BK residents' frustration with illegal street vending

Longtime Brooklyn residents said they are fed up with illegal street vending on several stretches of busy roads in Borough Park and Bensonhurst.
Complaints range from unlicensed vendors using open flames to cook meat and fish on the Street to people selling trinkets, fruits, and vegetables left outside in the heat.

[@drkimoni5011]

3RD WORLD NEW YORK CITY !

[@RM360CR]

But how was NYC in the 1800s or during the great depression worst than this

[@VOLCAL]

ISNT THIS LIKE THE WHTE IMMIGRANT PEDLERS FROM NYS HISTORY?

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Pay US Citizens a bounty to report to deport

[@AndriaaLeoLove]

Come to 2024 .

[@Kermit_Savage]

They get what they vote for , democrats love it

[@Forbettafuture]

You havent seen queens roosevelt forget about it third world

[@zombis89fisto]

Also corona queens it’s a vender hotspot too

[@kissme4492]

My fav area. Thinking of moving there.

[@karmalama8642]

Jackson heights is a legit slum

[@knight_wolff]

Brooklyn ain’t tryna be the next queens

[@sonyx5332]

@@knight_wolff What about those in Brighton Beach?

[@GohAhweh]

CLOSE THE BORDER

[@prayforthe_1644]

Too late.

[@user-te2jj9jh4f]

Can’t, the democrats in NY have to keep their donors wealthy so they will keep donating to the dems.

[@gerrylee1687]

I don’t like illegal vending

[@katinawhitley9340]

I don't like illegal guns on the streets

[@gerrylee1687]

@@katinawhitley9340 I don’t like illegals in our shelters

[@VOLCAL]

ISNT THIS LIKE THE WHTE IMMIGRANT PEDLERS FROM NYS HISTORY?

[@OffensiveAtheist]

Troll Farm Bot #1687 "Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal"

[@optimusprinceps3526]

I don't like unwanted uninvited invaders

[@toneriggz]

Main Street, Flushing is worse. I’ve seen cops shut down vendors but then they just come back later.

[@groothewanderer3710]

Yep! I was there the other day. Only place worse is Corona/East Elmhurst/Jackson Heights area along Roosevelt Avenue for a couple of miles. Illegal vendors have taken over,..food selling, stolen stuff being sold, and the area has become a red light district, day and night, with young women soliciting. Crime has gone up in the area too. You can find on KZbin too. It's destroyed the community. Unless the migrant issue is taken care off, this is not going away. Like this news story,..the media also came to the area, then the police cleared people out,.but the cycle continues, where they come back. The police stopped addressing the matter.

[@Moodboard39]

Gif them a $500 to a $1000

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Trump 24 🦅🇺🇸

[@optimusprinceps3526]

​@@Moodboard39Immediate deportation after arrest and incarceration

[@kingmaafa120]

And prostitution 😮

[@angiealexis3717]

All talk and nothing gets done! Those meetings are useless!

[@Emmy-J]

Its called lazy politicians who won't do anything but sit on their asses and talk.

[@9davidlong]

Start shoplifting the vendors' merchandise!😂

[@YoP-3194]

Ha haaa.. 😏

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Report to deport 🇺🇸 T-24

[@patsajak7809]

Hmmm🤔😁

[@Emmy-J]

They're the ones stealing to sell on the streets

[@gunslinger4203]

Third World Country

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Biden's border buddies

[@terenciandiaye2048]

This happened in Harlem years ago . Now the Africans from africa has a AFRICAN MARKET located on west 116th mahattan nyc

[@user-dr1ct5uy8c]

I have been to that market on 116th. I was interested in buying mud cloth pillows, but when I went on Etsy, they wanted $50 for one mud cloth pillowcase. I was turned off and decided to go to the African market and purchased a few yards of the mud cloth to make my own pillows. The quality of the mud cloth is outstanding. I did have to barter with the vendor, but was able to get a good price. In the end, it was a win for me (and the legal vendor).

