[Source](https://thepostmillennial.com/nyc-homeless-encampment-with-drug-trafficking-prostitution-reaches-12-blocks) > A homeless encampment on Manhattan’s West Side has grown to span roughly 12 city blocks, prompting complaints from residents, workers, and tourist officials over alleged crime, including drug activity and prostitution. > According to a report by the New York Post, dozens of tents and makeshift shelters now stretch from 34th Street to 46th Street along 11th Avenue. The sight has caused issues for local workers and residents, as well as tourists visiting the Intrepid museum. > “We can’t get rid of them,” an unidentified city parks enforcement officer told the outlet. “These ones here are stealing everything... They take what they can. And there are escorts in there too. Prostitutes. I see them, they’re right there.”