Prostitution did not disappear overnight. Even in 2010, community leaders like Maria Torres, while fiercely defending the neighborhoodâs progress, admitted that sex work still occurred on Hunts Pointâs streets. However, the nature of the problem was shifting, moving from the street to online platforms.
During the 1990s, New York City was undergoing massive structural shifts, yet certain pockets of the outer boroughs remained deeply marginalized. The industrial sector of Hunts Point became an epicenter for street-level sex work. hookers at the point hbo documentary 18 hot
