Cleaning up the neighborhood

Our street got a little cleaner last week with the addition of a garbage can corral in front of the apartment building at 15 Hawthorne. The cover over the garbage cans means a lot less crap gets blown down the street and, inevitably, into the tree pit in front of this blogger's house. Apparently, a similar structure has been added to 11 Maple Street.

Kudos to the Department of Sanitation for getting on top of the building owners.

If you know of a building that needs to better take care of its trash or recyclables, you can let Sanitation know using one of these handy forms:

Failure to Properly Store Receptacles - Receptacles that are placed out prior to collection day or before 5pm on the evening before collection or that are not removed after collection.

Loose Rubbish Violation - Rubbish such as newspapers, loose papers and cardboard cartons must be flattened and securely tied when put out for collection.

Overflowing, Broken or Uncovered Receptacles - Building owners are required to provide adequate receptacles for collection.

Apartment Owner/Manager Recycling Violation - Building owners must provide storage areas for receptacles and recyclables, post signs and remove mixed trash from recyclables.

Comments

[Kyle Young]

Unfortunately, there’s nothing like this at 11 Maple, yet… but it would be great!

[landlord505]

As an interesting side note - some of the tenants in the building REFUSE to put the garbage into the bins but leave them on the side - to blow crap all over the street.

[Wow]

My landlord got cited for # 4 about 2 weeks ago, was that you guys... You got to be the new whities (no offense) who moved in between flatbush and beford... hi

[Charles Star]

Well, we're among the new whiteys. There are a lot of new whiteys on our stretch of Hawthorne and we're far from the newest.

[bushgurl]

I would like to say that I know that ur the new whities that started this site and when I get the chance I read some of the stuff, y don't u write how ufriendly u and ur family are and moved into a neigborhood were most consider themselves family or neigbors, u make sure that when you leave ur property that u hold ur head in the other direction so u don't make eye contact with the locals, well I have news for you, you have enter a neigborhood where there is hardly any house break-ins and car theft, so a little hello won't hurt a caucasian person as yourself
I know that u might feel that ur better, but let me tell you something get to know ur neigbors first than you write all this some I what I consider Rubbish about hawthorne street!!!!!!!!!!!!!