The house remains a place of tremendous activity though I can't say for certain it is drug related. I suspect it is.

NH Independent article talks about problems, last year, at this address.
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/06/three_shot_on_w.php

I drive my here on a daily basis and it a shame all the traffic going on there. Something needs to be done my daughter s bus stop is just up the street from there and young kids should not be subjected to this.

We live nearby and can say this house is not as bad as it was last year. But there are still too many teenage boys walking around sometimes and we don't always know who they are. Our daughter's appointed bus stop was nearby as well, and we switched it to one two blocks away. It's sad to have to do this ...

Lt Hassett,
Is there any follow up on this?

Thanks,

Ben

Last week I was stopped at the light at the corner of Winthrop and Chapel St. It was about 10:00 PM. There was a lot of activity in the area. There was probably 10 young males all dressed in black hooded sweatshirts and black clothes. They were walking in the middle of the road and around my car and shouting to each other on the porch of the house and down the street.There were also men on bikes. A mercedes pulled up across the street from this house and one of the men went to it. They went in the trunk of the car and something was exchanged. In the large brick apt house on that corner there are always a lot of people hanging out. There is also a graffiti gang sign on the base of the front entrance. The fence is repeatedly torn down and garbage strewn about. It is a bit unnerving.

Thanks so much for your comment. We live close to this house and don't like it and can't believe that after so many calls to the police over such a long period that it's still going on.
I wish the mayor would pay attention, because this is embarrassing to the city. Lots of people drive down this street from wealthier areas on their way to the medical school or the highway.
The trash on the streets in New Haven is disgusting, and it's all kinds of people. Once i saw a taxi cab driver sitting in his car across the street waiting for someone to come out of a building. He finished whatever he was drinking and tossed the cup out to window right into the middle of the street.

There are a couple of things you can do right away to help address the problems at this corner.
1. You can contact Lt. Hassett of the NHPD. His number is 203-946-7597. He'll listen to your concerns because he realizes the importance of establishing good relations and communications between the police and the community.
2. You can join a block watch. There are two of them in the area; one meets a couple blocks west on Chapel, and the other a couple blocks east. Lt. Hassett can put you in touch with the organizers.
With Lt. Hassett's help, we've made good progress addressing issues like this one on my block, and you can do it on your block, too, but you have to take the first step and give Lt. Hassett a call.

Yes. Thanks. We've spoken to Lt. Hassett and to Livable Cities Initiative before. Usually things start to brew when the weather warms up.
Time to make the calls again.

Try contacting the owner too: http://arnonebuilding.com/
He may not be aware that there are problems with his property and that adjacent property owners are concerned with his management (or lack thereof) of his property.

Question: What is the "crack house statute" I keep hearing about?

Answer: This law was enacted 17 years ago and became known as the "crack house statute" (21 USC 856). It permitted the Justice Department to prosecute property owners who knowingly and intentionally allowed others to use their property to hold events for the purpose of distributing or using drugs. For example, it was used to prosecute people such as motel owners and car repair shop owners who knowingly and intentionally allowed their premises to be used for drug distribution.

Thanks!

Connecticut General Statutes,Chapter 830, Sec. 47a-15. Noncompliance by tenant… Landlord's remedies….if there is a material noncompliance…which materially affects the health and safety of the other tenants or materially affects the physical condition of the premises…and the landlord chooses to evict based on such noncompliance, the landlord shall deliver a written notice to the tenant specifying the acts or omissions constituting the breach... For the purposes of this section, "serious nuisance" means (A) inflicting bodily harm upon another tenant or the landlord or threatening to inflict such harm with the present ability to effect the harm and under circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe that such threat will be carried out, (B) substantial and willful destruction of part of the dwelling unit or premises, (C) conduct which presents an immediate and serious danger to the safety of other tenants or the landlord, or (D) using the premises or allowing the premises to be used for prostitution or the illegal sale of drugs…that the tenant failed to require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not constitute a serious nuisance…the burden shall be on the tenant to show that he had no knowledge of the creation of the serious nuisance.
Sec. 47a-32. (Formerly Sec. 52-540). Nuisance defined. In any action of summary process based upon nuisance, that term shall be taken to include, but shall not be limited to, any conduct which interferes substantially with the comfort or safety of other tenants or occupants of the same or adjacent buildings or structures. [Note: this last sentence provides the legal basis for adjacent residents to file a lawsuit against landlords who fail to take action against “nuisance tenants”.]

Hey Guys,
Has this issue been addressed?

Thanks,
Ben

I have been solicited by a few different women when biking through here recently. Has there been a police presence recently?

From: "Jessica Mayorga"
To:
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:13:27 -0400
Subject: New Haven Police Arrest Eight in Prostitution Sting in Two Neighborhoods
For Immediate Release
September 13, 2010

New Haven Police Arrest Eight in Prostitution Sting in Two Neighborhoods

(NEW HAVEN)--In response to persistent citizen complaints about the impact that prostitution has on the quality of life in the upper Chapel Street neighborhood and in Fair Haven, members of the New Haven Police Street Interdiction Unit ran stings in two City neighborhoods. Police charged the following individuals with prostitution, after each agreed to perform a sex act in exchange for money at the following locations: 48-year-old Madeline Hasell at Chapel and Norton Street, 47-year-old Paulette Henderson at Chapel and Winthrop, 36-year-old Donna Henriques at Winthrop and Edgewood, 37-year-old Gina Consiglio at Chapel and Winthrop, 29-year-old Shinita Armour at Chapel and Norton, 40-year-old Sherri Shaw at Edgewood and Winthrop, 38-year-old Lakeebler Johnson at Ferry and Chatham and 41-year-old Nicole Kennedy at Chatham and Rowe.

I walk/ride/drive through there daily. Heck, I LIVE a few doors down from there and have NEVER been propositioned by a prostitute. (Maybe they know I don't have any money.) Still, I see them out there and am glad that the police are trying to put a stop to it. As residents we will do all that we can to help up to and including trying to get our fellow residents (who for some reason(s) have decided that the only way to survive is to sell their bodies) to the help they need.

Kevin,
Are you jealous of my ability to be propositioned ? :)
That's great news John.
Has the particular issue been resolved or is this house still a problem?

I'm afraid I don't really know anything about this particular house.

I submitted the original comment on the house. Things are much better than they were that horrible summer of the shootings. But the groups of teenage boys are still, and have always been a presence around that house, as are strange cars driving up. So I just don't know.
I think we need more of a police presence here.
I've seen the prostitutes recently too. I'd like to grab them and shake them and tell them they're throwing their lives away.
I wish we could do something about the trash on the street. I hate that. I one saw a taxi driver sitting in his cab across the street throw his giant drink cup out the window. The house at 320 Winthrop, which seems to looks abandoned and falling apart is a magnet for trouble.

http://newhavenregister.com/articles/2011/04/27/opinion/doc4db73b0f98ca9798145149.txt
This, of course, would be the ultimate solution to the drug dealing problem: a solution opposed by both Democrats & Republicans.

I'm going to close this issue. Feel free to reopen if its still a problem.