Wow, this looks exactly like a photo of Jamaica and what I usually encounter. Damn, what the hell is going on with Queens and here I thought that Jamaica was the only mess, hell bits of Jamaica are getting cleaned up and now the rest of Queens is looking like shit. Maybe Astoria needs a "Cleanup Astoria Queens Now" site.
Funny, Peter Vallone talked about how well he takes care of Astoria at the Jamaica Queens Borough President candidate debate, when I brought up the question of garbage/litter problems.
can't be sure but i think this is in front of a c-town supermarket - looks that way from google maps.
i used to live around here about 6 years ago and l don't remember it looking this bad.
if this is in front of c-town i would recommend nick complain to the store manager and say that this garbage makes a really bad first impression. the garbage makes potential customers think the food inside the store could also be dirty, unsafe and that many people won't shop there if the area isn't kept clean.
now, cue the people who say nick shouldn't have to do this, the store manager shouldn't have to clean this up, the politicians should be doing their jobs, the sanitation workers should be doing their jobs, the police should be doing what isn't their job, the people who live there now are vermin, astoria's full of hipsters anyway now so who cares, bile, bile, bile bile, and so on...
yeah, you're right. no one should have to go to such lengths to get trash picked up. it's not right. it sucks. unfortunately, however, it doesn't look as though this situation is going to change anytime soon.
so to let the trash just sit there while waiting for someone else to do something really isn't good as it will attract even more trash to the same spot. then that becomes the norm - what a lot of people get used to and they don't even see the trash anymore. this is how a neighborhood slips.
The shop owners should clean in front of their stores several times a day - it's not as though they don't have enough underpaid slaves to do the shit work.
Big stores can afford to put out garbage pails - that's what they do in other parts of the country. These places charge enough for their worthless, cancer-causing industrial food.
We need a public education program that fights littering. During the 60's we had Phil D. Basket and the Crying Indian. Kids were bombarded with the anti-littering message.
I think you mean "Vallonia"--the dynastic domain of "senior" and "junior" Peter Vallone--son and grandson of Judge Charles Vallone.
The Vallone family has also left Astoria littered with their political garbage for decades.
Now little Petey is running for beep and his bare domed brother Paul is running for councilman. They're attempting to muscle more turf for themselves.
What else do you expect from a dynasty of political trash? It's coded in their genes.
AVELLA-GRAZIANO is your only ticket to real change--or else face ruin.
A Vallone pincer attack, from the west and east, will destroy your formerly quiet neighborhood and turn it into an overcrowded under served Vallonian-Astoria!
Oops--I forgot to mention CB7's own, Chuck Apelian, a supporter of the Vallones.
Hello, Chuck. Isn't running or participating in a political campaign a conflict of interest with your duties at CB7?
There is definitely something going on with the sudden proliferation of litter thoughout Queens. I have driven around several surrounding neighborhoods and my conclusion is that they are indeed obviously getting extremely filthy . Question is : where is DSNY? Why aren't they giving out summonses or having crews go out and cleanup some of these eyesores? Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Elmhurst (the worst), Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Middle Village, Glendale, Ozone Park, Briarwood....all get D's or F's in my book. The trash/litter problem along sidewalks,, commercial strips, residential areas, parks, are all staggering and very troubling. What the hell is going on?! Joe, it appears that you and Jamaica are not alone .
can't be sure but i think this is in front of a c-town supermarket - looks that way from google maps.
REALITY
HOW CAN YOU TELL - THE ENTIRE BOROUGH LOOKS LIKE THIS MORE OR LESS
Myth
i used to live around here about 6 years ago and l don't remember it looking this bad.
REALITY
WELL THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BEACON GOES UP TO ATTRACT OTHER CULTURES WITH DIFFERENT SANITARY HABITS, TRANSIENT KIDS WHO DON'T GIVE A SHIT, AND EVERYTHING DONE TO FRUSTRATE THOSE THAT DO - LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING.
THE LATTER WASTES POLITICIANS TIME AND MAKES THEM LOOK BAD.
