Park Slope Garbage Issue
I admire the hard work most of my neighbors and commercial establishments do in their attempt to keep this part of Brooklyn clean. But what I don’t admire is the attitude of some of Park Slope’s residents when it comes to taking care of their residential trash. One of those residents is the landlord of…
I admire the hard work most of my neighbors and commercial
establishments do in their attempt to keep this part of Brooklyn
clean.
But what I don’t admire is the attitude of some of Park Slope’s
residents when it comes to taking care of their residential trash.
One of those residents is the landlord of a building in the Park Slope
section of Brooklyn that has two addresses. One is 451 Fourth Street;
the other is 230 7th Avenue. Residents of these addresses have
disposed of their trash for years in a location outside 451 4th
Street. The landlord has been cited many times for not keeping with
community standards, not properly disposing of trash, not having
proper recycling bins, et cetera. Not enough receptacles for trash, and
so on.
Now the landlord has taken up space on the city-owned sidewalks
[without it seems any permits] for a small enclosure that inside have
two small Dumpsters. These Dumpsters are used for residential garbage,
and are owned by a private contractor, D&D Carting. They seem to be
emptied only once a week, Monday or Tuesday nights.
This is a residential neighborhood. People take out their trash twice
a week. We try and keep our surroundings tidy. Even the commercial
establishments in the area do not as a rule use Dumpsters or if they
do they are well-hidden.
Why has this landlord [listed by HPD as Lillian Anello, 238 7th
Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215] has been able to pull all of this off
without penalty is a mystery to me. The 451 4th Street location seems
to be a catch-all trash location for Anello-owned residences at 451
4th St/230 7th Avenue and 238 7th Avenue as well. In the middle of
this is the Lion In The Sun stationery store, which uses a different
commercial carting service for its trash.
What gives a landlord the right to take over a section of the
city-owned sidewalk for a trash enclosure? There doesn’t seem to be an
application for a permit from the Buildings Department. Why does a
landlord need a privately-contracted Dumpster in a residential
neighborhood where there are none, and Sanitation does twice-weekly
pickup? Please note these Dumpsters are used for residential trash
only and are not being used for building renovation at the same
address. Why is there no provision for recycling at these Dumpsters as
there is for all other residential buildings in New York City?
These Dumpsters are a health hazard, as well as a fire hazard and an
impedance to pedestrian flow on the city-owned sidewalk in front of
the building. And with the recent heat wave, this trash pile smells
and attracts vermin.
311 has been notified many times. Emails have been sent to the local community board, City Council person and the borough president. The Sanitation commissioner got a copy of this and many more pictures via regular mail.
What next?
Under certain circumstances it can be advantageous to have a private carter handle the garbage. The tenants do not have to separate the trash if the carter states that the garbage will be recycled post-collection.
None of this should be intended to excuse what’s in the photo.
only two tickets? I bet they have written many more. Its an easy way to meet the quota oops performance objectives.
Sanitation has written two recent tickets for this – one on the overflow issue and one on a non-recycling issue. Bottom line is that the landlord uses this as a dumping point for multiple residences and businesses … and that just should not be. But the landlord will probably just suck up the tickets as the cost of doing business, as they really don’t give a flying crap.
Actual residence of landlord is on Staten Island. Address used by HPD and Buildings is actually a business address. FYI It’s an old-school PS family that got lucky when real estate skyrocketed. Read into that what you may. The local renter of cheap rooms to kids. High turnover.
Why don’t you go directly to Lillian Anelo’s residence??? This is a simple fix…go to the Community Board meeting and get them onto it.
Find out why sanitation isn’t writing tickets.
restaurants are the worst offenders, and yes sometimes the garbage smells gross but I walk fast. My number one NYC gripe is the temperature of subway platforms in the summer. I can take the ninety-degree outdoors but the subway stations are like 115 degrees. Really inhuman, and unlike garbage, you can’t just walk away, you’re stuck until the next train pulls in.
oh my.. does anyone else see the foot sticking out of that trash!?!?
*rob*
Just because we are New Yorkers doesn’t mean we should have to be confronted with overflowing garbage everywhere. And something tells me that this pile doesn’t smell too lovely especially in this 100 degree heat.
Why don’t you call the district manager of the local community board and talk with him and not write another email/letter.
here is the contact info….unless you are in another CB but I am pretty sure this is yours. Also I would go to the next community board meeting and talk with the community chair. Many times the Sanitation department and DOT attends these meetings as well.
good luck
Craig R. Hammerman
District Manager
Brooklyn Community Board 6
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-6401
t. 718.643.3027
f. 718.624.8410
w. http://www.BrooklynCB6.org
e. districtmanager@…
You guys sound like rich suburbanites appalled at having to look at OTHER PEOPLE’S garbage prior to sanitation dept pick-up.
I thought most New Yorkers are used to garbage pick-up days.
In the old days people incinerated their garbage but that caused smog.