this is the parking lot on the southern side of state street at the water street intersection.

who owns this lot? who is responsible for maintenance?

i know across state street, the knights of columbus allow the police to park there, creating a void of responsibility. Town Green has led clean-ups in the lot to help mitigate the trash on the other side in the past.

NEW HAVEN POLICE
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/police/
MISSION STATEMENT
"We, the men and women of the New Haven Police Department, believe in a shared responsibility with our community to create a safe and inclusive city. We are dedicated to reducing crime AND PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT BY TARGETING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES in our neighborhoods and business community through aggressive enforcement of the law. We will carry out this mission with professionalism, fairness and absolute integrity."

Great, how about applying the mission at HQ?

Still not fixed, just as trashed as ever! Maybe the "morale issues" being raised by the Police Union could begin to be improved if they took an active roll in caring for their property!

Is NHPD going to do a cleanup of their own property?

The only trash in the parking lot is the bad apples that make the good, honest cops look bad

Trash level fluctuates but is never truly clean. This space could benefit from some imaginative re-purposing ideas! It's our Welcome Mat from the Train Station. Anyone got any great ieads?

I think this is owned by:

170 Union Avenue
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
Co-Owner Name C/O DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
Owner Address PO BOX 317546 UNIT 403
Owner Address Cont'd

Whenever I think about New Haven, I think about trash. When people ask me: "What is New Haven like?" I tell them that it is dirty and dangerous.

This issue was recategorized from Uncategorized to Policing Issue.

I noticed just the other day that new trash has gotten scattered through here- looks like pink/white/yellow forms (blank, not used). Here's hoping a solution to this can be found as citizens work hard on solutions to brighten up the walk from the train station!

The PD no longer (and haven't) for some time. This is now simply a property managed by ConnDOT (and soon Union Station will take over management).

I'll forward to the New Haven Parking Authority for review to see if they have access to it -

That would be great, thanks Doug!! There are no trash bins here so I don't know how or why trash bags are ending up over the fence. Might take a look at whose forms those belong to as well, to learn the sources of the trash while we're trying to discover who is responsible for cleaning it up...

Are those forms blank? or filled in? It occasionally happens that private and confidential documents do end up as litter. You can tell who left them by what forms they are, so that is interesting,, and the owner of the documents should be ticketed for violations of some kinds.
Looks like this property fell through the cracks as the 'responsibility hot potato' gets tossed around, and meanwhile,, yes, the first thing people see getting off the train is an honest look at a failing city.

Thank you for contributing to this constructive dialogue and helping to improve our community. In the subsequent years this area has seen a significant increase in utilization as well as condition. Given this requests age and the lack of additional steps to take at this juncture we are closing this issue. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.