Myth
if this is in front of c-town i would recommend nick complain to the store manager and say that this garbage makes a really bad first impression. the garbage makes potential customers think the food inside the store could also be dirty, unsafe and that many people won't shop there if the area isn't kept clean.
REALITY
NEVER HAVE COMPLAINED TO A STORE MANAGER HAVE YOU?
NO AUTHORITY FIGURE IN VALLONIA GIVES A SHIT ABOUT WHAT THE PUBLIC SAYS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, TO THE LOCAL PRESS, TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD.
ONE PERSON SHOWS UP TO COMPLAIN. 100 PEOPLE ARE IN THE STORE SHOPPING. THE STORE MANAGER ACTS LIKE VALLONE WHEN YOU COMPLAIN. HE WILL HARDLY LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AS HE SAYS 'CALL MY OFFICE.'
COMPUTERIZED DAILY NUMBERS TELL THE STORY ON SALES NOT SOME WHINING OLD LADY.
Myth
now, cue the people who say nick shouldn't have to do this, the store manager shouldn't have to clean this up, the politicians should be doing their jobs, the sanitation workers should be doing their jobs, the police should be doing what isn't their job, the people who live there now are vermin, astoria's full of hipsters anyway now so who cares, bile, bile, bile bile, and so on...
YES AND... AND... FUNNY HOW PEOPLE GET THEIR DRAWERS IN A KNOT ON IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE GAY ISSUES, IMMIGRANT ISSUES, AND MOVING NEXT TO A TRAIN YARD AND STAYING AWAKE AT NIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMETHING IS INVOLVED IN THE TIRED AGENDA OF THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE OR DEVELOPMENT THESE GUYS SEEM TO WAKE UP AND FIND THE TIME.....
yeah, you're right. no one should have to go to such lengths to get trash picked up. it's not right. it sucks. unfortunately, however, it doesn't look as though this situation is going to change anytime soon.
REALITY
DAMN RIGHT. THE NEWSPAPERS NO LONGER PROVIDE MEANINGFUL NEWS, JUST PICTURE AFTER PICTURE OF SOME POL STREET NAMING OR PANDERING TO TWEEDING. THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
Myth
so to let the trash just sit there while waiting for someone else to do something really isn't good as it will attract even more trash to the same spot. then that becomes the norm - what a lot of people get used to and they don't even see the trash anymore. this is how a neighborhood slips.
REALITY
THE DEVELOPERS GET LAVISH ATTENTION. MY TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR THAT.
TONS OF PROGRAMS ARE SET UP FOR EXOTIC MINORITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION GROUPS. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU SPENT YOUR CHILDHOOD IN A LIBRARY YOU WILL FIND THE TIME TO DEVOTE A MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX THAT ROOM UP OR FILL UP A HOLE IN A SWIMMING POOL FOR A BOGUS CULTURAL VENUE THAT YOU WILL NAME AFTER YOUR FAMILY.
SO THE QUESTION REMAINS: WHY DOES THE SAME POL BREEZILY WALK BY A SHIT PILE ON THE WAY TO A TWEEDING EVENT OR A CLOSED DOOR CHAT WITH A PISTILLI OR ALMA OR ELMEZZI DELEGATION?
THAT IS A QUESTION FOR LIL PETE WHEN HE COMES TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR INTEREST TO PLAY COMMUNITY BOARD OR PLAY CRUSADING NEWSPAPER OR PLAY CITY COUNCILMAN.
I GUESS THE NEXT TIME LIL PETE SHOWS UP IN YOUR COMMUNITY ASK HIM ABOUT HIS RECORD.
THIS IS EXHIBIT 'A'. GO AROUND VALLONIA, YOU CAN FILL A BOOK WITH LETTERS.
Let's all be honest with each other. Queens, for whatever reason, has attracted the nastiest of immigrants. All of these south american immigrants truly don't care and just throw their trash in the streets just like they did at home.
