NYPD cracks down on illegal street vendors selling counterfeit goods in Jackson Heights, Queens [Video]

JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) — Residents and businesses say it’s a mess on the streets of Jackson Heights, Queens, prompting a big crackdown on illegal street vendors selling counterfeit goods without a permit.

The weekends are “popping” on 91st Street and Roosevelt Avenue.

Surveillance video outside Mi Farmacia in Jackson Heights shows a bustling sidewalk shopping bazaar.

“The weekend is the busiest day. They’ll wrap around the entire neighborhood,” said pharmacy manager Milton Reyes.

The normally busy intersection looked a bit empty Monday afternoon.

But why is this particular intersection now a hotspot?

“A lot of it has been — we clean up Corona Plaza and they went out to the side street. So, they need a place that is also out of the way,” said New York City Council member Francisco Moya.

The hotspot got even hotter after nearly three dozen NYPD officers cleared everything out.

“This is the number one complaint in his office, probably 15 to 20 calls a day of …