NYPD Shuts Down Bustling South Bronx Plaza

NYPD Shuts Down Bustling South Bronx Plaza

Roberto Clemente Plaza in The Hub, which usually sees 75,000 visitors daily, is barricaded now as the space has become a focal point in the NYPD’s response to quality-of-life complaints.

Roberto Clemente Plaza emerges clean following the first weekend after city shuts down The Hub open air drug market – Bronx Times

Roberto Clemente Plaza, the recently cleared-out open-air drug market in The Hub in the South Bronx, survived its first big test last weekend in the city’s effort to finally disband people using drugs and clean up the needle-ridden corners of its busy commercial corridor. Almost immediately following an escalated pressure campaign on July 9 by elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, and loca…