Trash Washes Up In Sheepshead Bay, Again
We’ve covered the trash that has periodically piled up in the water at the various corners of the Bay before. Looks like there’s been even more reported trash sightings over the weekend. A reader...
View ArticleVideo: Private Garbage Company Caught Dumping Illegally On East 17th Street
SHEEPSHEAD BITES EXCLUSIVE: When a local fruit and vegetable market on East 16th Street near Avenue Z closed up shop last year, neighbors were relieved, saying the location often left smelly, rotting...
View ArticleIt’s Back! Return Of East 14th Street Trash Bin Gives Chance To Observe...
GARBAGE GAZETTE: As of last week, a new public garbage can sits on the northeast corner of Avenue Z and East 14th Street – and its presence gives us a new opportunity to study a budding theory about...
View ArticleGarbage Theory: And Now It Overflows
GARBAGE GAZETTE: As we promised yesterday, we’re keeping an eye on a newly-placed public trash bin that reappeared after more than two years at Avenue Z and East 14th Street. This can was last emptied...
View ArticleGarbage Theory #3: And The Pile Grows…
GARBAGE GAZETTE: With the trash bin long past full, people have started delicately balancing coffee cups and other wonderful decorations in nooks in the trash heap. But they haven’t stayed there long,...
View ArticleGarbage Theory #4: Clean Streets… For Now
GARBAGE GAZETTE: In our last edition of Garbage Gazette: Garbage Theory, we deemed the corner “officially a mess” after Sanitation workers failed to empty it on their Tuesday route, and garbage piled...
View ArticleBarking Dogs Disrupt Otherwise Peaceful Tranquility Of New York City
There is a dog that lives across the street from my apartment building. I can’t see this dog, and I have no idea what it looks like, and despite this, the dog and I have a very intimate relationship....
View ArticleHeat Season Kicks Off Citywide, Landlords Must Provide Heat, Hot Water Of...
October 1 kicked off “heat season,” during which landlords are required to provide heat and hot water to tenants or face costly violations from the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and...
View ArticleOverflowing Public Garbage Could Be Deadly During Hurricane
I know, I know. We harp enough about garbage problems in Sheepshead Bay. But I just took a walk down Sheepshead Bay Road, and what I saw was particularly galling. Just about every public garbage can on...
View ArticleConstruction Lamps At Coney Island Hospital Blinding Drivers?
A high-powered spotlight used to illuminate Coney Island Hospital’s (2601 Ocean Parkway) construction work appears to be irking neighbors, and possibly blinding drivers. Here’s what tipster Ed L. wrote...
View ArticleChristmas Tree Recycling Program Kicks Off Today!
From the Department of Sanitation: The NYC Department of Sanitation will be conducting special collections for mulching and recycling of Christmas trees. Collections will take place beginning on...
View ArticleTemporary Comfort Station At Marine Park Vandalized!
A staffer for Councilman Lew Fidler sent us the following note yesterday. Today, Council Member Lew Fidler was informed that vandal(s) broke into the portable trailers, which have been used as a...
View ArticlePhoto: In Lieu Of Garbage Can, Put Garbage Here
GARBAGE GAZETTE: I’m sorry, but people are dopes. I certainly don’t understand the point of these little garbage can prisons, but I also don’t understand why anyone, upon seeing one without a garbage...
View ArticleFinally, A Solution To NYC’s Dog Poop Problem!
Let’s make one thing clear, it is not the fault of dogs that their waste litters our streets. It is the fault of the owners. Their irresponsibility degrades the quality of life in streets across the...
View ArticleFrom The Inbox: Bay Improvement Group President Rails Against Illegal Fruit...
A frustrated Steve Barrison, president of the Bay Improvement Group, sent out this e-mail to local pols and Sheepshead Bites last night, demanding action against the illegal vendors hawking...
View ArticleOverflowing Trash Grossing Out Residents In Midwood, Borough Park
You 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...
View ArticleNoticed More Trash On The Streets? That May Be Because The City Has...
It’s not news to Southern Brooklyn residents that local trash bins have been overflowing with disgusting levels of trash, but now the reason has become a little clearer. The New York Daily News is...
View ArticlePhoto: Chikurin’s Private Garbage Carter Needs To Do A Better Job
So this is what I stumbled across on my walk to the coffee shop this morning, a putrid stream of slop and waste stretching a quarter of a block long, and filling the air with rancid scent. The mess is...
View ArticleA Study Finds That Subway Platforms Are Dirty And Ugly, Surprising No One
In a bombshell investigative report, the New York Post has learned that subway stations and platforms, even in the glitziest sections of Manhattan, are disgusting and visually unpleasing. The stunning...
View ArticleCan We Add Political Campaigns To The Do-Not-Call Registry, Please?
BETWEEN THE LINES: Whether or not your candidate was elected, the end of the 2013 political campaign season surely delighted Brooklynites frustrated by months of annoying, unsolicited...
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