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Man Dead After Crashing Car Into Garbage Truck

At the scene of the crash. (Photo via Loudlabs)CANARSIE – A 32-year-old man is dead after crashing his car into a sanitation truck early yesterday morning. On Sunday, December 20 at around 3:46 a.m., Kenneth T. Pamphile was driving a 2002 Nissan Altima and was traveling westbound on

Central Brooklyn

Illegal Dumping On Farragut Road In East Flatbush Is Out Of Control

The Borough President at the dumping ground. (Photo via Eric Adams)EAST FLATBUSH – Farragut Road near Utica Avenue has become a dumping ground for garbage. Now, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for people to document the culprit(s) and make their streets cleaner. “You know, this is our

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New Efforts To Keep Garbage Off The Streets

A litter basket in Ditmas Park. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Garbage has been top of mind for quite a few neighborhoods, especially those in less well-heeled areas, but also worrying some CEOs who penned an open letter to the Mayor last week [https://gothamist.com/news/tired-feeling-powerless-ceos-pen-letter-de-blasio-about-quality-life-issues] . Either way,

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Will We Get Our First Snow Tomorrow?!

Snow in Brooklyn. Photo from Bklyner Archive.New York City — The Department of Sanitation has declared a snow alert [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/resources/press-releases/dsny-issues-snow-alert-for-tuesday-november-12-2019-at-10-a-m] for New York City beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12. Get your hats and gloves out! Data

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How Long To Clean Up A Garbage-Infested Alleyway?

Before and after. (Photos: Mr. A)DITMAS PARK – Garbage, mice, and horrible smells took over a small alleyway between two buildings on Marlborough Road about a year and a half ago. After unsuccessfully trying to resolve the situation without involving authorities, it took one neighbor two incredibly frustrating months to

Central Brooklyn

Citywide Crackdown Targets Garbage Trucks For Inspection, Ticketing

Over the last year, traffic deaths and injuries caused by garbage trucks have dominated news cycles and community board meetings, with Brooklyn residents among those calling for stricter enforcement from the city on violations by private carting trucks. The message finally got through, it seems, and the NYPD has started

Central Brooklyn

Two Traffic Fatalities—And One Arrest—On Thursday

CROWN HEIGHTS – Early yesterday morning, another pedestrian was hit and killed by a city garbage truck [/sanitation-truck-strikes-cyclist-bushwick/]. This time, however, the driver was arrested and charged. Police got the call around 6:45 am on Thursday, October 11: a person had been struck by a vehicle at Eastern Parkway and

Bushwick

Sanitation Truck Strikes Cyclist in Bushwick, Keeps Going

BUSHWICK – Last night, a city sanitation truck hit and critically injured a bicyclist on a Bushwick street. The crash took place around 8:45 pm on Wednesday, August 1, said police, and involved a woman in her 20s. The cyclist was northbound on Evergreen Street, near Menahan, when the truck,

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Reminder: Dept. Of Sanitation Reduces Organics Pickup In CB6 Starting Today

PARK SLOPE – As reported last month [/dept-of-sanitation-will-reduce-organics-pickup-in-cb6-neighborhoods/], the NYC Department of Sanitation [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/home] (DSNY) is reducing the organics collection schedule for neighborhoods in Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page], including Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope,

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Dept. Of Sanitation Will Reduce Organics Pickup In CB6 Neighborhoods

[UPDATED: Tuesday, June 19 at 12:45pm] According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, at the end of Fiscal Year 2017, approximately 10.6 percent of the organic waste produced by residents with access to the curbside program was recycled. The three percent previously reported reflects both those

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Snow Warning Issued for Last Weekend of the Year

Snowy Brooklyn Sidewalk (Photo by maribeldelatorre via Instagram) / Snowy Brooklyn Sidewalk (Photo by maribeldelatorre via Instagram)After a couple days of frigid cold, it looks like snow will carry us out of 2017 and into the new year. The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a “Snow Alert”

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Let It Snow! First Snow of the Season Tomorrow

Barclays in the snow (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Well, winter is finally, truly, here. Tomorrow will see the first snow of the season, with 3-5 inches predicted to accumulate throughout the day, starting around 4:00 am and continuing throughout the day, into the night. Temperatures will be just above

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Sanitation Launches Appointments To Pick Up That Sofa

