A lower Manhattan residents' group has lodged a lengthy complaint against a neighbor over screaming parties, loitering crowds and late-night disturbances, said a letter published in US media Wednesday.

The offender is none other than the Apple Store on the corner of Greene and Prince Streets in Soho, one Manhattan's most upmarket boutique streets.

"Since the Apple SoHo store moved in six years ago, it has become the worst neighbor in SoHo," wrote SoHo Alliance director Sean Sweeney.

"No bar, nightclub or construction site comes close to ruining continually our quality-of-life like Apple SoHo has."

The final straw was a Jonas Brothers concert at the trendy store earlier this month, he said.

"This concert attracted thousands of young teenage girls who screamed incessantly on the street for hours for their idols, blocking traffic, injuring one resident in the crush, and inconveniencing scores of other people and businesses," he wrote in the letter, which was addressed to city and state elected officials and Apple management.

Other signs of "irresponsible corporate behavior" include "illegal night-time construction," as well as "flood lights on the roof often kept on all night, glaring into people's homes" and a noisy air conditioning system.

Perhaps more irritating to residents than the business itself are the crowds of people it attracts, Sweeney noted.

- "Crowds for Apple SoHo on a regular basis that necessitate police barricades, adding to pedestrian crowding, preventing access to high-end businesses on Greene Street and subsequent diminution of income, as well as restricting residents access to their homes.

- "Subsequent litter left by these crowds who often number in the hundreds, and who line up and even camp out overnight on public sidewalks, giving SoHo the appearance of a homeless encampment.

- "Apple employees during their breaks lounging, eating, smoking, littering -- in effect, trespassing -- on nearby people's stoops."

Sweeney added that the "residents and businesses of SoHo desperately need your help regarding constant problems we have with Apple SoHo" and asked for assistance to "curb this egregious corporate behavior."

A call requesting comment from Apple was not immediately returned.