Morning Mug: Sheepshead Bay, Let’s Clean Up Sheepshead Bay


by on Mar 20th, 2013

I don’t live very far from this incredible view, courtesy of our Maestro of Dramatic Sunsets (although, in this case, I believe it is a sunrise). It’s maybe a seven- to 10-minute walk from my house to the movie theater, but whenever I go, I always make sure to walk on the side of the street that the Amity School is on, because while this photo is stunningly beautiful (not to mention, extremely well composed), looks can be very deceiving.

It is a rare day that I have walked along the water side of Knapp Street between Voorhies Avenue and Harkness Avenue and found it not heavily polluted with trash and overgrown weeds (and heaven only knows what lurks in those weeds), which is a sorrowful shame considering the lovely vista the area provides.

See for yourself.

It’s long been a fantasy of mine to round up half a dozen (or more) like-minded individuals, armed with rakes, hedge clippers and garbage bags, and clean the hell out of this neighborhood eyesore. Hey, if we do, maybe Sheepshead Bites will write a story about us!

I wonder if any of you under the age of 30 remember this old commercial, which inspired the title of the post.

Photo by Stan Kaplan

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  • ron123

    I would suggest getting in touch with CB15 and tell them your idea for the clean-up.

    I am sure they will arrange it for you. I would volunteer my time when the time comes.

  • bill

    There are many organizations that do volunteer cleanups, beach cleanups, etc. Of course they can’t just go and do it, they need offical sanction to remove the garbage. In addition after years of doing it they get burned out while the garbage returns at the next high tide or wind storm. People eventually blame the “pigs” for all this and never realize that it is our culture of garbage generation and refusal to pay for its proper disposal that is the real problem. It is not unique to the Bay, NYC or the U.S.. Here in the Bahamas the beautiful desolate ocean beaches are awash with the plastic garbage floating in the oceans. It knows no boundries; it knows no countries. It is our contribution to the world order…written from Marsh Harbor, Abacos.

    • ES

      Thanks for your comment. It is really cool to know that Sheepshead Bites’ readership extends so far (I know the Bahamas isn’t Greenland, but it’s still a hike from the Continental US). Sometimes when I walk past that area, I feel like the crying Indian after he navigated his canoe through a river whose water mass was outnumbered by pieces of trash. I think I will do what ron123 up above suggested and contact Theresa Scavo at CB15, and then work from there. The weather is getting nice[r] and I think a community cleanup would be good for the soul.

  • MrArtTuro

    Lovely.

  • Hoosier

    Also a lot of trash out Emmons toward the beach…..always.

  • nolastname

    A few years ago you wanted help to clean up Knapp Street, that never happened. Perhaps this time something will come of it.

  • ShadowLock

    • ShadowLock

      LOL…………..