Homeless Encampment Growing on West 96th Street, Residents Say

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151028/upper-west-side/homeless-encampment-growing-on-west-96th-street-residents-say

Trash piles first appeared in June in front of 264-266 West 96th St., an abandoned subway building between Broadway and West End Avenue, and they have kept growing throughout the summer, said resident Paul Lashin.
Homeless people took up residence among the trash and added to it sometime between the summer and early fall, he said. 
"I noticed that the garbage pile kept coming back, but it seemed to be more organized," Lashin explained. "There were books and stuff stuck into the grates of this building."