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A collection of 9 issues

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 problem in Ditmas Park: dog poop minefields [/what-to-do-about-dog-owners-who-dont-pick-up-poop-bensonhurst/]on the sidewalks. Last week, we spotted these pet waste containers strapped to U-channel poles on four residential blocks that have long

Sign Up To Learn About Rat Prevention And Get A Free Rat-Resistant Trash Can

Tired of chasing rats out of your yard and garbage cans, or seeing them running by when you exit the subway station? Then sign up for what the city Health Department and Brooklyn Community Board 2 (CB2) call “Rat Academy.” The fun-sounding workshop will be all about the not-at-all-fun problem

Following Problems With Garbage In Our Area, City Places New Trash Cans On Cortelyou Road & In Newkirk Plaza

After neighbors repeatedly reported problems with the regular trash baskets along Cortelyou and in Newkirk Plaza (such as garbage accumulating around the bins), the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] worked with Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/] to get the new trash cans that have recently appeared

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Spotted on Beverley Road between Coney Island Avenue and Stratford Road: A garbage truck filled with garbage cans. We’ve certainly heard complaints about the need for more (or fewer) trash cans [/blog/sanitation/need-a-trash-can-on-your-block-request-one-from-the-dsny] in our area before, and it’s good to know that our local Department of

Request A Trash Can For Your Block From DSNY

Now that the ice on our sidewalks is pretty much all melted, some big concerns that remain are litter and piles of dog waste [/blog/animals/whats-the-best-way-to-combat-abandoned-dog-poop]. Readers on our sister site, Ditmas Park Corner [/], brought up the doo issue even in a discussion about ice removal [/blog/sanitation/one-neighbors-plea-for-shoveled-sidewalks]

Church Ave Gets New Trash Cans

Church Avenue just got 17 new trash cans! It might not seem like much, but when your trash cans look good, so does your neighborhood (as long as people use them), and we’re proud to have our neighborhood looking good. Thank you to the Church Ave BID [http://www.

Winds Picking Up: Remember to Secure Loose Items

The winds are definitely starting to pick up outside, with gusts of up to 75 miles per hour expected overnight [http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=11215]. If you have any loose items remaining outside your home or building, on a deck or fire escape, bring them inside

Milestone Park: Dumping Ground For Household Trash?

We received a call from a concerned citizen pointing us to a heap of what seems to be household trash dumped in Milestone Park at 18th Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street. Local reporter, Elle Spektor [/the-feast-is-back-but-18th-ave-business-owners-have-mixed-expectations/], visited the site and had this to say: > I’m attaching

What The What: Reduce and Recycle?

It’s a common site: Elderly women and men pushing grocery carts filled with bottles and cans. Sometimes, they rifle through public bins and other times, it’s private trash. It’s not easy work, especially for a septuagenarian, and the reward is often worth less than the effort. Yet,