Homeless couple filmed having sex in parking lot under NYC’s FDR Drive: ‘A new low for the city’
These bums were in no rush.
A parking lot beneath the FDR Drive just steps away from the East River Greenway, where kids walk to school and locals train for marathons, has descended into a hotbed of homeless sex, repugnant X-rated footage obtained by The Post shows.
On Aug. 22, from the late afternoon rush hour through nightfall, a bearded man repeatedly bumped uglies with a pantsless woman lying atop of a grey mattress, situated next to a bike and parked tractor-trailer, a trio of videos showed.
“A couple having sexual intercourse on the sidewalk was a new low for the city for me,” an aghast 34-year-old local who recorded the interaction told The Post, adding that the shocking sight, combined with the July fatal stabbing at East 14th Street near Avenue A, has him considering moving to the Upper West Side.
“You live in this really beautiful community of Stuytown, Peter Cooper, and on the outskirts, it’s a third-world country,” he said.
“I’ve lost track of the amount of people sh–ting on the sidewalk, screaming for help on the sidewalk.”
During a recent visit to the site, The Post observed a homeless couple lingering near a tent and sharing a cigarette while a vagrant violently chucked an aerosol can as well as a neck pillow from his collection of sullied belongings.
Locals bemoaned the daylight debauchery as a symptom of the area’s decay — particularly given how close it is to the waterfront pathway, which is regularly used by bikers and joggers, as well as families out for a stroll.
“New York is getting bad with homeless [people] having sex in public,” said dogwalker Tiffany Opio, 30, who recalled recently seeing a homeless man receiving oral sex from a woman near East 14th Street and Fifth Avenue.
“It’s dangerous if you’re having sex in public, something is wrong in your mind,” she added. ”It’s a scary thing.”
Yet some shrugged off the al fresco escapades.
“People are more concerned about homeless guys having sex than having something to eat,” said banker Rodrigo Camara, 23.
One homeless woman, who claimed to have seen the couple in action, scrunched her face when recalling the carnal activity.
“Some people have no class,” she fumed. “Just because you’re homeless doesn’t mean you have to act that way.”
The NYPD did not receive any complaints about public sex on Aug. 22, a spokesperson said.
Additional reporting by Matthew Sedacca
