City Moves Sex Offenders Out Of Bayside Hotel Near Pre-K: Report

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — The city has relocated eight sex offenders living at a Bayside hotel after officials sounded the alarm, according to news reports.

The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the state Department of Corrections have moved the eight sex offenders out of the Anchor Inn Motel at 215-34 Northern Blvd. in Bayside, QNS.com reported.

"We all must work together to help formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into society," an HPD spokeswoman told QNS.

Bayside residents reached out to news reporters and local officials after receiving an alert last week from the Crime Victims Center that several sex offenders had moved to their zip code, with Anchor Inn listed as their address.

Anchor Inn is about 161 feet away from The Learning Experience's Academy of Early Education and about 1,500 feet from elementary school P.S. 31Q, according to Google Maps. State law prohibits registered sex offenders who are on parole or probation from living within 1,000 feet of a school.

"Nothing can be more alarming than news that violent sex offenders have been placed in your community, including parolees who have attacked children," State Sen. John Liu said. "Nothing trumps the safety and security for our families, especially the protection of young children, and these individuals must be moved out immediately."