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Money Allocated to Clean Streets In Southwest Brooklyn

Paul Stremple

Paul Stremple

— 1 min read
An ACE crew member cleaning the New York streets (Photo via ACE)

Three City Council Members have allocated new funding to street cleaning efforts in their districts as part of the NYC Cleanup Initiative.

Council Members Treyger, Greenfield and Gentile all announced funding secured through the City Council’s NYC Cleanup Initiative, a program started by Council Member Greenfield four years ago.

Council Member Treyger’s 47th District will receive $200,000 in funding to continue cleaning six streets and add two more:

  • 18th Avenue, between 68th and 86th St
  • 86th Street, between 18th and 26th Ave
  • Avenue U, between Ocean Pkwy and Stillwell Ave
  • Avenue X, between Ocean Pkwy Stillwell Ave
  • Kings Highway, between McDonald Ave and Ocean Pkwy
  • Mermaid Avenue, between Stillwell Ave and West 31st St
  • 20th Avenue, between 61st and 76th St NEW
  • Bath Avenue, between 25th Ave and Bay 25th St NEW

Council Member Greenfield’s 44th district will put $350,000 towards the clean streets effort, using the money to expand cleaning to:

  • Avenue J
  • Avenue M
  • Kings Highway
  • 13th Avenue
  • 16th Avenue
  • 18th Avenue
  • Bay Parkway
  • Friends Field on Avenue L
  • 18th Avenue Park
  • Playgrounds at Col. Marcus Park on Avenue P

The funding will be used to hire outside agencies—a key part of the Cleanup NYC Initiative—including the Association of Community Employment, an organization committed to helping homeless men and women in New York off the streets through job training and employment.

Of the $200,000 allocated to the 43rd district, Council Member Gentile will use $180,000 to fund an increase in Department of Sanitation trash pickup to six days per week at six high-traffic pedestrian intersections and a mechanical broom for street sweeping.

The remaining $20,000 will go to the non-profit Wildcat Service Corporation, which does year-round work sweeping, removing graffiti and shoveling snow for the elderly. Wildcat works citywide, helping unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers on their way to financial independence.

Correction 9/7/17: The name of the ACE organization is in fact the Association of Community Employment, not Empowerment.

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