Residents of a Queens apartment complex have been enduring sleepless nights and rising tensions since a nearby 128-room hotel in Long Island City was converted into a city-run migrant shelter in January.
The former Wyndham Garden, now a shelter overseen by the Department of Homeless Services, has become the epicenter of nightly disruptions caused by unsupervised groups of children and teenagers.
The disturbances, detailed by frustrated locals, occur regularly outside the seven-story building located at 911 44th Drive, where children and adolescents from the shelter engage in noisy and sometimes violent activities well into the night. “From 8 p.m. until well past midnight, the kids fight and chase each other around, shouting, screaming — and disrupting neighbors’ sleep,” shared a long-time resident.
The situation often escalates into physical altercations reminiscent of a chaotic fight club. “I’ve seen the kids squaring off like it’s ‘Fight Club,’ and I’ve seen them choking each other,” one resident recounted.
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