Easterns did this? My recollection is that pics from communist europe always showed clean streets. I figured it was Dominicans, Columbians, Pakis or Dot heads, no? They throw their shit right in the streets.
The people leaving trash all over the place come from countries where this is common. It is simply what people who move from one slum to another do. It's part of the diversity of Queens. You Europeans need to get used to it.
Astoria is vastly overrated. Moved back here a few years ago and regret it big time. Transplanted white people from the west and ex-gay manhattanites have infiltrated this community - result - too noisy, expensive and very little privacy.
Bide my time and will make a gracious exit out of this place.
Sanitation is lazy, slow, they come when it pleases them and when they show up, they do a shoddy job of disposing garbage. Easiest job in the world and they can't get it right...unbelievable.
You see people illegally dumping garbage on other people's property. If you own, you should think about investing in a surveillance camera. Tenants are transient, don't respect one's property and they don't want to follow simple recycling rules that a monkey can understand..it's no wonder that you see garbage on the streets.
Too many people with little or no skin in the game in Astoria. There you have it.
Hi guys. I posted the photo and it is diagonal from C-town. On a block of apartment buildings that obviously don't care what the street looks like. I called 311 yesterday and sent the pic to Vallone. I'll post an update if this ever gets cleaned up. Its been like this for almost a month.
I'd do it myself but I already take care of my own block and my fiance forbids me from cleaning their block too. And not that i'm joining in the race bashing but everyone on that block is from south/central america. It just seems that they have a completely different standard for what is an acceptable way to live.
Ohh and by the way, the ctown guys actually sweep up every morning thankfully. The crosswalk is kind of gross but there is rarely trash on that stretch.
Forget Vallone ? Not while I am paying his salary. Not while I see him waste time on development that is destroying our community. Not while I see him squandering our money. Not while I seen him hiding during that blackout a few year back.
Public safety my ass. All he cares about is peeping toms and tagging. Makes sense. His adolescent twitter and facebook posts makes him the laughingstock of the community!
Sure different cultures have differing habits.
But the political hacks not only plead for them to come here, but instead of trying to help them fit in they pander to them to the point that they are enabling them to break laws on illegal entry. After that do you think the pols give 2 shits on littering?
Whenever I see bigoted comments here they almost always follows bashing the politicians.
Its almost as if they send their hacks here to tag this site with this language in case one of the foodies or the Occupy people drift over here by mistake.
When they see that kind of language their knee jerk reaction to to flee from this blog --- which is the point.
We don't want too many people to know what is really going on do we?
Question is : where is DSNY? Why aren't they giving out summonses or having crews go out and cleanup some of these eyesores? Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Elmhurst (the worst), Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Middle Village, Glendale, Ozone Park, Briarwood....all get D's or F's in my book. ---------------------------------- I totally agree with you about DSNY giving out more summonses. Unfortunately when they DO summons someone, the offender calls the Daily News and has sweet,little old granny hold up the summons with a sad helpless look on her face, and the summons gets dismissed.
Funny you can have garbage like this for weeks, or a construction fence on an abandoned site take over a sidewalk for years, but let your car be 10 seconds over the meter on Steinway Street and you get a ticket.
I'm a hipster and I want to live here. I don't care about trash, graffiti, or overdevelopment...as long as I can eat at a hip Sushi bar or illegally parked food truck.
Why is it considered racism when one calls out certain groups of people who seem to be causing the issue. Queens in the last 10-15 years has gotten filthy with trash, the tearing down of 1-2 family homes with low class apartment buildings that house 20 families and are not well maintained, homes have had grass removed and cemented over which causes flooding, etc. All of this coincided with the arrival of many third world immigrants, especially from the Middle East, Pakistan, India, etc. So just connect the dots (no pun intended). You can also look at other countries in Europe who have also had similar problems due the influx of these types of immigrants.
