Manhattan and throughout New York City.'

'We have been fighting to put an end to this crisis, however our city officials have unfortunately failed to address the problem and have allowed this public disorder to continue,' Blair said.   

The Garment District Alliance has contracted with Urban Pathways for the past several years in an ongoing effort to provide appropriate assistance to those in need, the Garment District Alliance said on its website

'As part of its contract with the Alliance, a team from Partnership for the Homeless monitors the streets every weekday and on two weekend days per

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