Truckers have turned a quiet residential street in queens into a noisy and dangerous shortcut for their big rigs, infuriating homeowners who say the city has done little to put a stop to it. NY1’s Ruschell Boone filed this report.

They're large, they're a nuisance and they are constantly barreling down a residential street in Jamaica. 

"Every day. All the time," one resident says.

That includes the early morning when people are still asleep. 

"We have waste facility trucks coming through. We have oil tankers. Gasoline tankers. We have construction trucks, 18 wheelers. They come through morning, night, daytime," says resident Joe Moretti.

Truck drivers are supposed to use 168th Street to get to Hillside Avenue from Jamaica Avenue, unless they're making local deliveries, but many take 170th because it's quicker. Philip Rabardo is a resident, but he's also a trucker.

"There is not enough designated areas with signs as the city should provide. You know I understand both sides of the page.  A lot of the vehicles are noisy. I drive them myself,” says Rabardo.

Moretti has been documenting and writing about the problem on his blog, “Cleanup Jamaica Queens Now.” He says the trucks are dangerous for a number of reasons seen here. 

Moretti has also been complaining for months about the issue. He says the NYPD took some action to curb the problem, but it's not enough.

"The 103rd precinct was issuing some summons I would say about two months ago, but pretty much has slowed down," Moretti says.

Police officers pulled over several drivers when we were there, but the trucks kept coming even as they were leaving.  We reached out to the city transportation department, which told us they have posted cameras to observe the traffic. The agency said, based on the information, it will consider placing “No Truck” signage on streets that had off route truck activity. 

When we asked them about one truck—a DOT vehicle we saw rumbling down the street at 8 a.m. in the morning—they claimed it was part of was part of a resurfacing road work project nearby. As for the NYPD, the department wasn't saying much when we asked for statistics on their enforcement.

Fed up residents say the lack of answers is also a sign of what's been happening here.