No Direction: out-of-control line at Harry Styles NYC pop-up store wreaking havoc, leading to scuffles, nabes say

It’s a sign of the times.The Harry Styles pop-up store in the East Village is causing havoc for neighbors of the promotional merch outlet — as the massive line of the crooner’s fans is blocking traffic, slowing the mail and even leading to one local being arrested for threatening a guard’s throat with a key.The Together Together shop’s boisterous line has completely taken over Second Street since it opened last month in conjunction with the start of Style’s 30-show residency at Madison Square Garden.Residents say the store has made the atmosphere in the trendy neighborhood go in just one direction, straight downhill — as they complain that other businesses are being blocked, Styles fans are getting aggressive and the store’s staff has been rude and dismissive.
“There hasn’t been outright consideration of businesses on the block,” fumed Isabelle Phillips, an actor who works at a store on the block.“[The lines] hurt businesses.Everyone’s avoiding the street like the plague,” Phillips said of the decreased foot traffic, adding that the pop-up staff’s poor attitude has only made the situation worse.“I got a little sass this morning from people who were working and I’m sure there’s some egos involved.”The nuisance lines sprouted Aug.
26 to celebrate the opening of the pop-up, which will run through Nov.1, when the former boy-band warbler’s run of solo shows ends.
But the near-daily surge of fans hasn’t slowed as the weeks wore on — forcing area residents to deal each day with crowd control barricades and lines that weave down the sidewalk and around the block.The Post on Thursday witnessed the line even crossing in the middle of the street — with staff stopping traffic to allow the fans to jaywalk.The fans wouldn’t even make room for a frustrated mailman, whose desperate pleas for the line to move out of his way fell on deaf ears.
“There is no space, no room to get by … They see me coming and they won’t move.I...