[@user-mm9vo3xh5r]

Likewise in the Bronx and Manhattan like wtf... I'm sorry I understand we trying to survive but please get it together everyone

[@Hommebody]

Went to manhattan in the late 90s for a review class and there was street vendors everywhere so this is not new. 😂

[@daryoushsameyah8329]

Welcome to Tijuana north!

[@Moodboard39]

Welcome to Vietnam, Thailand, or India

[@daryoushsameyah8329]

@@Moodboard39 More like Guatemala, Venezuela, or El Salvador!

[@optimusprinceps3526]

I live a few miles north of Tijuana, Mexico in San Diego and it's cleaner in TJ.....but you should see what's slithering in from south of the border

[@daryoushsameyah8329]

@@optimusprinceps3526 "Slithering?" I like you!

[@Helmer227]

Caracas.not Tijuana

[@sthcalguy3024]

If I took a bunch of food out in my street and tried to sell it, I'd be put in prison.

[@davidcarp5935]

Lol

[@OffensiveAtheist]

Working as intended, Corporations don't want you to be able to compete

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Cats and rats

[@karitakon]

Yeah, they are locking up everyone in hundreds of city farmers markets, street fairs, ice cream trucks, food carts, lemon aid stands, and ECT

[@karitakon]

I know, I heard life is strict in Russia.

[@keylafloresmaysonet6068]

The same way in the Bronx.

[@jtstoud]

New Venezuela. When you bring there here, HERE BECOMES THERE!!!! Citizens are going to have to do the dirty work to clean this mess up. It should be obvious to everyone that WE THE PEOPLE are being marginalized or simply replaced.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

FJB

[@karitakon]

....It's an Asian neighborhood and people are creating work, not begging. Could you stop with the code and be brave for once and say what we know you are trying to say.

[@FordRangerClassics]

​@@karitakonI hate how the most vocal always are basically "someone needs to do something" like, yeah, maybe, but if everyone is pointing fingers...

[@kuki4912]

@@karitakonah… creating jobs? Like how? Exactly

[@karitakon]

@@kuki4912 For themselves! Would you rather have them begging and living off the system? They are more motivated and determined than the American born in the same area. There's always a success story that will come from one of them.

[@albertl6963]

Garbage in the street too. I remember a plastic bucket got really flat under a big truck too even melted smelly

[@heypistolero]

This is the worst. They litter all the time.

[@yunarukami6161]

I don't see what difference it makes from actual people who are legal in the states. For example on New Year's Eve they litter and have the recycling and garbage crew on the road as soon as New Year's pass. So instead of blaming litter on immigrants you can also blame people who celebrate every year and not clean up after all that drinking and throwing confetti.

[@heypistolero]

@@yunarukami6161 It's a cultural thing. I do a lot of outdoors activities, and hispanics love that stuff too, but they always leave a huge mess eveywhere.

[@yunarukami6161]

@@heypistolero a cultural thing to leave beer bottles and confetti? Wanna know what else I will be finding on the ground? Any trash from what fast food you buy or food place. McDonald's, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Dominos, Pizza Hut etc name any of these and you can find those in the streets in seconds no matter what day it is. So don't blame immigrants for the trash when people who are legal in the states are never clean themselves

[@yunarukami6161]

@@heypistolero It's everyone don't go blaming it on one race. What about the McDonald's, Starbucks, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts, Dominos etc all that fast food people eat everyday end up in the streets? That ain't the work of Hispanics because true Hispanics never really eat fast foods and that's the truth if they can make homemade foods.

[@NYC104]

ROOSEVELT AVE!!! BUT IN BROOKLYN.

[@chitam4679]

This is misreporting. the sidewalk garbage in borough park is the result of people illegally dumping stuff there over the years or even decades, not the result of street vendors only. places like these streets are dark and secluded, especially at night; making a good place to dump whatever.

[@arnelevans4803]

Exactly

[@monicac1147]

Thank you. It's coming from the citizens and has been for a while.

[@wizerdjuice9589]

3rd world

[@moonchild1686]

Cannot believe this is Bensonhurst now. 86th street has become a complete dump. Garbage, rats, and bugs everywhere.

