Tree is leaning on and pulling down phone wires, and is encroaching on public space.

At the Newkirk Plaza overpass, by the Foster Avenue bus stop between E. 16th Street and Marlboro Road, on the South side of Foster Avenue just West of the bus stop waiting area, there are several mature trees, on the property South of the fence, that are arching over the fence, with the heavily laden branches at the top of the trees touching/landing on the sidewalk area where a tree pit might be located. They create an arch way under which people can walk. They are also leaning on and pulling down the telephone wires of a nearby telephone poll. The private property cannot be seen from the sidewalk.

Next to bus stop. Cut tree branches obstructing sidewalk. Sidewalk taped off.

The tree at 664 is split and will fall any moment. People are crossing the caution tape posing for pics beneath it.
A work order has been created by the forestry dept, but the tree is visibly splitting and will fall into the street and sidewalk. Both fallen trees at Rugby Road (664 & 668) need to be removed immediately.

Two large tree trunks fell over a week ago, one large trunk still not moved.

There is dangerous, jagged metal from a wrecked car sticking out into the sidewalk. I asked them to move car into their yard last week and they have taken no action. Plus, this auto shop always has parked cars on this sidewalk, they use it as an extension of their yard.

Huge chunks of broken Glass that are never cleaned up.

The site was formerly occupied by Elite Car Rental and now a parking lot and lot full of junk. Outside of the fence along the sidewalk is piles of litter. It never seems to be cleaned up and maintained. The litter is next to PS 217.

In June 2010, a large tree limb that fell, hit a parked car and broke the windshield, was cut up by firefighters but left on the sidewalk. The city never came to remove it even with requests to 311. All that was done was the police put caution tape up *across* the street where a branch on a different tree is hanging precariously.

The fallen limb is becoming a garbage dump with people just throwing their garbage in the branches. It won't be long before vermin start hanging out in it either!

Seven weeks after Irene brought down a tree outside 253 Stratford Road, the sidewalk remains impassable. The tree was removed by the fire service weeks ago, but there has been no progress on fixing the sidewalk. As a result, pedestrians, including families with strollers, must walk out onto the street .

Sidewalk on Cortelyou between 17th and 18th street in disrepair and always strewn with litter, because. Who is responsible for repairing sidewalk? Because it is a dead zone next to people's back yard/driveway the litter comes in via wind and pedestrian traffic. It doesn't seem fair to place the burden for keeping the block clean on the homeowner.

I hope the parks dept. Is planning on resodding and filling these huge ruts they created. They made the sidewalk wide enough to drive on but couldn't keep on the pavement.

Sidewalk and tree pits grimy. Pigeons roost in area, because they are fed from bakery, so lots of pigeon feces. Bakery dumpster always overflowing. Whole stretch of Rugby side of bakery off Cortelyou needs consistent washing and cleaning.

This area is grimy and filthy with litter, overflowing trash, pigeon feces, bakery residue, caked and hardened residue in the tree pits, one new tree dead from the hardened earth around it. The area looks and smells disgusting. Apartment and John's should get together to wash and thoroughly clean area often.

House at corner of Ditmas Avenue and E. 18 Street has badly cracked sidewalks on both the avenue and the street.
Walking is hazardous.

Why has this homeowner not been issued a citation. and the city taken the responsibility of having it repaired?? Does someone have to break a leg? I did in fact upload a photo of the crumbling sidewalk. The condition is getting worse.

Constant problem with litter along this stretch of Cortelyou. Two private homes abut the area and need to come to some kind of solution about maintaining area.

Lots of trash and litter strewn about the sidewalk.

John's Bakery (especially the Rugby Road side and adjacent apartment 380 Rugby) not looking after sidewalk and tree pits. Sidewalk never washed down outside bakery. Lots of pigeons, because of unsecured trash from bakery. How can we get the proprietor to look after the area better? Very grimy for a food business. Needs to clean up graffiti on apt. entryway at 380 Rugby. Love the bakery, wish they looked after outside more.

A year or two back about three trees disappeared one day on the southern side of the street on the block between E. 16th and E. 17th Sts on Newkirk Ave. The trees have still not been replaced and the aesthetics of the block really suffer as a result.

Even better: Replant the trees and reclaim some of the sidewalk on that block with grass or cobblestones such as been done on Cortelyou Rd.