Recently released records show that the city picked up more used syringes there than at any other Bronx playground in any month of 2019. COMMUNITIES HOPE TO COMBAT RECORD DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS REPORTED AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICWorkers cleaned up 2,352 needles at Patterson, near P.S. 18 in the Mott Haven section, in August 2019, according to city data obtained by the Muckrock website on July 21. They got a drug spot over there in the corner," Velez said of the drug users filling the park. So people just get high every day," Velez said.

Source: Fox News August 07, 2021 21:11 UTC