tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post6822345578619099962..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Trash ViolationsClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-67577472268239608492018-10-27T09:19:22.100-04:002018-10-27T09:19:22.100-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14013172818139680320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-301439512918721612013-03-11T14:59:47.895-04:002013-03-11T14:59:47.895-04:00Thank you so much. Feeling the change already. THA...Thank you so much. Feeling the change already. THANK YOU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-23181614884964572482013-03-06T10:52:11.063-05:002013-03-06T10:52:11.063-05:00Agreed, Snob, cultural differences is not an excus...Agreed, Snob, cultural differences is not an excuse for business owners who go into business knowing the laws then just don't follow them. But if there are no consequences then why should they? In the end, as with so many different things lowering quality of life in NYC, if not endangering our lives like cars speeding and running lights and turning into crosswalks without looking which is the biggest way people get killed, it's really about the city actually enforcing the laws. In the upcoming elections in NYC I am not voting for ANY candidate who doesn't promise to get tougher on all these things. If for no reason than to raise money for the city. The fact they'll fire teachers before they fine a scofflaw business owner it's just absurd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-80375185005246147402013-03-04T15:09:26.986-05:002013-03-04T15:09:26.986-05:00I am all for pressuring the local businesses and l...I am all for pressuring the local businesses and landlords to own up to their responsibility to clean up their property, (many thanks for speaking up Mr CF) but I think some of the anger directed at them in the post and the comments is misplaced. Although they're responsible for cleaning up the mess, by and large I don't think they're the ones who create it. For that we have many selfish, thoughtless neighbors to thank.<br />It might be the law, but it has to be frustrating, day in day out...diaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-3035064789308778872013-03-04T10:43:40.458-05:002013-03-04T10:43:40.458-05:00I appreciate Rasta's comments, and agree that ...I appreciate Rasta's comments, and agree that there are cultural differences as to what to do with your chicken bones and that this adds to the scourge of litter in PLG. But that shouldn't apply to the business owners, who just have to clean up after their neighbors, period. Just like I do, every day in front of my house.The Snobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651104992931398542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-59148570947896260512013-03-04T09:51:38.330-05:002013-03-04T09:51:38.330-05:00Thank you Q for your keeping pressure on this tras...Thank you Q for your keeping pressure on this trash issue. I just came back to from a shopping trip to DR and I noticed that early in the am a few building super are out there sweeping many parts of Flatbush avenue and it has improved in the last year. As Anon 6:55 has remarked the stretch between Winthrop and Parkside is where you need to focus the summons! The landlord of the building at the corner of Flatbush and Parskide where many of these businesses are located should get special focus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-11936028195172576252013-03-04T06:58:17.177-05:002013-03-04T06:58:17.177-05:00i hope this isn't taken the wrong way. I am sq...i hope this isn't taken the wrong way. I am squarely on the side of cleaner streets. but...<br /><br />Culturally speaking, many people in our neighborhood regard where they live as babylon. They have little incentive to take care of a place that has historically taken advantage of them and left them with little. Being 'forced' to do something (cleaning up trash) is viewed as a continuation of the system treating them as less than.<br /><br />I hope that this OPINION isnt too much for the readers of this blog. I hope that the next several comments aren't about gentrification, how this is a trolling comment, etc.<br /><br />I am just trying to participate and add some perspective.RastaPastanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-58819874499883879862013-03-03T21:32:28.816-05:002013-03-03T21:32:28.816-05:00It's about time. Please keep hitting them wher...It's about time. Please keep hitting them where it hurts! Some of these businesses have no respect for their neighbors. How do they even expect someone to patronize their businesses is beyond me!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-56879266434203995212013-03-03T19:32:17.321-05:002013-03-03T19:32:17.321-05:00I've got ZERO sympathy for the businesses on F...I've got ZERO sympathy for the businesses on Flatbush that allow garbage to pile up. Chicken bones, fast food wrappers, beer bottles, hair extensions, dog crap. It's obnoxious and disgusting, and if hitting them in the wallet is the only way to instill a sense of civic duty, then fine. If they resent it, too freakin' bad. The number of times I've had to pick soda cups out of the branches of street trees is ridiculous. If you can't respect the tiny slice of your environment the public has to traverse, I do not care if you are driven out of business by onerous fines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-13406816211717294442013-03-03T18:55:55.757-05:002013-03-03T18:55:55.757-05:00Come down to Flatbush between Winthrop and Parksid...Come down to Flatbush between Winthrop and Parkside on the west side of the street going north. JJ's side... it is putrid.<br /><br />And it stops traffic to the wonderful places - Globe Electronics (that guy is GREAT!!) and Jamaican Pride. Those two are true treasures. <br /><br />YOu wanna make a hit in the office for less than 5 bucks? Head to Jamaican Pride and get a loaf of Jamaican Coconut Sweetbread. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-50496967567522716382013-03-03T10:06:10.068-05:002013-03-03T10:06:10.068-05:00Good work. Keep at it and be as aggressive as need...Good work. Keep at it and be as aggressive as needed without apologies. It's not cruel or unfair to ask businesses to stop ignoring the piles of garbage on their sidewalks. The worst stretch of Flatbush to my eyes is between Lincoln Rd and Empire. It's INSANE. Just disgusting. That stretch is the gateway to all the Flatbush neighborhoods - what a way to represent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-15130346600762954912013-03-02T22:05:53.267-05:002013-03-02T22:05:53.267-05:00Great work. I have started reminding homeowners in...Great work. I have started reminding homeowners in my community of their responsibility to keep their tree pits clean - can you give an example of the language you and your wife use? I'm having trouble putting together sufficiently firm but non-argumentative language.<br /><br />Thanks!The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620566130798466769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-33183108547803574762013-03-02T17:46:19.346-05:002013-03-02T17:46:19.346-05:00Yay! Please keep it up - and can Pearl ask the Do...Yay! Please keep it up - and can Pearl ask the DoS to target Nostrand Ave as well, please (although it's nowhere near as bad as Flatbush)?babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.com