sanitation

Nov
02
Residents Have One More Day to Submit Comments on $20 Million Project for Sheepshead Bay Courts Sewer System

Residents Have One More Day to Submit Comments on $20 Million Project for Sheepshead Bay Courts Sewer System

Repairs to the Sheepshead Bay Court houses damaged in Hurricane Sandy have been a long time coming (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)
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Sep
12
“Little Pakistan” Clean-Up Day This Sunday

“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
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Sep
07
Sanitation Launches Appointments To Pick Up That Sofa

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/
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Sep
05
Waste Transfer Station In Gowanus Begins Operations Today

Waste Transfer Station In Gowanus Begins Operations Today

GOWANUS — Operations begun today at the new Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station (Hamilton MTS) located in Gowanus, Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn
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Jul
21
Cymbrowitz To Put More Cops On The Booze Cruise Beat

Cymbrowitz To Put More Cops On The Booze Cruise Beat

(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After a renewed uproar over party boaters sullying the Bay [/more-party-boats-more-trouble-on-sheepshead-bay-piers/] this year, Assemblymember Steven
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Jul
13
De Blasio’s $32 Million Anti-Rat Plan Targets Bed-Stuy, Bushwick & Neighborhoods North

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,
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Jul
12
Doody Calls: Neighbors Install Pet Waste Stations In Ditmas Park

Doody Calls: Neighbors Install Pet Waste Stations In Ditmas Park

East 16th Street. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Neighbors are taking a stand against what has been called an age-old
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Jul
03
$2M Bathroom Tops Off Renovations To 18th Avenue Park

$2M Bathroom Tops Off Renovations To 18th Avenue Park

(Photo via Council Member David Greenfield’s office)The long-awaited, $7.5 million renovations to the heavily-used 18th Avenue/Gravesend
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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
28
[Update: Re-Opened!] Sycamore Closed Temporarily After DOH Inspection

[Update: Re-Opened!] Sycamore Closed Temporarily After DOH Inspection

Sycamore Bar and Flower shop, 1118 Cortelyou Road, June 27. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 6/28 at 4pm:
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