[@Moodboard39]

Thank to Eric, Biden 😂😂😂 remember he let the illegals in

[@waynehall-ge6hq]

They're bringing their culture with them, NASTY.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

AOC says her favorite Marxist is Groucho

[@karitakon]

You ain't from south BK. I lived here all my life this is nothing new, just new faces. But, some are od'ing with the amount of space they're taking up.

[@moonchild1686]

@@karitakon - Stunad

[@RichManhattanite11]

Ban all street vendors…. Streets are for walking…. Not for selling junk…. Rent a store front and pay your taxes…. Disgusting 🤮

[@Moodboard39]

Agree

[@VOLCAL]

ISNT THIS LIKE THE WHTE IMMIGRANT PEDLERS FROM NYS HISTORY?

[@OffensiveAtheist]

"Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal"

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Immediate deportation after arrest and incarceration

[@BK_718]

Pay the taxes for Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Israel 🇮🇱 and migrants … ah yes .. pay them

[@Simonetraceyxo]

Get them out of here!!!!

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Pay US Citizens a bounty to report to deport

[@AndriaaLeoLove]

Get your presiden T out of there.

[@405Lenny]

Clean it up. It’s disgusting!

[@OffensiveAtheist]

"Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal"

[@MrAni02]

Don’t you need permit to operate shops like that? Like pay taxes?

[@DonMegaHim]

LMAO BAY PARKWAY AND 86TH STREET BEEN DIRTY ITS UNDER A OUTSIDE STATION AND 61ST STREET BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH AVE IS A 95% FACTORY BLOCK NEXT TO THE N TRAIN THATS BEEN ALWAYS DIRTY TOO

[@moonchild1686]

86th st and Bay Pkwy has only been looking like that for a few years now - tops.

[@BeeBee-pl9ly]

​@@moonchild1686you're in denial. Take off your racist Italian glasses

[@BeeBee-pl9ly]

​@@moonchild1686 bull shit

[@anabellarivas822]

Mexico#2

[@Helmer227]

VENEZUELA

[@kathy282009]

More like venezuela or ecuador

[@hectorzuleta4114]

It doesn't looks Mexicans are even worst this are Chinese nationals.

[@gonfreecss5105]

0:42 That old asian couple has been vending there for many years or as long as i can remember. I've seen police presence right above the place and they're fine with this. It doesn't bother me at all since those people are just trying to get by, pretty sad that they're in their 80s and still need to work like this to survive. Meanwhile illegal migrants are swarming in and getting the full vip treatment, from housing, food, shelter and skip the line access to free public permanent housing.

[@IslandStoo]

All these 3rd world countries bringing their great culture and doing a great job assimilating woohoo🤣

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Vote GOP and set America free

[@karitakon]

You are right, they are creating a small business and participating in capitalism, that is the American Dream.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

@@karitakon Not really, just freeloading and making extra tax free income

[@karitakon]

@@optimusprinceps3526Look up the definition of freeloading yah boob and do you report every transaction to what ever country you reside?

[@user-dr1ct5uy8c]

@@karitakon America is a country of law and order. You do not have the right to come here and sell food and other items without having the proper permits. Business owners pay thousands of dollars in rent to operate their businesses and abide by the rules, regulations and laws. Anyone who operates without a permit should have their goods thrown away and they should be arrested and charged with felonies. That will put an end to this issue.

[@thejuror5262]

You can’t even fine place to walk New York is disgusting

[@littleblackduck3134]

It's a cultural difference, the garbage is unacceptable but the vending is status quo. This is no longer the Itialian Bensonhurst of the 90's

[@moonchild1686]

It was so much cleaner and well taken care of.

[@franklinburk3314]

Italians and irish were a billion times worse. They came in waves a very long time ago and i wont ever forget how disgusting they were

[@faywhite7886]

When you see who the council person is and who the vendors are and she said at the end her district is pro vendors, its a change in culture.

[@Moodboard39]

@@faywhite7886The chinese woman, I see

[@episdosas9949]

its still indigenous peoples lands, never been italys.

[@Higgins8]

When I was a kid, I remember watching movies set in a dystopian future and thought to myself that this would never happen. Either it was just way too far into the future and I would never experience it, or it was just fantasy. And here we are on the doorstep of that reality..

