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Brooklyn · 49 spots
49
chronic spots the city keeps closing in this area · every one still active today

Around Prospect Expressway, Brooklyn.

Across these 49 spots, NYC 311 was told 2,551 times and the city closed the cases 2,258 times, including 983 that claimed nothing was there. Every one is still active today. The oldest has been on the record since May 17, 2021 — 5 years. Knowing is not fixing.
Encampment · 18 spotsHomeless Person Assistance · 26 spotsPanhandling · 3 spotsDrug Activity · 2 spots

The record across this area

2,551
times reported to 311
2,258
closed by the city
983
"nothing found" closures
1,521
came back after closing
49
distinct spots
339
separate flare-ups

Every spot in this area

Prospect Expressway Homeless Person Assistance · 225 reports · closed 143× active 6 weeks → 252 Ninth Street Homeless Person Assistance · 171 reports · closed 96× active 4 months → 434 Fifth Avenue Panhandling · 159 reports · closed 159× active 1.1 years → 5 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 95 reports · closed 67× active 6 weeks → Prospect Expressway Encampment · 899 reports · closed 886× active 4 months → Fifth Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 44 reports · closed 38× active 1.2 years → 9 Street Homeless Person Assistance · 33 reports · closed 23× active 6 days → 6 Street Homeless Person Assistance · 30 reports · closed 15× active 6 weeks → 760 4 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 29 reports · closed 21× active 11 days → this location Homeless Person Assistance · 16 reports · closed 10× active 6 weeks → Prospect Avenue Encampment · 357 reports · closed 349× active 6 weeks → Prospect Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 37 reports · closed 27× active 7 months → 5 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 20 reports · closed 17× active 5 months → 333 1 Street Homeless Person Assistance · 10 reports · closed 8× active 3 months → Fifth Avenue Encampment · 26 reports · closed 26× active 4 weeks → 784 4 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 7 reports · closed 5× active 2 days → 542 5 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 10 reports · closed 6× active 5 weeks → 486 5 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 8 reports · closed 6× active 4 weeks → Prospect Avenue Encampment · 28 reports · closed 28× active 2 months → 157 10 Street Encampment · 10 reports · closed 10× active 2 months → 548 4 Avenue Encampment · 7 reports · closed 7× active 3 days → 612 5 Avenue Homeless Person Assistance · 12 reports · closed 8× active 3 weeks → this location Encampment · 5 reports · closed 5× active 5 weeks → 374 3 Street Homeless Person Assistance · 23 reports · closed 21× active 10 days → 357 9 Street Homeless Person Assistance · 7 reports · closed 5× active 9 days →
+ 24 more spots in this area

Who is accountable

Council Districts 38, 39 · find & name the members →
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Built from New York City's own 311 open data (dataset erm2-nwe9), 49 nearby spots from May 17, 2021 to today. This page documents a government's response to public-safety obstructions. It is not about, and does not identify, any individual experiencing homelessness. They are failed by this inaction, not the cause of it.