A lot of good but outdated info Supa.
the current spots daily you will see them in the Stead as of 2021 during the pandemic.
First and foremost:
Hilton and Jackson, but anywhere along Jackson from North Franklin to Hilton they will be and you can find them along Hilton from Fulton in it hits Jackson. Also along terrace from Jackson until Fulton. Never make the left just the right towards the Art Deco telecommunication building.
Second:
High street (the block that goes from front street to Fulton, from family dollar to the post office). You can find them in or around the bodega and the tire shop.
Third:
Along North Franklin, the hottest bodega in town is the ‘Hempstead convenience’ store. The apartment building directly across from the kennedy chicken by the bus terminal a lot of them live and will walk down the street to Franklin for that bodega. Both this bodega and the other mentioned are the only two 24 hours places in Hempstead village. Everything else closes by 11 and the village is eerily quiet.
Fourth: then most daring and out in open is along Fulton itself usually from Terrace to Hilton. You will see them walk in a loop sometimes to keep it moving. There is an abandon house on Hilton a lot of them squat in across from the main corner, you may also see them come out of there.
As of last week you can catch a few of them walking to and from the Capri in West Hempstead which is quite a walk so make the drive and you may see one of them. East Meadow had a stroll now too. From coliseum Inn to the 24/7 bodega.
Hempstead best times currently because of restrictions of COVID have seemed to be 5am-7am, 1-2pm and 6-8pm.
They adapted and realized how quiet and sore thumbing midnight was on a weekday.
Weekends you can get lucky 10pm-3am but it is not common. Village LEO has been patrolling more those hours looking for them with the crime from bars and other late night adventures down.
Supa brought up one of favorite pot of gold moments in Hempstead. Finding a girl who doesn’t do this but is for the moment for a fix. A few times a year I get lucky and it’s amazing. The last was a girl living in the new haven building by checkers standing at Hilton and Jackson so out of place... white chick with piercings all over and nice street wear clothing on. I asked if she needed a ride and she yelled maybe so I said come on. I grabbed her tit a block away and she said good because I wanted to try something new and make some money. It was a girlfriend experience thing and I should have gotten her number but didn’t like an idiot.
In warmer months also on weekends a lot of people from out of the area will come and try to make a few bucks before the local pimps or cops run them away.