Gary Stone Jr. is disgusted with the crap taking place in New Castle’s parking garage.

The Mercer Street facility’s primary purpose is pretty straightforward. Over the years, however, it developed a seedy underside, hosting questionable and unwanted activity.

Wildlife reserve. Romantic hideaway. Skateboard park. Vagabond retreat. Traveling Port-A-John.

“Every winter, we have some kind of disgusting thing happen here,” said Stone, the garage’s office manager.

The latest incident, which took place Sunday, will force Stone to end weekend elevator service.

Stone and his family were leaving Westgate Cinema in Union Township when the Lawrence Emergency Operations Center contacted him. The garage’s elevator alarm was ringing nonstop.

Stone soon located the problem: the elevator was stuck on the garage’s fifth floor with its emergency stop activated.

Inside was a bigger mess.

Unfortunately, it’s not the first time the garage has served as a public outhouse.

“This isn’t the type of behavior that should be taking place in an elevator,” said Richard McGarvey, a Pennsylvania Department of Health spokesman. “You would hope you could find a facility relatively close by.”

Elevator defecation cases are not tracked by the state.

“The risks from that are all relatively low,” he said. “Certainly, from a psychological standpoint, people might be offended by it.”

Count Stone among those offended.

“We can’t be here 24-7.”

Stone said he believes the city’s homeless are responsible for creating unsanitary conditions in the garage.