Is This Your Clothing Donation Bin On Brighton Beach Avenue? Remove It, Pronto


by on Mar 14th, 2013

If you put clothing into it, that clothing will not go to the homeless. It probably will just end up in a landfill.

About a month ago this bin appeared on Brighton Beach Avenue near Brighton 14 Street. It is adorned with a wide variety of stickers from charitable organizations, but nowhere does it state who is responsible for the bin and to whom the donated clothing will go. The contents of many of these bins are sold for profit at thrift stores rather than being donated to charitable causes.

The bin probably also was put there without the knowledge or consent of the property owner. It is my guess that he notified 311 or the Department of Sanitation (DOS) requesting its removal since it is in violation of City law. A DOS sticker on the side facing the street states so.

It also states that the bin will be removed by Sanitation by April 4 if the owner does not remove it before then. Most likely the bin will be sold for scrap and the contents discarded.

Update (1:49 p.m.): This photo was taken earlier this week. We were just notified that the box has been removed as a result of complaints to 311. Hooray, city services!

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  • asdf@yahoo.com

    i know who this belongs to, there is another one of these on sheepshead bay rd, the guy takes the clothes and sells it overseas, it does not go to homeless or poor. the guys office is on 1733 sheepshead bay rd and there is another one of these infront of that building.
    you can do the rest of the inestigation and get in touch with him,

    • MyBrooklyn

      good for him…at least he does not harass people with
      tickets or physically and verbally abuse people like PIGS do who lie and steal

      • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

        It’s deceptive, and the items he collects could have gone to a group that actually does distribute them properly to those who need them.

        If he puts up signage that explicitly states this (and some do) then if becomes the responsibility of those who place items in the bins to read that information. Otherwise, it is possibly criminal, as one is implying that they are running a charity.

        • MyBrooklyn

          So we the people should give free pass to cops and politicians who lie to us, steal from us and abuse their authority…you all bunch of herd and you know it and they know it…so keep making ends meet every months.

          • BrooklynBus

            Since when do two wrongs make a right?

          • MyBrooklyn

            Since when people on top of us try to take away last dollar from us and freedom…

          • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

            The behavior of police does not justify the breaking of laws. Our society breaks down into chaos when such thinking becomes acceptable to a significant minority.

    • nolastname

      Just saw one on the corner of Y and E15th.

  • Allan Rosen

    I would guess that the owner removed it because Sanitation stated they woud give him 30 days to remove it or show cause that it wasn’t on City property. That’s what the notice stated.

    Hopefully, he removes the other one also which belong only on private property.

  • snoreasaurusrex

    If this thread does not go dead after a few people look at it you may want to look at youtube for a documentary about where your donated clothing ends up. It is sold for a profit. the name of the film is t shirt travels. here’s the link. I try to inform and educate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCIlgUeYlM&wide=1