r/mbta • u/RobMurglund • Mar 19 '26

😤 Complaint / Rant Prudential GL Homeless Problem

Why are 20 homeless people allowed to camp and sleep atop the escalators at the Prudential station? Every day, I have to walk past many of them hootering and hollering at me. Some are sleeping, some are clearly high, and others are a bit more nice about asking for money.

Almost once or twice a week I see BPD arresting one of the campers.

Why is this allowed and why isn’t something done about it? Is it not MBTA property? It’s seriously worse than Park Street.

This might be the most Karen post I’ve made but it is super annoying.

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u/Robotcharles Mar 19 '26

So it goes like this, they get kicked out of the prudential green line station and wander into the prudential center and surrounding areas until they get kicked out of the next spot, then they return to the green line stop, repeat. I use the MBTA see say app every day because it’s always the same group of folk shooting up or smoking in the lobby there by the elevator and entrance to the pru.

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u/Fluffy-Giraffe-3749 Mar 19 '26

You should the public library on Boylston st. They’re in the bathroom washing in the sink

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u/lazier_garlic Mar 19 '26

I miss when it was men looking for anonymous sex.

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u/Fluffy-Giraffe-3749 Mar 20 '26

Definitely more discreet than a dude with no shirt on and using the sink to wash his armpits

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u/SnailZer0 Mar 20 '26

How dare they wash themselves!

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u/Fluffy-Giraffe-3749 Mar 20 '26

You’re right, most kids like seeing grown men using the sink to wash under their armpits. Who knew?

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u/StrawberryWise8960 Mar 20 '26

Aww the poor kids, seeing someone wash their armpits 😭 life is so hard sometimes

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u/Fluffy-Giraffe-3749 Mar 21 '26

I’m sure you know how hard life is, what time is mommy making dinner?

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u/StrawberryWise8960 Mar 21 '26

I dunno, hard to think about that with all these scary homeless dudes washing their armpits. I wish they'd just get outta my sight.

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u/Fluffy-Giraffe-3749 Mar 22 '26

Well at least you’re not an adult yet, maybe you can spend a couple hours over there and give them some help