Bowery Residents Committee shelter has Chelsea neighbors outraged

Like many of his Chelsea neighbors on West 25th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, Jacques Lilly is plenty POd about problems with residents of the shelter for homeless drug addicts on the block.

Like many of his Chelsea neighbors on West 25th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, Jacques Lilly is plenty PO’d about problems with residents of the shelter for homeless drug addicts on the block.

But Lilly has more reason than most — a video he posted on You Tube showing a resident of the Bowery Residents Committee shelter at 127 W. 25th St. urinating on his car parked in front of his building.

“One guy from the BRC threatened to physically break my arm and then followed through with that threat by p–sing on my car,” Lilly told The Post. “He has yet to be arrested, even though I have the incident on video, cops said that is not enough to make an arrest.”

There are also 10 registered sex offenders in the shelter, not exactly thrilling news for neighborhood parents, including Katie Holmes.

The soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Tom Cruise and her daughter Suri, 6, moved into a building half a block away at Seventh Avenue and West 25th Street.

Lilly is not alone in voicing his disgust over some of the shelter dwellers’ behavior — which includes harassing women, drinking and using drugs on the street and invading local businesses.

But he’s gone viral with the evidence, creating a YouTube channel of videos taken from security cameras he had installed on his building.

In one video, a man in a wheelchair repeatedly backed up and rolled forward, purposely blocking Lilly as he tried to pass.

“I had to call cops to get inside,” Lilly said.

Another video showed a man smashing a malt-liquor bottle on the sidewalk.

A father of daughters age 2, 9 and 12, Lilly is also concerned that 11 registered sex offenders are among the roughly 400 residents of the shelter.

“It’s troubling and scary. One guy harassed my wife and the girls as they tried to get home. Four of those sex offenders were convicted of raping children,” Lilly said.

Like other residents, he said cops from the 13th precinct pay little attention to their complaints.

“They are brushing these incidents off. I’m absolutely fed up,” he said.

But NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said cops are keeping an eye on the situation.

“The precinct commander attends monthly meetings about the shelter. He’s assigned a foot post to it, and police have reviewed videotape to see if the subject seen urinating can be identified,” he said in a statement.

But residents and merchants aren’t convinced.

The manager of a chain drug store on the corner said the shelter is killing her business.

“Every day, religiously, they are urinating and smoking marijuana. I have them shoplifting. I have them arrested and they come back. I had one guy with his penis hanging out and it terrified my customers. My retail sales are down $293,000 in just the last 10 months,” she said.

Elizabeth Slavutzky, owner of food shop Blue Dog on West 25th, said a resident slashed the tires on her delivery bikes one day, costing her $1,000 in business.

“He fell into the delivery bikes parked outside and when one man tried to help him up, out of rage he just slashed them,” Slavutzky said. “The cops are supposed to be patrolling this area but they don’t. Who is responsible for these people?”

Even some shelter residents admit some of their fellow residents are up to no good.

“Businesses don’t want people hanging outside and asking people for money. They stand outside and smoke weed. The environment inside is like one step above prison, over half the people come from jails. There are fights occasionally inside. People are drunk, stoned,” said Scott Harris, 60, who has been living at the shelter since December 2011 said.

The Bowery Residents Committee opened the men’s homeless facility — the Jack Ryan Center shelter — at 127 W. 25th St. in late summer.

Muzzy Rosenblatt — who makes about $280,000 a year as the nonprofit BRC’s executive director — has done little to address their concerns, residents say.

Rosenblatt wouldn’t answer questions, but in an email said: “BRC has helped thousands of needy individuals change their lives for the better and we will continue to find ways to improve upon our efforts.”

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