Business In Queens Are Begging For Help As Migrant Hookers Take Over Their Neighborhoods

Queens merchants plead for help as migrant hookers and unlicensed peddlers overrun Roosevelt Avenue ‘Laughingstock of the nation’

Locals and merchants say the number of hookers on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst has doubled in the past two months.

Shoplifters sell stolen goods, including shoes, toys, and power tools, on sidewalks near the stores they were taken from.

“It just continues to get worse and it seems like there’s no end in sight,” community activist Ramses Frias said during a press conference on the strip.

“The residents are frustrated. Everyone is tired of what’s happening here and we’re coming together with business owners to let you see that this has to end immediately,” Frias said.

“We cannot continue to have this trend, and what’s happening here, happening every single day.”