DOI should hand out a fact sheet to each and every new arrival to our great shores explaining how we live humanely in Americe. List all Do's and Don'ts...and the consequences if they do not abide. (Written in their native language of course)
ASTORIA IS SO GHETTO AND IS TURNING INTO A SLUM I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE OF OVER 50 YEARS AND NOW I THINK ITS TIME TO GET OUT.ITS AMAZING HOW MANY OUT OF TOWNERS FROWN WHEN YOU MENTION ASTORIA TAKING A REALISTIC LOOK I CAN SEE WHY
WHY? WHAT ARE THEY COLLECTING THEIR SALARY FOR? DEVELOPERS WHO DO NOT LIVE HERE? OR TO SERVE THOSE THAT DO.
Astoria is vastly overrated. Moved back here a few years ago and regret it big time. Transplanted white people from the west and ex-gay manhattanites have infiltrated this community - result - too noisy, expensive and very little privacy.
CHECK OUT ASTORIANS.COM AND THE WAY THAT NOISE COMPLAINTS ARE SHOUTED DOWN BY VALLONE PARTISANS.
Bide my time and will make a gracious exit out of this place.
Sanitation is lazy, slow, they come when it pleases them and when they show up, they do a shoddy job of disposing garbage. Easiest job in the world and they can't get it right...unbelievable.
SO WHERE IN THE F*K IS VALLONE? SENDS OUT PLENTY OF TWEETS. LIKE THE TYPICAL POL, ALMOST ALL ARE SELF SERVING GARBAGE.
You see people illegally dumping garbage on other people's property.
THE BEAUTY OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING - STRONG CLEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE BANE OF HACKS LIKE THE VALLONES CAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR LIFE MISERABLE.
THATS WHY WHEN THE VALLONES TAKE OVER THE OFFICE OF BEEP AND COUNCILMAN IN EASTERN QUEENS IT WILL BE A RIOT WATCHING THE FUN.
OF COURSE QUEENS WILL KNUCKLE UNDER. THEY ALWAYS DO.
THIS IS THE CULTURE DEVELOPED BY THE VALLONES - EVERY COMPLAINT TO HIS OFFICE AND HIS COMMUNITY BOARD IS DISMISSED - ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS $HOEHORNING A$ MANY POEPLE A$ THEY CAN.
THE ONLY REASON THAT ASTORIA IS NOT A COMPLETE CRAPHOLE IS THAT IT WAS ONCE A STRONG WELL PLANNED PLACE.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DESTROY BUT ITS AT THE TIPPING POINT.
Too many people with little or no skin in the game in Astoria. There you have it.
"Here is the Astoria Garbage Photo of the week. 41st street and 28th avenue. The neighborhood is turning into a slum." - Nick
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Wow, this looks exactly like a photo of Jamaica and what I usually encounter. Damn, what the hell is going on with Queens and here I thought that Jamaica was the only mess, hell bits of Jamaica are getting cleaned up and now the rest of Queens is looking like shit. Maybe Astoria needs a "Cleanup Astoria Queens Now" site.
Funny, Peter Vallone talked about how well he takes care of Astoria at the Jamaica Queens Borough President candidate debate, when I brought up the question of garbage/litter problems.
can't be sure but i think this is in front of a c-town supermarket - looks that way from google maps.
i used to live around here about 6 years ago and l don't remember it looking this bad.
if this is in front of c-town i would recommend nick complain to the store manager and say that this garbage makes a really bad first impression. the garbage makes potential customers think the food inside the store could also be dirty, unsafe and that many people won't shop there if the area isn't kept clean.
now, cue the people who say nick shouldn't have to do this, the store manager shouldn't have to clean this up, the politicians should be doing their jobs, the sanitation workers should be doing their jobs, the police should be doing what isn't their job, the people who live there now are vermin, astoria's full of hipsters anyway now so who cares, bile, bile, bile bile, and so on...
yeah, you're right. no one should have to go to such lengths to get trash picked up. it's not right. it sucks. unfortunately, however, it doesn't look as though this situation is going to change anytime soon.
so to let the trash just sit there while waiting for someone else to do something really isn't good as it will attract even more trash to the same spot. then that becomes the norm - what a lot of people get used to and they don't even see the trash anymore. this is how a neighborhood slips.
