Bensonhurst gets summertime cleanup
Volunteers sweep litter off sidewalks
Bensonhurst residents were greeted with clean, litter-free sidewalks on Wednesday, thanks to a community cleanup organized by Assemblymember William Colton and Councilmember Mark Treyger as part on an ongoing “Speak-Up & Clean-Up” campaign aimed at getting rid of trash and raising awareness about the importance of keeping streets and sidewalks clean.
Dozens of volunteers, including local high school students, came to the clean-up headquarters at the United Progressive Democratic Club on Bay 25th Street to pick up brooms, shovels, trash bags and gloves supplied by the New York City Department of Sanitation and then fanned out across Bensonhurst to campaign to conduct the clean-up.
The volunteers cleaned a wide area of the community including the blocks along the 86th Street commercial zone from 25th Avenue to 16th Avenue, and the blocks along 18th Avenue from Benson Avenue to 82nd Street. In addition, Colton’s forces cleared away litter from the streets surrounding Bensonhurst Park on Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue.