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This Week In Brooklyn: School Re-Opening Delayed, Mayor Of Carroll Gardens, Soup Kitchens & Guns

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to pack food packages for senior citizens ahead of Rosh Hashanah, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – It’s Thursday and so much is happening across our borough. Don’t forget

Announcements

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,

Announcements

R&B, Classic Rock and Broadway Tunes at the Kings Theatre

SPONSORED: No plans yet for this weekend? No worries, Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] has you covered. Whether it is R&B, classic rock or Broadway tunes. There is something for everyone. Kings Theatre also offers the option to buy premium tickets through their Ambassador Club. [http://www.kingstheatre.

Announcements

“Little Pakistan” Clean-Up Day This Sunday

There will be a neighborhood-led clean-up in “Little Pakistan” (Coney Island and Foster Avenues) this Sunday, September 17, from 5 to 8pm. It is organized by the Pakistani American Youth Organization [https://www.facebook.com/payousaa/] (PAYO) in partnership with the Department of Sanitation in an effort to keep the

Central Brooklyn

De Blasio’s $32 Million Anti-Rat Plan Targets Bed-Stuy, Bushwick & Neighborhoods North

(Photo via gemsiecraven/Instagram)This week, the city turns its arsenal on those infamous, four-legged rodents that share our streets, [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00764.x/asset/sign764.pdf;jsessionid=F73EB4D2CCFF4B4462D268FADA1E5739.f01t02?v=1&t=j52v87n4&s=b618e49364759150c8f6ff1714bc49732a680947] subway tunnels, public parks, and garbage

Central Brooklyn

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 following special pickups in Brooklyn: CB12: Kensington, Midwood, and Boro Park The Sanitation Department is asking everyone who has bulk items to start placing them out for collection as early

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Bertha Schalk, The 1940s Marine Park Environmental Hero

Photo screenshot from Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52893011/?terms=bertha%2Bschalk]In July of 1948, Bertha Schalk was fed up with the city garbage trucks dumping trash into Mill Creek. The dumping caused a stench so bad that it drove Schalk to take to the

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Overflowing Garbage Cans Plaguing The Neighborhood; Sanitation Can’t Keep Up

Photo via Flickr/Oatsy40 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oatsy40/7631270960/in/photolist-5DuXrJ-mwQoP-B7tqxh-8BkjvV-BSsFQ-7C16w9-a5HFKk-oY4emS-5WLPtP-4M1hz4-5xA7U-dHPGVp-4PrmnV-nMN7Sm-7ZRmDA-abvGnz-cCmfZf-bkeKG7-vv7yY-bsfgR9-dta67j-jPsGq-58FDLC-kQMUTa-6BDwbs-dtcT5-5Nvt3Y-ehfVkK-Gxb22-6KMMMh-9Bxuxc-nEWQAP-4CQHkr-Kq5TJ-c2kj-6bnwJL-f5QH8t-poJw7k-8wN5kD-aspYdh-6kfjR6-UbM9K-4bNQBK-6EgDeR-8HosxV-8WrhF3-zxhCRb-JpdKTh-nZn2ht-xJKV1M] The garbage cans on the sidewalk on some of the busiest streets in the n

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Pollution In The Bay Continues To Cause Concern

Littered corner of Sheepshead Bay Pier near the Holocaust Memorial Park. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Mokrousova.Last week, a Sheepshead Bites reader, Elizabeth Mokrousova, reached out to us with her concern about the garbage-filled waters with shocking photographs taken at the edge of the pier. The photos show empty Ajax

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Parking Rules, Trash Collection & More Changes To Know On Memorial Day

Photo via daniellenebz [https://www.instagram.com/p/BF2q0bgIQQc/]If you’re hanging around the neighborhood this Memorial Day weekend, we’ve put together a list of places and services that will either be closed or operating under a limited schedule on Monday, May 30: • Government offices and courts are

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New ‘Friends Of The End’ Group Cleans Up Albemarle Road, Plans To Keep Beautifying Our Neighborhood

Photo courtesy Friends of the EndIf you’ve walked past the dead end where the subway tracks cut through Albemarle Road recently, you’ve probably noticed how much nicer it’s looking these days — which is thanks to a new group of neighbors who just formed the “Friends of the

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Holiday Schedule For Sanitation, Schools And More – Passover And Easter 2015

Photo by Ray JohnsonYesterday we briefed you on the parking and mass transit changes scheduled for the holidays [/holiday-schedule-parking-buses-trains-passover-easter-2015/] today, tomorrow and over the weekend. Below find notices about trash collection, schools and more. Sanitation The Department of Sanitation is picking up all garbage on all streets in Community Board

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Blizzard Watch: New York City Roads Reopen, Subway & Buses Resume On Sunday Schedule

Looks like New York won’t be getting a “record-breaking” snow fall after all. The blizzard warning has been dropped for most of the New York area – though it remains in effect for Suffolk County and Long Island. Snow accumulation predictions have been downgraded [http://www.amny.com/news/blizzard-in-nyc-weather-forecast-subway-status-school-closings-and-more-from-winter-storm-juno-1.

