Care about Columbia Street

Yes it is a mess and neighbors do care and are equally disgusted! One gentlemen is responsible for most of the debris. He lived across the street in Carroll Gardens Assn. housing and was evicted a couple of months ago- and the problem has escalated. Sanitation has cleared out the debris at least 3 times, but this effort has to be sustained (weekly) as he rebuilds as soon as they leave. The others who sit just to the north are long-time fixtures on Columbia Street and are cooperative (they are collecting and bagging their own trash) between our monthly clean-ups (see below).

4 things you can do:

1.) call 311 and report a "homeless encampment". The Community Affairs Unit at the 76th Precinct is working on getting placement for him.

2.) Come to a Public Services Committee meeting of the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Assn. in Sept. Go to www.cowna.org for details.

3.) Come out to (and bring your neighbors and friends)to a Greenway clean-up held the second Saturday of every month at 10am at 145 Columbia Street. For details go to www.brooklyngreenway.org. These monthly clean-ups are co-sponsored by Columbia Waterfront Assn. and make a huge difference. We did not have a clean-up in August.

4.) I will be out there later today doing a mini-clean-up. I have trash bags and trash grabbers. Post me back if you'd like to join me.

Posted by: BGeye at August 23, 2009 3:18 PM