Albany Graffiti Buster

Open Issues: 1 Closed Issues: 1,871 Acknowledged Issues: 62
Watching issues created after: 2012-04-23

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  • Madison Ave & New Scotland Ave Albany, NY, 12208, USA - Park South
    For years, now, these buildings on New Scotland, at the corner of Madison Avenue, have been allowed to completely disintegrate and negatively impact the surrounding area. People shoot up drugs, defecate in the doorways (that is human excrement in the upper left hand photo), are drunk and disorderly, cover them with graffiti, etc. It's my understanding the owner of these buildings also owns one or more of the buildings right around the corner (548, 550, 552 Madison Ave) where a number of drug addicts and dealers live and inject and sell drugs 24/7 endangering the overall community, and others who live in the buildings including older people and children. One of these buildings was the site of a recent stabbing death, right outside on a weekday afternoon. Why is this owner permitted to own property when he allows behavior and conditions that make an entire area decline and unsafe. The drug users and dealers should also be arrested and evicted. This is a well-known issue so where is Codes, the police, the Mayor, the Councilperson, and others?
  • Washington Park Albany, NY, USA - Albany
    It's a beautiful day and went to the park only to find this so called city "gem" has really lost it's shine. I walked all through the park and saw trash all over the ground and in the lake, a lack of general lawn and garden care, drunk and drugged folks all over, cars on the green space at the basketball courts, dirt bikes riding in the skate park, Graffiti on the back of the Lakehouse, hypodermic needles and broken booze bottles in the grass, dirt bikes driving through the playground and on pedestrian paths, people living at the lake house leaving human excrement and other trash, the lake stinking of dead fish, and the deafening car and motorcycle engines and stereos on surrounding streets making it impossible to enjoy anything. So sad this area has gone into such decline. It used to be beautiful and fun to visit, but even Lark offers nothing much more than bars and litter. So many buildings are neglected. Wow just wow.
  • Graffiti Archived
    291 Hudson Ave Albany NY 12210, United States - Center Square
    Windows on bothers the Dove and Hudson sides of the building have been marked up with screeds by a mentally ill individual She's also hit at least two other properties I know of in the city, targeting the homes of people she knows I know this person. She's been all over town lately, and Riley confronting people and screaming obscenities at them She needs help, apart from the escalating graffiti I called the mobile crisis team, and while the woman who answered was very nice, she said there's nothing they can do because they're understaffed and because the woman hasn't damaged my property and isn't a family member She referred me to APD, though this is the opposite of what my local elected officials have repeatedly told us to do. I called APD, gave them a specific physical description and told them where she was, and they said they'd try to send someone to look for her Who knows if they tried
  • Graffiti Archived
    68 Dove St Albany NY 12210, United States - Center Square
    She strikes again This is on the Dove St side of 291 Hudson The city knows who the person is
  • Graffiti Archived
    474 Madison Ave Albany, NY, 12208, USA - Park South
    Large graffiti painted on sidewalk between 474 and 476 Madison. The problem tenant in 474 and her 3 male friends were in that area setting off fireworks, drinking alcohol, and yelling between 10:00 and midnight. Check security and traffic cameras. In addition to the fire hazard, smoke and the ongoing disruption to the neighborhood, they left all the fireworks litter on the sidewalk and now this is spray painted. Police were called multiple times, but did not respond as usual. How that level of noise and smoke was also not seen and addressed by a single patrol officer, on the very public Madison Ave over that period of time, says it all. If this is what happens on a Monday night, imagine what it's like Thursdays-Saturdays.
  • Other Archived
    Washington Park Rd Albany NY 12203, United States - Albany
    We are doing graffiti on trees now? God am I depressed about the state of Washington Park these days. Location near Wash Park Rd entry at Sprague .:
  • Graffiti Archived
    412 Madison Ave Albany, New York, 12210 - Hudson Park
    Why hasn't all the duck graffiti been removed? This building, the lark tavern, shogun, the sidewalk in front of Romeo's, and a number of other locations were reported weeks ago and the graffiti is still there.
  • Graffiti Archived
    Buckingham Pond Path Albany, NY 12203, USA - Buckingham Lake-Crestwood
  • 450 Madison Ave Albany, New York, 12208 - Park South
    Businesses in the historic registered areas are required to adhere to the same asthetics as home owners. We can't even paint a muted window trim color without jumping through hoops but I was walking down Madison tonight and noticed how trashy it looks. 450 Madison has their glass door painted with a monster or some character. I understand it may be art, but it also can inadvertently encourage graffiti on other glass doors as it could be mistaken for that as well. 460 Madison already wasn't supposed to have a lighted sign on the building, but now the large bay window focal point on the front of the house is covered with a bright green advertisement. It's looking junkier and junkier and this is supposed to be maintained as the historic district it is. Why is this allowed and If it's okay, let homeowners do whatever they want regarding what's visible on the fronts of our homes.
  • Graffiti Archived
    453 Madison Ave Albany, New York, 12210 - Center Square
    Lark Tavern got hit by the same graffiti that is plaguing businesses and homeowners in this area. Please treat this as the vandalism that it is rather than just something for dgs or Property Owners to clean up. This person has caused expensive damage to many properties.
  • Graffiti Acknowledged
    231 Jay St Albany NY 12210, United States - Center Square
  • Graffiti Archived
    Washington Ave & Hawk St - Capitol/Hawk Station Albany, NY 12207, USA - Central Avenue
    Racist graffiti inside the Capitol Hawk bus stop on Washington Avenue, westbound side.