There’s a dirty little secret among some luxury condo owners in New York City. The towering views they were promised include public park sex nearby.
Over on 5th Avenue in Harlem, home owners overlooking Marcus Garvey Park tell the NYC neighborhood blog DNAinfo.com that they basically live in the equivalent of box seats at a porn theater.
“I saw a lot of b—jobs, guys having sex, guys masturbating, I really saw the whole gamut,” says Marie Gelot, who lived in her spendy condo for five years before moving out in August.
According to the blog, the high rise is such a great viewpoint that the NYPD uses it as headquarters for sting operations. Who wouldn’t want their home to be on an episode of “Law & Order: SVU”?
This down-low public sex lookout has been a thing for nearly a decade, when construction workers noticed the orgy like atmosphere of the nearby park before the building opened in 2009.
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Doorman David Lamboy says he was skeptical…until he was totally shook by an image that is forever burned into his brain.
I’m a lifelong New Yorker. I’ve seen many things, but what I saw that day shocked me. Not to be too graphic, but it was one gal and three guys.
Lamboy says residents will often call police when they see such…free love going on in the park, but once officers leave, the sex continues.
The most popular spot is an area just off a popular footpath that’s littered with condom wrappers. The blog sent one their reporters to do a little recon and the findings were not exactly family friendly.
When a DNAinfo New York reporter visited the area Thursday afternoon, one man was seen performing oral sex on another man. Below them, at grade level in the park, older people played chess on park benches, while dogs frolicked and a group of kids played a flag football game on the field.
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This dichotomy could be a major turnoff for potential homeowners, who would otherwise be blown away by the beautiful park and the luxury condo’s amenities (dog run, basketball courts, pool). But if you ask longtime residents, they’ll tell you they see public sex year-round. Says building superintendent Nelson Flecha, “In the winter, you notice it more because all the leaves are gone.”
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The good news here is that an organization has been created, Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, to specifically help restore the park to a more innocent time, pre-perv. Members organize events in the park’s “problem areas” in order to increase foot traffic and create awareness. Here’s hoping that plan works and isn’t just another attraction for exhibitionists.
