Trash
The Straphangers Campaign [http://straphangers.org/] released the findings of their most recent “subway shmutz” [http://straphangers.org/shmutz13/] survey, and it appears that many of our local lines are getting a little gross [http://straphangers.org/shmutz13/Table_one.pdf]. Back in 2011, the group found that 69% of
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
just being myself
Take any photos in South Slope recently? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope], tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com and we’ll post them on the blog. Looking for a way to
Trash
Meet some neighbors and help make Ditmas Park a more beautiful place to live at the annual [/blog/events/thanks-to-everyone-who-helped-clean-up-the-neighborhood] graffiti clean-up and neighborhood beautification event on Saturday, June 1. Organized by the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/] and the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/
garbage collection
Source: Andre R. Aragon / FEMA.govGood news for those still clearing out their homes from the monumental wreckage wrought by Superstorm Sandy — the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will remove the special storm debris from areas hit hardest by Sandy through and including Monday, March 18, 2013. Sanitation crews have collected
Christmas tree
Christmas is over and it’ll soon be time to think about what you’re going to do with that big tree standing in your living room. Here are some options. Please note, you must remove all decorations from your tree before disposing of it at these events! Mulchfest Chipping
east 22nd st
Source: Senator Storobin’s officeThe following a press release from the offices of State Senator David Storobin: As of last month, Brooklynites can enjoy a cleaner Avenue U, thanks to the efforts of State Sen. David Storobin (R-Brooklyn). After opening his District Office at 22-01 Avenue U in June, the
Moustache
Seems that the biggest hipster in Ditmas Park shaved today. Did you take a photo of something unusual in the neighborhood? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], and we’ll post it on the
7-11
A reader sent in the above photo over the weekend, showing a former sidewalk tree well that has taken on a new life as some sort of insatiable garbage filtering organism. It looks pretty gross to us, but the reader provided a rather succinct description that hammers home just how
Trash
The sign before it was broken.Remember when we told you two weeks ago about the awesome group of kids that banded together to keep their streets clean [/kids-to-neighbors-keep-our-blocks-clean/]? Well, one neighbor didn’t take so kindly to the message. The sign after it was broken.The mom who organized
illegal dumping
Garbage overflows regularly at public trash cans. (Photo by Ray Johnson, two weeks before the storm.)The storm has caused so much destruction [/photos-damage-from-the-storm/], sending boats, trees and their limbs, signs, and houses crashing to the ground. But it’s not just the trees that got whipped in the wind.