Crime & Safety

Neighbors, Businesses Fed Up With People Riding Dirt Bikes, Street Cars Outside Hunting Park Plaza

When the sun sets, "Dirt bikes, cars, four-wheelers, Batman cars, you name it. Scooters, bikes, it doesn't matter. They come in big groups."

(Kristin Borden/Patch)

June 28, 2021

Neighbors in Hunting Park say they are fed up with people riding dirt bikes and street cars outside and in some cases inside of businesses. So not only are they speaking up, they’re blocking off parts of a parking lot.

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During the day people in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood say the Hunting Park Plaza on East Hunting Park Avenue is your average shopping center – great stores and great customers.

But when the sun sets, "Dirt bikes, cars, four-wheelers, Batman cars, you name it. Scooters, bikes, it doesn’t matter. They come in big groups and this is where they party,” said an employee who wishes to remain anonymous.

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