. >> my name is robert garcia. i have been in the neighborhood since 1965. polk street has change, not for the better. it is getting worse, and it is dangerous. they want to know why people do not go down there, it is horrible what is going on there, and it has been a steady decline. it is a destination point. this is what has happened. they're going across the most densely populated area west of new york. . thousands of people live there and we hear it all night long people coming across our never read and 3:00 in the morning going back. we have tried to work with them. here's what is happening. i only have two copies of these the prostitution problem there has exploded. the reason is that there are people there who are drinking and have expendable money. i am also with the first offenders program. there was an operation there by a northern station, and they made 400 arrests for prostitution, and that was in the two-week time and this operation just ended a week ago. there are problems there. the area is saturated. i think there are 13 liquor licence allowe