sanitation
While we wait for City Council to help eliminate clothing donation bins [/blog/sanitation/city-council-holds-public-hearings-on-new-bill-against-illegal-clothing-donation-bins] from being repeatedly, illegally placed on public sidewalks, our neighborhood continues to be a target for them [/?s=clothing+donation+bin], and for the mess they attract. The bin pictured above has been in front
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A big thank you to all the neighbors who took part in various local cleanup and beautification events [/blog/events/reminder-come-meet-your-neighbors-tomorrow-during-graffiti-cleanup-beautification-day] this weekend, and to those who sent in photos! We received some great snaps from William Bredbeck (who captured the scene above), Donald Loggins, Nathan Thompson, and Lauren Elvers
Department of Health
When you head out for a bite to eat in the neighborhood, does a restaurant’s letter grade from the Department of Health [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml] factor in your decision on where to dine? Neighbor Jason L. De Leon reached out to us
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Ready to sort your orange peels and coffee grinds along with your paper and plastic? According to Community Board 6 [http://brooklyncb6.org/], the Department of Sanitation’s pilot household organic waste collection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycrecycles/html/foodyard/pickup_residential.shtml?utm_source=Newsletter+2014-01&utm_
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Thanks to the Department of Sanitation (we’re assuming) for finally [/blog/sanitation/department-of-sanitation-you-tease] getting rid of the abandoned bicycle that you flagged for removal a couple weeks ago [/blog/sanitation/ever-seen-sanitation-remove-a-derelict-bicycle] on Union Street near 5th Avenue. But why only take one, and not the other that was also
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Do you live along one of the streets that’s been milled by the DOT [/blog/transportation/road-work-on-ditmas-avenue-this-week], but not yet paved? “Wonder if road repairs will take care of the puddles,” says our neighbor who sent this photo of Ditmas Avenue and E 17th Street. She says there are
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Love a clean Church Avenue? Have ideas on how to keep it that way? Then join the Church Avenue BID [http://www.churchavenue.org/] and local merchants to identify problem areas and develop strategies for keeping Church litter- and graffiti-free long after the cleanup on Saturday, June 1 [/blog/sanitation/
Animals
Friends and neighbors, we come to you today to discuss something that is increasingly plaguing our streets. Dog poop. It’s uncertain as to if this increase in canine fecal matter is the result of people not wanting to stop in cold weather, or a deep-seated fear that visiting aliens
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We know Christmas was only yesterday, but if you want to start planning how to get rid of that lovely Christmas tree, here are some options. Please note, you must remove all decorations from your tree before disposing of it at these events! Mulchfest Chipping Event at Prospect Park [http:
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When you think rain and flooding, it’s hard not to think of poor 4th Avenue [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/33/dtg_fourthflooding_2011_8_19_bk.html] . But during a bad downpour, and at this time of year when the leaves start falling and collecting in storm
sanitation
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had some recycling bins along Cortelyou?
dos
If Assemblyman Dov Hikind gets his way, Sanitation enforcement agents may soon begin brushing up on their shutterbug skills. The Borough Park-based assemblyman [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Dov-Hikind/] recently told the Brooklyn Eagle that he plans to introduce a bill that would require city Sanitation agents to snap