garbage
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
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
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
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
dog poop
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
garbage
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.
garbage
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
ave j
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
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 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/
garbage
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.
Andy Novick
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