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Department of Sanitation

Jun
30
Expanded Organics Collection Has Arrived At Last!

Expanded Organics Collection Has Arrived At Last!

Photo provided by NYC Department of SanitationSome people have brownstone envy. I have brown-bin envy. I often find myself strolling
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Jun
19
200 Volunteers Clean Up Trash-Ridden Bensonhurst Streets

200 Volunteers Clean Up Trash-Ridden Bensonhurst Streets

Photo via Assemblyman William Colton’s office.On Saturday, more than 200 young volunteers worked to clean up Bensonhurst. The
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Apr
05
Additional Sanitation Pickups For Passover

Additional Sanitation Pickups For Passover

Just a quick reminder to everyone cleaning and getting their homes ready for Passover: NYC Sanitation department has added the
3 min read
Nov
10
Zero Waste Fall Leaf Collection Begins This Weekend

Zero Waste Fall Leaf Collection Begins This Weekend

(Photo via annanovv [https://www.instagram.com/p/vULKyEsLH4/?modal=true] / Instagram)This weekend, the NYC Department of Sanitation [http:
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Sep
13
Can The East 16th Street Zombie Lot Rise From The Dead?

Can The East 16th Street Zombie Lot Rise From The Dead?

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The hulking, rusting trash heap growing in the vacant lot at 210 East 16th Street,
8 min read
Sep
13

Can The East 16th Street Zombie Lot Rise From The Dead?

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The hulking, rusting trash heap growing in the vacant lot at 210 East 16th Street,
8 min read
Jul
29
Metal Flies Off Roof Of Half-Finished Southwest Brooklyn Waste Transfer Station [Video]

Metal Flies Off Roof Of Half-Finished Southwest Brooklyn Waste Transfer Station [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRfcU9kTkNI&feature=youtu.be The fierce winds earlier this week caused a six-foot
3 min read
Jul
25
Shuttered Ulmer Park Library Becomes Neighborhood Eyesore [Updated]

Shuttered Ulmer Park Library Becomes Neighborhood Eyesore [Updated]

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanUlmer Park Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/ulmer-park] (2602 Bath Avenue), which has been shuttered for
2 min read
Jun
21
Free Electronic Waste Pick-Up For Seniors & People With Disabilities

Free Electronic Waste Pick-Up For Seniors & People With Disabilities

Source: zzkt [https://www.flickr.com/photos/zzkt/11532160146/in/photolist-fEPDT2-3fbbsB-5Vx69y-5WLPtP-iz4krm-6wpU1e-U9Gxd-AoJzc-7fE3mF-ev4KHK-4HiR6y-bmic-7P3yk5-yBPw1-afBv8-4L5zFM-6FZE39-4CMtzz-4ehatE-6SZi9q-6oi69M-2ydJu4-4nPd6-5sMd7W-7TySZ6-7aUzYk-BPSwJ-6qW9cC-oLHUh-2zHwH-37ENAb-46Rb1P-fEPCcg-2TKB86-2TQ1x1-6GDATm-6GDAKC-3Hm2Mu-7LM2k7-6y1yJh-tZXXc-i3fufh-49wuWm-5Umr5U-4bp9FT-iYxpt4-iz4gcE-4UdXi5-aw2eP-a1FBkm/] /FlickrNot sure what to do with that broken air
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May
06
City Council Passes Bill To Protect Sandy Victims From Sanitation & DOB Fines

City Council Passes Bill To Protect Sandy Victims From Sanitation & DOB Fines

A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Council unanimously passed a package of bills sponsored by City
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