311 Report Highlights Things Sheepshead Bay Residents Complain About
New Yorkers are born complainers. The tradition started in 1626 when the leader of the local Lenape Indians informed his people that he sold Manhattan Island for $24 worth of beads. You can only imagine grumbling as the Lenape packed up their things and headed for Staten Island. While someone could probably fashion a list of over a million complaints that New Yorkers assert on a daily basis, researchers at the Furman Center have boiled down the most frequently registered complaints issued by every neighborhood in the city.
By analyzing 311 data from last summer, the Furman Center produced the map seen above. While this map gives you a general idea of what New Yorkers are upset about, we thought it would be interesting to see what specifically people in our area have been griping about. Here is a break down for our local communities. Spoiler? People really need to stop blocking the driveways.
Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach (lumped into one category by 311):
Street Light OutNo Access (blocked driveways)With licence plate (derelict vehicles; sometimes vehicles that appear abandoned or have parked in a space for too long)Seagate and Coney Island:
Loud Music/PartyVerminPotholeWest Brighton (a.k.a. Coney Island, from Ocean Parkway to the Steeplechase Pier):
VerminBroken Muni-MeterWater SupplyBrighton Beach:
No AccessPothole- Broken Muni-Meter
Homecrest:
No AccessVerminSewer BackupMidwood:
Ceiling (this is a complaint against landlords [including the MTA, in the case of train stations] for crumbling ceilings)Fallen BranchesNo AccessOcean Parkway South:
No AccessFallen BranchesDead AnimalsGravesend:
- Street Light Out
- Derelict Vehicles
- Pothole