Man hoarding large bags of garbage on sidewalk Archived

Pacific St. And 4th Ave. Brooklyn, NY Show on Map Hide Map
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461480

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Boerum Hill

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For the past three days a man has been collecting trash from the city cans around the area in large black bags. At first he was storing these bags in the nook behind the MTA elevator on the sidewalk at 4th Ave. and Pacific St.

The MTA cleared out this mound of stuff and either they or the man put it behind the PC Richard building, again on the sidewalk.

Now he's actually putting his black garbage bags on the top of the garbage can at that corner and waiting for it to fill up with trash so he can then take it and store it behind the building.

This morning I observed him going through the trash from a small bag and putting it into another bag. He camps out behind the elevator and appears to be keeping more and more stuff there. Litter from his stuff is collecting around the area.

I've filed a 311 complaint for trash violation and I plan to call today about the "encampment" situation. My husband told a police officer about it on the other side of 4th Ave. this morning and the cop told him that a) it's across the street so not his jurisdiction and b) the man isn't doing anything that's "hazardous".

How is hoarding large amounts of trash on a public sidewalk not a public health hazard? We already have a rat problem on this block.


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