NYC Target bars kids under age 18 without adult after rash of delinquent fights

A Brooklyn Target has banned kids under 18 from shopping at the store without adult supervision — just the latest business in the area using drastic measures to curb delinquent behavior.The Target — located in the Triangle Junction mall on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H — recently began posting security guards at its front doors and carding anybody who doesn’t look of age, a store worker told The Post.“All guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult at this Target store,” a sign stationed inside the door reads.Anybody who doesn’t meet the age requirement and is without an adult is banned, and those who sneak in and get caught are escorted out.The measure was reportedly put in place to cut down on recent fights and other rowdy behavior among groups of teens who have been loitering in the store and around the mall, said a 25-year-old security guard working the Target’s door Monday.“It’s just regular.They play around.

They come in groups, you know, and a lot of kids — and they’re not really friends,” the guard told The Post.The teen problem has less to do with shoplifting — a rampant problem for Target and other stores that has grabbed headlines in recent years — and more to do with general delinquent behavior and loitering, he explained.“We try to make sure everybody doesn’t have a hangout spot after school,” the guard said.He said that just the other day, he had to intervene in a fight that began on the store’s second floor and eventually spilled down into its basement lobby.The dispute only heated up when he and colleagues stepped in to throw the rowdy kids out, he said.“They started cursing at each other.We sent them back down the stairs.

One of them threw a punch.Stuff like that,” he said.

“I’m assuming it’s the reason why this [age policy] happened in the first place.Because it makes guests uncomfortable.“We try our best,” he said.Some customers are fully onboard with the new rules...