Closing Bell: Councilman Stephen Levin Announces Greenpoint Cleanup Plan
After a questionable but widely covered study ranked Greenpoint the worst-looking neighborhood in New York City, local government officials decided to beautify the neighborhood with an initiative called Clean Greenpoint. Business owners who sign the Clean Greenpoint pledge are expected to sweep their storefronts once a day, pick up litter along the sidewalk, adopt a street…
After a questionable but widely covered study ranked Greenpoint the worst-looking neighborhood in New York City, local government officials decided to beautify the neighborhood with an initiative called Clean Greenpoint. Business owners who sign the Clean Greenpoint pledge are expected to sweep their storefronts once a day, pick up litter along the sidewalk, adopt a street tree, and report graffiti, according to a press release from Council Member Stephen Levin. In exchange, they get to hang a Clean Greenpoint sign in their storefronts and receive a planter box made by the Greenpoint Youth Court. Levin and the Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce announced the new partnership this morning at Charlotte Patisserie on Manhattan Avenue.
Photo by Scott Lynch
I think Williamsburg where the Hasidic Jews are is a hundred times worse than the the worse block in Greenpoint.
I rode my bike through a lot of Greenpoint this summer, I thought it was nice.
Kingsland, Nassau, Diamond, Monitor, Russell Humbolt.
I did not go under the BQE so maybe thats the crappy part??
Agreed, colombianbeefbk I used to get off the train on Metropolitan to walk to a job on Morgan Ave. It was one of the most hideous walks ever. Not detail on any of the buildings. I think most of it way predates the 1980’s though. More like late 50s and 60s..
That being said, there’s a lot that can be done with plants that will soften even the most woeful streetscape. Look hard around Bedford Ave. Plenty of ugly buildings there, too.
It’ll take a lot more to improve the look of Greenpoint. How about creating an incentive for landlords to remove the ugly vinyl siding that turns these old houses into ugly plastic boxes, they can restore it or put up more decorative siding maybe brick facades. I’m not saying they should be forced to shell out for expensive clapboard or woodwork but there are more decorative siding options even in vinyl that would make the neighborhood look more inviting and less cheap 80’s looking. Restore the Cornice, add some fishscale, wood shingled roofs, replace rusty awnings or maybe just an incentive to break up a lot of the concrete and replace it with gardens. Outlaw Fedders style building as well.
who’s paying for that, comrade?