City cleans up fallen tree at East 19th and Gravesend Neck Rd (Courtesy of Arthur Borko)
Well, the city has finally gotten around to removing that fallen branch we reported on last week, a full two and a half weeks after it first fell. As you can see they are also trimming the rest of the tree to prevent future incidents.
It’s not quite a Christmas miracle, but it does appear to be another victory for Arthur Borko, following his reports that got a trouble-making sign near Bassett’s Deli removed, and a fallen sign at Cass Place fixed.
Meanwhile, I’m still holding my breath for a few victories of my own. Better transit service, anyone? Repairs to Plumb Beach? Cleaner streets?
I must have been naughty.
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Yay! Three for three now. Pulitzer prize contention for Arthur already.
We’ll get the repairs to Plumb Beach, and you will deserve some of the credit. Changing the way the MTA manages their projects is a bit more difficult. But the third is doable. We just have to keep getting the word out that this neighborhood is not a cesspool, and it is acceptable to disrespect it.
Arthur,
Hurry!!! Hurry!!! I need to see your car service car again.
Now all we need to do is get him behind the Anti-Sewage-Treatment-Plant-Smell Petition, and I will be a happy camper. Seriously, it is god awful.
way to go Arthur.
I saw them, 2 chipper trucks and 1 supervisor for 1 branch.
Correction on my above comment. I meant it is not acceptable to disrespect the neighborhood.
I hate when that happens. And I omit words way too often and don’t notice until later.
Lisanne!, we definitely know what you meant.
Hey now!
Thanks Ned but I can hardly claim victory here. While I’ll graciously* accept you’re accolades for the signs by Bassett and Cass Pl, if it wasn’t for my articles the situations may have gone unnoticed by those in position to fix things, I can’t accept them here.
Unlike a street sign where most people complain to themselves and friends but never know who to speak to in city government, something like this fallen tree branch would have eventually been taken care of the city with or without my article. As we discovered the owner of the home directly in front of the tree that cracked called 311 the same day it happened. I doubt my little article caused the city to react any faster. Considering it took another week for anything to be done I can only guess that my article pretty much did nothing but give our readers another reason to scowl at city resources or claim Bloomberg is the anti-christ.
I should also point out that in all these situations I’m not the only one that deserves credit. Lets not forget that you, Ned Berke, deserve credit. I discovered this site only this summer, and in a short time of my unique style of commenting you decided to give me a voice to air some of my annoyances. Teresa Scavo from CB 15 also deserves credit. If I’m not mistaken it was her prodding the DOT that got those changes made, once we made her aware of course. If any of us contacted the DOT on our own none of this would have happened, we’d have been ignored. In fact, I STILL haven’t received an email from the Brooklyn Traffic Commissioner or whatever about the city’s definition of “school day”.
In a community like Sheepshead Bay it’s a team effort. We all lend a voice, we all do our part, and only be sticking together can we change our community for the better, even if I technically live in Midwood.
*Oh who am I kidding, I’ll accept accolades for anything!
It is a team effort. But yours is often the first voice heard from. You deserve credit for bringing things to our attention that we often overlook.
Arthur: My tongue was situated firmly and contentedly in my cheek.