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# Another Day Documenting 86th Street’s Trash Problem
- URL: https://bklyner.com/86th-street-trash-problem-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2014-11-05T16:28:17.000Z
- Updated: 2014-11-25T05:54:38.000Z
- Author: Rachel Silberstein
- Tags: bay pkwy, dumping, illegal dumping, litter, #API-Imported

![trash-tree-1](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trash-tree-1-580x433.jpg)

Really, people. Is it that hard to hit the garbage can?

This poor tree was just hanging out on 86th Street and 20th Avenue when someone decided to turn it into a personal trash bin. It was stuffed to the brim with empty water bottles and coffee cups when we visited two weeks ago.

![trash-tree-3](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trash-tree-3-580x433.jpg)

When we checked back today, someone had generously cleaned out the tree. But either they didn’t do a very good job, or more callous jerks wandered by, because now there are empty coffee cups all over the ground.

![trash-tree-2](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trash-tree-2-580x433.jpg)

Then, on the same corner, there is this lovely junk-filled newspaper stand. At least the trash is free, right?

![trash-paper](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trash-paper-580x433.jpg)

And the most ridiculous part is that there is an *actual* trash can 20 feet away!

![trash-can](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trash-can-580x433.jpg)

What’s the deal with [folks leaving trash where it doesn’t belong](/residential-dumping-really-blame-86th-streets-garbage-problem/) anyway?

Throw out your trash, people. Let’s keep the neighborhood looking pretty.