Cleaning out gangs

The rows of quaint town houses of the Dronfield Villas used to be a nice place to live.

But now they're covered in tags: Astoria Garden Locos, Langdon Street, San Fer. And, increasingly, "For Sale" signs. Brent Hopkins in the Daily News.

In the past few years, three street gangs have claimed the sprawling, 64-unit complex on Dronfield as their turf. They tag their slogans on every wall - even the trees get defaced. They sling drugs in its gardens and have sex next to its pool.