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January 20, 2009

Storing Garbage in Rental Unit

Hi,

I recently rented an apartment in a small rental building (3 residential rentals and 1 commercial rental on the ground floor). The building does not have a location, either inside or outside, at which I can store garbage between pickups. I have lived in many rental apartments in New York, and there has always been either an area in the basement, or bins in front of the building for storing garbage before pick up. The super in my building told me that I should just leave my trash outside of my door, and that he would deal with it. While this is a very nice offer (esp. since I'm in a walk-up), I believe that he may be putting the trash into public trash cans to get rid of it, and I'd hate for him to get in trouble. In addition, I'm expecting a baby soon, and I'm not sure that I want to leave diaper trash in the common stairwell, even for a few hours.

My question is this - are NY landlords required to provide a storage area for garbage? Or, in such a small building, do I just have to keep excess bags in my apartment until trash day?

Thanks!

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I just used Yale Picture Frame on 5th btwn 27th and 28th and they did a great job at a super reasonable price. Salespeople were helpful but very straighforward - didn't try to sell me anything I didn't need. A smaller poster with matting, UV glass, acid free backing and black wood frame ran about $75.

Posted by: rooster at February 11, 2009 3:14 PM in response to Picture Framing

Thanks so much for all of your help.

Posted by: rooster at January 21, 2009 1:04 PM in response to Storing Garbage in Rental Unit

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You can look up your trash pick-up days on the Dept of Sanitation website:

http://gis.nyc.gov/gisapp/sn/sanitation.jsp

Your landlord IS required to provide a trash area, but if you push him on it, that's probably a sure-fire way to make sure your lease is not renewed when it comes up.

Posted by: brooklynblondie at January 21, 2009 4:01 PM in response to Storing Garbage in Rental Unit

SanArt and Make-a-Frame are great. There's a closer one on 5th Ave by Biercraft. They do nice work but are mind-blowingly expensive.

Posted by: denton at February 11, 2009 3:27 PM in response to Picture Framing

San Art on 7th recently cut some nice archive-quality mattes on archive board for me, around 12" by 16", for about 20 dollars each.

Posted by: meerkatz at February 11, 2009 4:04 PM in response to Picture Framing

I do my own framing for my photographs, but for large or odd size stuff I use this place, on 3rd Avenue, which I recommend highly:

http://www.frameitinbrooklyn.com/

Posted by: Bob Marvin at February 11, 2009 4:21 PM in response to Picture Framing

I second Prints Charming on 4th St. I've had a handful of things framed there and have been very happy.

Posted by: fawn at February 11, 2009 4:56 PM in response to Picture Framing

Thanks everybody!

Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 11, 2009 9:41 PM in response to Picture Framing

I 3rd Prints Charming. Very nice guy, and prices seemed reasonable.

Posted by: mscrochety at February 12, 2009 4:54 PM in response to Picture Framing

Best price on framing in the city is way up on the Upper East Side

1405 2nd av

They do all the framing for this art gallery, so they have UNMATCHABLE economies of scale.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/for/1147761715.html

I've used them for years! They've always been on craigslist!

Posted by: thinkyouspeak at April 30, 2009 2:41 PM in response to Picture Framing