Got a new mattress and the old one has to go? Nobody wants your donation [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/donate/index.shtml] of a vintage sideboard? Now all you need to do is call 311 or go online at nyc.gov/bulk [http://nyc.gov/bulk] and request to

Bensonhurst

Extra Pre-Passover Trash Pick-Ups Scheduled For CB 12 & CB 14

Source: Flickr/jpotischCouncilman David G. Greenfield, Community Boards 12 and 14, and the Sanitation Department have collaborated to create a more robust garbage collection schedule in anticipation of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins Friday, April 22 [/avoid-40-years-desert-brooklyn-seder-guide/#.VxesrpMrLiw]. The modified garbage collection will include the following measures:

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Drop-Off Event This Sunday & Other Great Spring Cleaning Options

SAFE disposal event administered by the NYC Department of Sanitation. (Photo: Veolia North America)Spring is here! That means Spring Cleaning, which entails all of us trying to dispose of a wide assortment of items that should not go into our trash cans. If you are trying to safely get

Bensonhurst

The Questions We Didn’t Get To Ask At The Mayor’s Bay Ridge Town Hall

When we heard Mayor Bill de Blasio was headed to Bay Ridge for a town hall Tuesday evening, his first appearance in southern Brooklyn since taking office in 2013, we were hoping to get some answers. For nearly two hours, the mayor and a panel of experts took dozens of

Central Brooklyn

As Debate Rages Over Snowed In Curbs, We Ponder Solutions

Slushed out in Ditmas Park. (Photo: Sarah Crean)In the wake of Saturday’s historic blizzard, pedestrians in the greater Flatbush area are suffering through what critics say is a real gap in city snow clearing policy: it’s unclear who is responsible for shoveling out snow-clogged corners and intersections.

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Job Alert: Snow Shovelers Wanted By DSNY – $13.50/Hour

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCalling all able-bodied men and women: As the cleanup from this weekend’s blizzard continues, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia put out a call today for additional emergency snow laborers to remove snow and ice from bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants, step streets,

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Department Of Sanitation Tests Clothing Recycling Program In District 11

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’s the deal with that packet of pink bags from the Department of Sanitation. Each year, New Yorkers throw away more than 200,000 tons of clothing and textiles. To make it easier to reuse or recycle unwanted clothing, DSNY is testing out a curbside clothing

DSNY

How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree

Now that we’re back to the daily grind following the holidays, it’s also time to consider how to grind up that Christmas tree. The city offers a couple of options that will take your tree and turn it into mulch, which will provide cover for trees around the

DSNY

Thursday: Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Talks Trash At Its Next Meeting

The next Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association meeting will be held Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. inside the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park, Fillmore Avenue at Marine Parkway. The meeting’s focus will be on the search for a long-time solution to persistent sanitation concerns in the

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Need A Trash Can On Your Block? Request One From The DSNY

UPDATE 2/26: Our local DSNY district heard your suggestions, but unfortunately it looks like most of them are not eligible locations for receptacles. Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/] let us know that they’ll be happy to help with your ideas, and will be a better resource

DSNY

Number Of Tickets For Illegal Trash Dumping Drop 78%

June 30 marked the end of NYC’s fiscal year 2013, and with it came an incredible drop in tickets given to residents and business owners dumping their trash in city garbage cans, says the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/tickets-home-garbage-put-city-trash-cans-article-1.1436635] . In FY 2012, 4,185 tickets

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Sheepshead Residents Still Want Bulk Sandy Debris Pickups

Source: Andre R. Aragon / FEMA.govThe Department of Sanitation (DSNY) stopped hauling away large debris and garbage [/dsny-storm-debris-pickup-in-areas-hit-hardest-by-sandy-ends-318/] resulting from Superstorm Sandy on March 18, roughly five months after the storm paralyzed the East Coast. Despite the extra months of work, valiant Sanitation workers put in by trucking away huge

DSNY

Sanitation Department Extends Sandy Debris Pickups For One Month

Courtesy of Lisanne AndersonLast week we reported on a letter [/recchia-wants-to-extend-sanitation-deadline/] Councilman Domenic Recchia submitted to the New York City Department of Sanitation, urging them to extend their January 14 deadline for Sandy related bulk-pickup. Well, his pleas have been answered as the DSNY announced that they are extending their