The investigations also allowed the police to close down several apartments used for drug selling.

Yet many residents, particularly those who began raising families in the area, say that over the last decade they have changed their view of blatant drug selling.

The police say that much of the drug selling takes place in and around the single-room-occupancy hotels that dot the neighborhood.

Dealers would still have smaller total incomes than they can earn now by supplementing their regular wages with drug selling.

And he wanted a share from the drug selling, too.

He had been convicted in August of racketeering, murder conspiracy, credit card fraud and drug selling.

A 21-year-old son of Brooklyn, he got into "drug transport and drug selling," then dropped out of school at 15.

But when she tried to turn her back on drug selling, Borosage had them both arrested.

Since antiquity, there have been stores specialized in drug selling.

All were charged with felony counts of drug selling or possession.