Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
HELP- Stop Loitering in Colton Garden
Behind my house there is a small quite cul de sac called Colton Gardens, which consist of about 16 homes.
Its a quiet residential area, however due to its quite location, there are always groups of young males hanging about in their cars nearly every single night, leaving behind countless amounts of litter from drink bottles to cream charger canisters with the smell of weed in the air. You also get alot cars parking up with couples inside with the windows steamy (you get the jist)
The council has recently upgraded the lighting from the yellow bulb lamp post to the bright LED ones but this has not deterred the Loiterers.
There are not causing any danger to public in terms of threatening behavior but it is ruining the area at night time as it seems to have turned into a hotspot for hanging out as the cars that come are different on most days.
What can be done to sort this as the litter is getting out of hand seen as harringey street cleaners only come round every Tuesday.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Perhaps a prominently displayed CCTV Notice would have some effect....?
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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Love the 'reserved for drug taking, hookers' suggestion. I have come across individuals engaging in sexual acts in vehicles on 2-3 occasions on our street. It's one of those things you don't consciously realise because it's so unexpected, but on one occasion a lady arose from behind the dashboard, and as I walked by the man sat down with partly lifted trousers pretending to be on his mobile. Aaaawkward.
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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Ten points for the excellent double entendre!
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Jamal is quite quietly observant - doggedly so, I'd say.
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Permalink Reply by Jamal on
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Nothing of what anyone has mentioned has been helpful.. rather just making it into a joke or giving their own experiences
I have tried all avenues accessible to me, complained to the council, hence the brighter street lamps now, apart from that there is not much they can do I guess unless they make the cul de sac a private access road which i very highly doubt.
Once I called to say people where dealing with a single BMW car parked and multiple other cars coming in out the cul de sac making exchanges with the driver of the BMW. Police didn't bother to even turn up.
Another time the smell of weed was so strong in the air, i called the police and they said "there's nothing we can do" but when they pull people over and they find they have THC in their system they get points or banned. Why not stop it from the source and act upon the intel given before the driver even gets behind the wheel.
I guess nothing will be done, just have to avoid stepping on the used condoms, empty cream charger canisters and not tripping up over empty vodka and coke bottles (Y)
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i assume you have never been to colton gardens, the people loiter at the entrance of the road which parking is only available on the right side of the road, the left side there is no parking as its garage entrances for the adjacent houses, therefore the zigzag option is not possible, besides no one really wants to even park there as there are no houses over looking.
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No one parks their cars in the garage anyway, they all park on the road in front of their houses, no one would park behind their house where they cant keep an eye on it
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My suggestion about putting up a CCTV sign was a perfectly serious one. If they think they are under surveillance that might put them off.
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