It’s beer goggles on, masks and inhibitions off, in these party spots across the city which have netted the most complaints about people flouting social-distancing rules.
Millennial havens in the West Village, Upper East Side and Astoria led the list of ZIP codes with the most 311 callers reporting social distancing violations from June 11-13 and 18-20, according to city data. Those six days brought in 2,480 complaints, with 1,208 during the first weekend and 1,272 from Thursday to Saturday last weekend.
The reports prompted Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 14 to scold bar and restaurant owners, local government officials and revelers .
“These are not hard-to-spot violations. People send videos of these violations,” he said. “I’m not going to allow situations to exist, that we know have a high likelihood of causing an increase in the virus . . . Local governments, do your job.”
Snitches spotted people getting too close in the West Village’s 10014 ZIP code 82 times during the two weekends, more than any other New York City neighborhood, data show. A bar-lined two-block stretch of Hudson Street netted eight complaints.
On Friday afternoon, revelers were seen within six feet of each other outside the White Horse Tavern atop a crowded makeshift patio set up between the bike lane and road as Phase 2 began this week and businesses were allowed to expand outdoor seating. The Upper East Side’s 10028 ZIP code drew 80 social-distancing complaints, with 28 along Second Avenue from 68th to 95th — which is more than one per block.
Here is the full list of the Top 10 neighborhoods (by ZIP code) with the most 311 complaints of people shirking social-distancing rules during the past two weekends:
- West Village (10014): 82 complaints
- Upper East Side (1002): 80 complaints
- Astoria (11103): 73 complaints
- Bay Ridge (11209): 63 complaints
- Soho (10012): 61 complaints
- Astoria (11106): 54 complaints
- Williamsburg (11249): 54 complaints
- Hell’s Kitchen (10019): 51 complaints
- East Village (10009): 47 complaints
- Kips Bay/Murray Hill (10016): 44 complaints
Source: New York City Department of Information Technology