Karl “Action News” Junkersfeld caught today’s “storm” on tape. See the blizzard that wasn’t after the jump.
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Garbage Pick-Ups Tonight and Tomorrow; Recyclables Maybe Starting Monday
This in from Judy Stanton of the Brooklyn Heights Association: The latest word from our Sanitation garage superintendent is that he’s sending out garbage trucks tonight and tomorrow throughout the Heights, and he expects to collect all garbage EXCEPT FOR RECYCLABLES before the snow starts tomorrow afternoon. Regarding recyclables: FINALLY, the DSNY plans to resume […]
F and G Trains to Run Normally This Weekend
From Community Board 2 comes word that the suspension of service on the F and G trains between Jay Street and Church Avenue, Brooklyn (to be replaced by shuttle buses) to accommodate work on the Culver Viaduct has been postponed from this weekend to the following one (January 14-16) because of snow predicted for this […]
Parking: Guess What?
Notify NYC sez: The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, has suspended Alternate Side Parking Regulations for Wednesday, January 5th through Saturday, January 8th to facilitate ongoing snow removal and trash collection. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. Hmmm…the forecast for this weekend is for […]
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Despite the promise of the Department of Sanitation that “limited” garbage collection would resume today after a week’s suspension, (trucks are reportedly still out plowing snow) a walk around Brooklyn Heights this evening suggests that nobody’s trash has been picked up since this morning. No Sanitation trucks were seen driving around BH streets, and garbage […]
Remembering the Blizzard of 2010
Boy, those were the good ol’ days — something like 20 inches of snow and nowhere to go. The mayor told us all to calm down or somethin’ as our streets remained unplowed, garbage piled high, stranded limos blocked our streets and Department of Sanitation vehicles crushed our cars. Last week was awesome! In case […]
Dumping Snow onto Willow Place – Brilliant Department of Sanitation Strategy or Hijinx?
We’ve just received this dispatch from BHB tipster in Willowtown about an DSNY vehicle reportedly dumping snow onto Willow Place:
BHA: Garbage Pickup Resumes Tonight
The Brooklyn Heights Association gives us the following news: This is the word from the superintendent in charge of the Sanitation Department (DSNY) garage that services Brooklyn Heights (as well as the other neighborhoods sharing our Community Board district), and his information is more specific to us than anything you might be hearing on 311 […]
Parking Update
This in from Notify NYC: The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, has suspended Alternate Side Parking Regulations for Monday, January 3, 2011 to facilitate snow removal. All other regulations, including parking meters, will be in effect.
BHA: No Garbage Pick-Up Planned for Brooklyn Heights
The Brooklyn Heights Association notified its members last night that the NYC Department of Sanitation has not scheduled garbage pick up for the neighborhood and does not expect them to do so anytime soon:
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