What sanitation workers????
The shop owners should clean in front of their stores several times a day - it's not as though they don't have enough underpaid slaves to do the shit work.
Big stores can afford to put out garbage pails - that's what they do in other parts of the country. These places charge enough for their worthless, cancer-causing industrial food.
We need a public education program that fights littering. During the 60's we had Phil D. Basket and the Crying Indian. Kids were bombarded with the anti-littering message.
It worked - at least with me.
Did you say Astoria?
I think you mean "Vallonia"--the dynastic domain of "senior" and "junior" Peter Vallone--son and grandson of Judge Charles Vallone.
The Vallone family has also left Astoria littered with their political garbage for decades.
Now little Petey is running for beep and his bare domed brother Paul is running for councilman.
They're attempting to muscle more turf for themselves.
What else do you expect from a dynasty of political trash? It's coded in their genes.
AVELLA-GRAZIANO is your only ticket to real change--or else face ruin.
A Vallone pincer attack, from the west and east, will destroy your formerly quiet neighborhood and turn it into an overcrowded under served Vallonian-Astoria!
Oops--I forgot to mention CB7's own, Chuck Apelian, a supporter of the Vallones.
Hello, Chuck.
Isn't running or participating in a political campaign a conflict of interest with your duties at CB7?
Mamma mia...La Famiglia di Vallone!
These political mafiosi...hail from the heyday of boss Charlie "the judge" Vallone.
Witness Astoria...the mess that the"'V"s have created!
Porco faccio (pig face) Vallone is to blame for the pig sty.
Imagine what borough hall will look like if he becomes borough president.
There is definitely something going on with the sudden proliferation of litter thoughout Queens. I have driven around several surrounding neighborhoods and my conclusion is that they are indeed obviously getting extremely filthy . Question is : where is DSNY?
Why aren't they giving out summonses or having crews go out and cleanup some of these eyesores? Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Elmhurst (the worst), Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Middle Village, Glendale, Ozone Park, Briarwood....all get D's or F's in my book.
The trash/litter problem along sidewalks,, commercial strips, residential areas, parks, are all staggering and very troubling. What the hell is going on?!
Joe, it appears that you and Jamaica are not alone .
Myth
can't be sure but i think this is in front of a c-town supermarket - looks that way from google maps.
REALITY
HOW CAN YOU TELL - THE ENTIRE BOROUGH LOOKS LIKE THIS MORE OR LESS
Myth
i used to live around here about 6 years ago and l don't remember it looking this bad.
REALITY
WELL THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BEACON GOES UP TO ATTRACT OTHER CULTURES WITH DIFFERENT SANITARY HABITS, TRANSIENT KIDS WHO DON'T GIVE A SHIT, AND EVERYTHING DONE TO FRUSTRATE THOSE THAT DO - LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING.
THE LATTER WASTES POLITICIANS TIME AND MAKES THEM LOOK BAD.
Myth
if this is in front of c-town i would recommend nick complain to the store manager and say that this garbage makes a really bad first impression. the garbage makes potential customers think the food inside the store could also be dirty, unsafe and that many people won't shop there if the area isn't kept clean.
REALITY
NEVER HAVE COMPLAINED TO A STORE MANAGER HAVE YOU?
NO AUTHORITY FIGURE IN VALLONIA GIVES A SHIT ABOUT WHAT THE PUBLIC SAYS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, TO THE LOCAL PRESS, TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD.
ONE PERSON SHOWS UP TO COMPLAIN. 100 PEOPLE ARE IN THE STORE SHOPPING. THE STORE MANAGER ACTS LIKE VALLONE WHEN YOU COMPLAIN. HE WILL HARDLY LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AS HE SAYS 'CALL MY OFFICE.'
COMPUTERIZED DAILY NUMBERS TELL THE STORY ON SALES NOT SOME WHINING OLD LADY.