News

Deutsch Funds Graffiti, Trash Removal For B/Q Subway Overpasses From Avenue M To Avenue Z

Hrm. I wonder why Avenue Y’s overpass gets so messy. (Photo by John)The trash problem beneath the Brighton line subway overpasses in Midwood and Sheepshead Bay is finally going to get a little better after years of complaints from residents. Councilman Chaim Deutsch is sending $15,000 in

activism

Deutsch’s Do-ers Clean Up Avenue U As Part Of Larger Anti-Trash Initiative

Councilman Chaim Deutsch hosted his second community cleanup on Sunday, with volunteers turning out to sweep the sidewalks and gutters of Avenue U between Nostrand Avenue and Coney Island Avenue. Dozens turned out, including volunteers from Homecrest Community Services and local schools like Sheepshead Bay High School and Midwood High

71st st

From The Inbox: Petrosino Park At 71st Street Is A Pigsty!

Bensonhurst Bean reader Bob has had it with the messy parks in our neighborhood, and the hooligans who keep knocking over trash cans in the green spaces. He sent us the above photo (cropped below to better show the garbage), that show Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park at New Utrecht Avenue

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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

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Concern Over Sanitation At Cop HQ By The Parade Ground

A neighbor wrote us about how surprised he was this weekend on a trip past 397 Coney Island Avenue (between Kermit and Caton Places), which houses the NYPD’s Brooklyn South Task Force, Park Enforcement Patrol [http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/urban-park-service/park-enforcement-patrol], and Prospect Park Alliance [http://www.prospectpark.

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Photo Of The Day: Trash Treasures

A pretty stellar garbage find by Instagram user cashnwho [http://instagram.com/p/fjV0_KrtS4/]. Have you snapped any South Slope photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at

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Overflowing Trash Grossing Out Residents In Midwood, Borough Park

GarbageYou see it everywhere in Southern Brooklyn; bins overflowing with garbage, trash strewn across the streets and collecting over sewer gutters. It is getting so bad that it is hard to blame people for littering when the alternative consists of trying to balance your coffee cup on a trash pyramid.

Borough Park

Local Pol Presses Sanitation Commish On Overflowing Trash Cans

AwfulThe streets are overflowing with garbage and Councilman David Greenfield wants to explore all options to stop the tidal wave of trash. According to a press release, Greenfield pressed Sanitation Department Commissioner John Doherty for solutions at a budget hearing. When walking around certain busy streets the garbage problem becomes

CB 14

Additional Garbage Collection Planned for Passover

Additional garbage and recycling collection will happen in preparation for Passover. The Department of Sanitation once again approved the Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/passover-sanitation-collection-2/] plan for increased garbage removal. To highlight: * Tuesday/Friday and Wednesday/Saturday will have an extra pick up on Monday, March 25. * Monday/

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Photo: That’s No Hillside

Source: Anne F.This photo was snapped by a reader who writes: > I snapped this photo on Friday. I’m standing on the cement path leading up to the beach and I’m looking back at the Riis Park paring lot filled with debris from homes destroyed by Sandy. The

Andy Novick

Video: First Video Reports Of Plumb Beach Erosion, Pollution From 1977

This old news clip is full of vintage goodness, but it also highlights the longstanding serious issue of destruction at Plumb Beach [/weiner-city-wont-take-plumb-beach-erosion-seriously/]. Andy Novick, founder of the Plumb Beach Surf Club, 30-year Plumb Beach [/tag/plumb-beach/] advocate, and Sheepshead Bay’s first unofficial vlogger, submitted the video above. He

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Archived 86th Street Restaurant Photo Found

Source: www.Vintage.es/ Google MapsThis before and after photograph depicts the establishments around 2042 86th Street. The black and white photo is of Cohn’s Restaurant and Dining Room, an old Bensonhurst eatery. Today, the address doesn’t seem to exist. Currently, 86 Pharmacy is located at 2044 86th