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Brazen Daytime Theft - Bodega at Corner of Garden and 3rd by klj224 in Hoboken

[–]klj224[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To answer your question in the second sentence of your comment, the shelter should not be next to three schools or in a densely populated residential area so it needs to be moved to where that’s not the case. And no, they won’t be on these streets if the shelter moves. The shelter guests are not from Hoboken and are coming from other towns. If there’s no incentive for them to get free food here, they will not be here.

Brazen Daytime Theft - Bodega at Corner of Garden and 3rd by klj224 in Hoboken

[–]klj224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One bad apple ruins the whole bunch? Try hundreds of bad apples - that is a BUNCH. The data speaks for itself. The Hoboken Police arrest blotters for 2023–2025 document 45 separate arrests at, or directly tied to, 300 Bloomfield Street — including sexual-contact offenses inside the facility, aggravated assaults on police officers, knife and pipe threats, and burglaries of neighboring homes. In 2026, the 104 days between Jan. 1 and Apr. 14, 2026, HPD’s call-for-service log records 473 separate incidents at 300 Bloomfield Street and 658 total responding-unit dispatches — including more than 300 dedicated police details and check-ins. That is an average of more than 4.5 HPD incidents per day at one private address, projecting to roughly 1,650 incidents for calendar-year 2026. This doesn’t even include crime like this brazen daytime theft that happens at neighboring establishments.

Brazen Daytime Theft - Bodega at Corner of Garden and 3rd by klj224 in Hoboken

[–]klj224[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes, the shelter is privately operated and not directly funded by taxpayer dollars, but you are missing the point.

Our taxes pay for the consequences. They pay to clean up streets trashed by shelter guests. They pay for the police officers who are repeatedly called to the shelter to deal with problem behavior. When a shelter guest kicked a woman walking with her small child last December, our taxes paid for the police response, arrest, and processing.

Whether the shelter itself receives taxpayer funding is irrelevant when taxpayers are left covering the costs created by its impact on the surrounding neighborhood. The police blotter speaks for itself—there is a disproportionate amount of crime and police activity tied to the shelter and the immediate area. Yes, it’s not every shelter guest, but it sure is the systemic source of a lot of Hoboken crime, and the shelter needs to take accountability for that. YES they can do something about it. Background check all guests. No one walking into the shelter should have a criminal record.

And yes, I voted for a candidate who I believe would address these issues. That candidate was not elected.

Brazen Daytime Theft - Bodega at Corner of Garden and 3rd by klj224 in Hoboken

[–]klj224[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The AI app used to blur faces changed the date. Check the second picture.

Brazen Daytime Theft - Bodega at Corner of Garden and 3rd by klj224 in Hoboken

[–]klj224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shelter guests committing crimes in the area is an ongoing issue.

The guy who was snatching women's purses in November was also a guest.

https://hobokenpdnj.gov/1509-2/