[@RONNIEJNZN]

need more fog and neon signs.....and trenchcoats haven't made a comeback yet. soon, brother

[@OffensiveAtheist]

"Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal"

[@Whiskeytosparrow]

Ever heard of the south Bronx in the 80’s or Cabrini green in Chicago. This has been going on for a long time.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Soylent Green

[@karitakon]

So free-market capitalism, entrepreneurship, and working hard at selling products are Dystopian?

[@smbklyn1]

WTF 61 between 8th & 9th ave has had trash since i was a kid & im 49 now

[@MrXcluzive1ne]

Same for the Bronx .. #groundzero

[@Moodboard39]

Community has the power to make changes! Say something, if not, this would happen

[@sino-4948]

This NY. Street vending is a staple of NY

[@joeguido106]

The people should do something!! Vote these idiots out come Nov !!

[@thomastherriault8632]

Vending on the Brooklyn Bridge? What is going on, Adams started this crap. 👎

[@RONNIEJNZN]

DeBlaz started, Adam's ran with it

[@Moodboard39]

Of course he did, nyc became a sanctuary. And also Biden!

[@Brooklynair14k]

Leave the street vendors alone! It’s no one’s business except the city’s whether they are illegal or not

[@lamorenalindacopswife]

It's been like that in that area for about 15 years if not longer.

[@jeromemiller9774]

Stop saying these people are stealing they go dumpster diving and sell the good shit stop hating they ain’t asking you for shit their making there way without you

[@JM-yl5mf]

“Call 311” Because sanitation will respond to 311 😂

[@grumpybryno3479]

I live in nyc and I seen them I walk by them they don't bother me to be honest I'm not in the street 24/7

[@nasilamak2201]

This statement is baseless. If one has witnessed the actions of the people in Rwanda, it becomes evident that this situation is a deception. In Rwanda, individuals demonstrate genuine concern by actively participating in cleaning efforts. Conversely, in New York, neither the politicians nor the residents exhibit enough care for their own neighborhoods to maintain cleanliness.

[@giftedone831]

Wtf are you talking about? Why are you comparing a third-world country to somewhere that laws and structure should exist. ITS ILLEGAL behavior and the trash and congestion are side effects of a failed immigration policy and a failed enforcement of law in NY

[@yolandaprevatt-dillah1570]

Well it’s the residents themselves buying … the upholder is worst than the thief

[@user-ii5qm4qt2j]

Same thing in Mexico, every corner a garage sale sidewalks covered.

[@sunflower_shorts]

We have illegal vending everywhere. Do they have licensing?

[@drb5003]

As long as it's not in your house or in front of your house you shouldn't be worried about.🤔

[@Joaquin-227]

Moe competition

[@mr.pangetako]

We had this a few years back. It was an eye sore to everyone. But I'm glad my city took an action and got rid of them. Now the places is Cleaned.

[@587shadow]

What did people expect? That they were all gonna have jobs and places to live?

[@filmjunkie4034]

The late radio talk show host Bob Grant predicted this in the ‘80s and so many criticized him. He was right

[@dumamay283]

This is happening everywhere..In corona...in FLushing, even in MAnhattan..FLushing queens has become like HO Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[@kingnoire9587]

This is what you got, you wanted a sanctuary city.. here ya go!!!

[@dkg_gdk]

Authorities need to put a stop to the mafia renting sidewalks.

[@Skylarchase27]

If they stop vending they will start robbing. Please leave them alone.

[@user-ht8dq7sb5x]

No disrespected keep in mind everyone they don't know how to survive in the United States. This is how they survive in their country. I mean after all we were born and raised in went to school here and look how hard it is for all of us.. we have a way to change it.

[@Streets_of_LA]

Whats bk?

[@orangecat5036]

How much can they sell the same goods to same people in one neighborhood. They're better off moving around.

[@kool2493]

They are selling bill boards for Joe bye dung 😂

[@lou_don_718_NYC_Bk]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Hottopicdrill]

That Chinese Lady at the corner makes money. Let her be! She sell Jordan’s and real shit!

