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Neighbors call for action as Wall Street Park becomes frequent site of partying and alleged drug use
Summary
Residents from the Wall Street Park neighborhood told the City Council the park has become unsafe, urging removal of basketball hoops, more police patrols, permanent lighting and relocation of courts to a larger sports park.
Residents told the Crown Point City Council on Monday that Wall Street Park has become a regular site for large, sometimes hostile gatherings, open drug use and property intimidation that make neighbors afraid to use their yards. A resident who identified himself as living at 245 East South Street said the park "is a secluded park" and that vehicles "drive through the field in the middle of the day," bringing late-night crowds, trash and drug use. "They're smoking weed right under the pavilion in…
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