A Street Brawl, a Stabbing Spree and a New York Block No One Can Fix
In the East Village, amid buzzy restaurants and high-end real estate, a troubled section of 14th Street reflects the city’s struggles to control intractable problems.
By Andy Newman and
![After a triple stabbing, police officers are stationed on East 14th Street in Manhattan. “We all said there’s going to have to be a tragedy for something to change,” said Lloyd Arrington, a resident who often sits outside and reads his paper.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/09/multimedia/09Fourteenth-Street-top-alt-05-mzlq/09Fourteenth-Street-top-alt-05-mzlq-thumbLarge-v2.jpg?auto=webp)
![After a triple stabbing, police officers are stationed on East 14th Street in Manhattan. “We all said there’s going to have to be a tragedy for something to change,” said Lloyd Arrington, a resident who often sits outside and reads his paper.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/09/multimedia/09Fourteenth-Street-top-alt-05-mzlq/09Fourteenth-Street-top-alt-05-mzlq-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.jpg?auto=webp)