Those walking along Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood are uncomfortable with the lack of trash cans or trash cans.
“Sometimes I come having a coffee and I can’t find a trash can and I have to leave it in a corner. Around here, this was usually very clean, but after there is no trash can, this is terrible, “said Adalgisa Estévez.
“We urgently need the garbage containers,” said Jorge Brito, another neighbor.
Several years ago the Housekeeping department removed the bins in about 10 blocks from this road, one of Ridgewood’s commercial arteries.
The neighborhood community board attributes the decision to area residents using trash cans to dispose of household waste.
Now, neighbors and businessmen want them back.
“They throw it on the floor so when the breeze comes it pulls it here. We take care of the sweeping, but anyway there is a lot of garbage that people throw it there. We need them to put the trash cans back, “said José Checo, from the Checo supermarket.
The manager of the Las Margarits restaurant said that in recent years he has received three fines for the accumulation of waste in front of his business.
“You get angry, but you can’t be anything because it really is the city that has to do that, bring the trash cans for people to put their garbage,” said Fernando Aspiros, manager of Las Margaritas.
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For their part, from the community board 5 they explain that the main problem is that in many properties the landlords do not provide a place where their tenants can dump their garbage.
“This has been going on for a long time, that’s why they abuse trash cans, because a lot of people just don’t care about their neighborhood or have nowhere to put their trash,” said Gary Giordao, manager of Community Board 5
From the Cleaning department they assure that they still have some trash cans in the area. And they urge residents and businesses in commercial areas who need a trash can to be part of the “Adopt a Trash Can” program.
Through this initiative they are responsible for emptying the trash cans whenever necessary.
The agency offers the plastic bags and takes care of the garbage collection.
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