[@frankscognamillo3758]

Do we have a mayor?

[@jcny08]

They have to many people in office that are soft like a bunch of sisses. they need people in office that has that balls to do something about these issues and there stupid bail reform law and a mayor that doesn't do shit about it.

[@angelicasoup638]

Don’t start beginning,later hard to clean at the end .

[@Nah481]

Same in Costa Mesa California, disgusting and unsanitary food and conditions, making our society worse. Get them out of here!

[@thegrind5273]

God forbid NY gets a little of the LA street vendors. Literally how a lot of your favorite fast food shops started out

[@skoobview]

Smh... make Bensonhurst ITALIAN again!!

[@ScarletAdhesive]

That's all she has to worry about? Someone selling fruits from their truck. Go walk some in dangered children home from school.

[@meowco69]

We need more Charlene's to speak up.

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

YOU VOTED FOR IT NEW YORK

[@rosaspanjol673]

Yes, it’s happening everywhere! Mostly Hispanics selling from tacos to items for your house! I guess cities don’t have any regulations?🤷‍♀️

[@RBfamilyvids]

It’s not just BK it’s all over queens has fruits stands all over

[@LuckiLue]

We are tired WE ARE TIRED

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

Roosevelt Ave, coming to your neighborhood no matter what borough you reside in.

[@xlyal8908]

same in LA, not in BH where the supporters of that live of course

[@behruzhakimov777]

please i caann you show around boroparkk more ive lived here for liike 10 plus years i can show you all the dirty places and the placess where these people drink and creep up on people id lovve to help clean up my streets

[@Taras-Nabad]

If a restaurant's permit expires ybone day, they get shut down. Yet this anarchy is allowed to continue.

[@s.williamshay6702]

Concetta Bologna? Fix me a sandwich.

[@got_glintsp963]

Where are the Hells Angels or some kind of group that at this point should just take the stuff they’re trying to sell and throw it out, bag it up, anything. It’s probably stolen anyway

[@gramos198]

61 street has been dirty since the 90s 😂 bs , its the mafia of nyc, the city wants its cut end of story.

[@TrinhNguyen-nc7hj]

Illegal doing illegal things.

[@Blessings4730]

Its looking like Chicago.

[@hcm808]

It persists because there are no consequences and paying customers.

[@Shell2014]

Wonder where all this third world country crime and activities coming from..🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔. Let’s make Protecting us citizens great again

[@Taras-Nabad]

It's beyond me why doing something illegal in public every day is allowed by police and the mayor.

[@mystikintentions3124]

😂😂😂😂 funny how so many vendors are in one spot but nyc also allows people to sell certain items without a vendors license.

[@erniecho]

listen, you need a license to have a store... you can't just dump stuff on the street like this...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@julixatejada3181]

It sad when you feel shame where you live for so many years

[@kathmanview]

"we won't arrest unless its marijuana or weapons, let trashmen handle"

[@eleonorulibarry5340]

TEAM HIT THE EAST COAST GIVE SOME LOOKS HERE AND THERE HOLY FIERUCK

[@hologramhouse729]

Bbbbbbbbb Kkkkkkkkkk HAVE IT YOUR WAAAYYYY! YOU RULE!!!!

[@baovuha]

We do not need to go to Thailand for street foods . Lol

[@eleonorulibarry5340]

HOSTILITY AND REHABILITATION

[@epiccoolian2729]

We are so tired of this

[@eleonorulibarry5340]

NAVY/MARINES YOU'RE UP GUY

[@renzgonz6060]

Nice place to buy

[@Nemo71340]

Just like it is in South America!

[@eleonorulibarry5340]

NAVY/MARINES WE'RE HELPING LOCAL PDS WITH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

[@karitakon]

This is absolutely nothing new to 86th or 8th. But, some vendors are OD'ing on taking up too much space. Free market capitalism and people picking themselves by their bootstraps.

[@RSVR90]

Jackson Heights is worst!

[@harvardbrown364]

South america, NYC

[@Forbettafuture]

Masaji masaji