Residents of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, home to many immigrant communities, have been left rattled after the bloody shooting on a Manhattan-bound N train yesterday, which left at least 23 people injured and 10 shot.
Documented heard from 12 people who have witnessed violence on the subways in the area or feel increasingly unsafe as rates of violent crimes in the subway have spiked. They also described frustration with the lack of effective law enforcement.
“Over 70% of Sunset Park’s residents are Hispanic or Asian, making it one of the most diverse neighborhoods in New York. The incident has exacerbated their fear when riding the subway.
Jane Zhang, 33, and her husband and three-year-old daughter live just three blocks away from the site of the shooting. `The texts and videos are shocking,’ she said.
`Lack of safety is terrible’: A member from our WhatsApp community, who chose to remain anonymous, said in Spanish. `The only time you see officers on the train is when things like these happen. No police…the ones that are there are usually texting. The [lack of public safety] is mortal.”‘She rides the train with pepper spray.
Mayor Eric Adams said there was a `malfunction with the camera system at that particular station,’ which has hampered the search for the shooter, who has been described as a man with heavy build wearing a green construction vest and gray sweatshirt.”
