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The worst spots in NYC for public drinking and urination

NYPD bosses have pinpointed the two dozen worst spots across the city for a “quality of life” crackdown on offenses like public drinking and urination, ­according to an internal document obtained by The Post.

The chart, handed down by Chief of Department James O’Neill, highlights three hotbeds of bad behavior in each of the city’s eight patrol zones in order to more effectively deploy rank-and-file cops.

Targeted areas include places exposed by The Post — Tompkins Square and Washington Square parks and East 125th Street between Park and Lexington avenues.

Broadway between West 68th and 72nd streets and a corner near the Coney Island beach are also on the list.

According to the chart, the various “conditions” that need to be addressed include public drinking, urination and violations of park rules, which are among a host of low-level offenses that City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has proposed ­decriminalizing.

A portion of the NYPD plan to fight quality-of-life violations

The chart was drawn up following Commissioner Bill Bratton’s “all in” meeting last week with about 400 top NYPD officials to address quality-of-life issues.

During the meeting, Bratton and department lawyers outlined “what’s legal, what’s not legal, and the appropriate remedies” for combating the city’s recent surge in low-level offenses.

Chief of Patrol Carlos Gomez then ordered all patrol borough commanders to draw up lists of ­locations with quality-of-life problems, and the worst areas were put on the chart, sources said.

One spot, at East 96th Street and the FDR Drive — which is targeted for a “homeless” problem — is a well-known hangout for a particularly aggressive beggar who has proven difficult to dislodge, one source said.

“He’s been summonsed and/or arrested, but he’s no dummy and he knows his rights,” the source said. “The cops actually summonsed and arrested him last week, but I have no doubt he’ll be back out there in the next few days.”

A homeless man who was at the spot Tuesday insisted the only vagrants who spend time there were him “and sometimes this other guy down the street.”

“I stay on this sidewalk and don’t get in people’s faces, and they like that about me,” he said.

A group of homeless people on the sidewalk outside the Metro North station, on the corner of Park Avenue and West 125th Street.David McGlynn

“I have regulars . . . who like me and give me money regularly.”

An East Village mom welcomed a crackdown at Tompkins Square Park, saying she avoids going there because the benches full of strung-out junkies are “not something any child should see.”

“It can be scary. I hope they can make it better,” she added.

A Greenwich Village resident who lives near Washington Square Park said that while public drinking and drug sales have been a “constant” problem there, the homeless population has ­exploded recently.

“If the cops just walked the paths every once in a while each day, my guess is all of those people who are up to no good would leave simply to avoid the hassle,” he said.

Additional reporting by Jamie Schram and Joey Rinaldi