Myth
now, cue the people who say nick shouldn't have to do this, the store manager shouldn't have to clean this up, the politicians should be doing their jobs, the sanitation workers should be doing their jobs, the police should be doing what isn't their job, the people who live there now are vermin, astoria's full of hipsters anyway now so who cares, bile, bile, bile bile, and so on...
YES AND... AND... FUNNY HOW PEOPLE GET THEIR DRAWERS IN A KNOT ON IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE GAY ISSUES, IMMIGRANT ISSUES, AND MOVING NEXT TO A TRAIN YARD AND STAYING AWAKE AT NIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMETHING IS INVOLVED IN THE TIRED AGENDA OF THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE OR DEVELOPMENT THESE GUYS SEEM TO WAKE UP AND FIND THE TIME.....
yeah, you're right. no one should have to go to such lengths to get trash picked up. it's not right. it sucks. unfortunately, however, it doesn't look as though this situation is going to change anytime soon.
REALITY
DAMN RIGHT. THE NEWSPAPERS NO LONGER PROVIDE MEANINGFUL NEWS, JUST PICTURE AFTER PICTURE OF SOME POL STREET NAMING OR PANDERING TO TWEEDING. THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
Myth
so to let the trash just sit there while waiting for someone else to do something really isn't good as it will attract even more trash to the same spot. then that becomes the norm - what a lot of people get used to and they don't even see the trash anymore. this is how a neighborhood slips.
REALITY
THE DEVELOPERS GET LAVISH ATTENTION. MY TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR THAT.
TONS OF PROGRAMS ARE SET UP FOR EXOTIC MINORITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION GROUPS. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU SPENT YOUR CHILDHOOD IN A LIBRARY YOU WILL FIND THE TIME TO DEVOTE A MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX THAT ROOM UP OR FILL UP A HOLE IN A SWIMMING POOL FOR A BOGUS CULTURAL VENUE THAT YOU WILL NAME AFTER YOUR FAMILY.
SO THE QUESTION REMAINS: WHY DOES THE SAME POL BREEZILY WALK BY A SHIT PILE ON THE WAY TO A TWEEDING EVENT OR A CLOSED DOOR CHAT WITH A PISTILLI OR ALMA OR ELMEZZI DELEGATION?
THAT IS A QUESTION FOR LIL PETE WHEN HE COMES TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR INTEREST TO PLAY COMMUNITY BOARD OR PLAY CRUSADING NEWSPAPER OR PLAY CITY COUNCILMAN.
I GUESS THE NEXT TIME LIL PETE SHOWS UP IN YOUR COMMUNITY ASK HIM ABOUT HIS RECORD.
THIS IS EXHIBIT 'A'. GO AROUND VALLONIA, YOU CAN FILL A BOOK WITH LETTERS.
THIS IS EXHIBIT 'A'. GO AROUND VALLONIA, YOU CAN FILL A BOOK WITH LETTERS.
You think Manes, Shulman, or Marshall is bad? What we have seen is a walk in the park.
Let's all be honest with each other. Queens, for whatever reason, has attracted the nastiest of immigrants. All of these south american immigrants truly don't care and just throw their trash in the streets just like they did at home.
This what happens when you bring in trash from Eastern Europe.
I wish the wall had never come down.
We are headed back to the bad old days folks. The whole place-- every borough-- is starting to look like the 70's again.
Easterns did this? My recollection is that pics from communist europe always showed clean streets. I figured it was Dominicans, Columbians, Pakis or Dot heads, no? They throw their shit right in the streets.
The people leaving trash all over the place come from countries where this is common. It is simply what people who move from one slum to another do. It's part of the diversity of Queens. You Europeans need to get used to it.
people don't give a shit , I would like to see there house and see how they live
they took away the trash cans because they were afraid someone might put a bomb in them
You forget how the Irish Potato Famine happened from the basement manure factories (pigs) craping out blight mold
Forget Vallone and these other clowns.
Astoria is vastly overrated. Moved back here a few years ago and regret it big time. Transplanted white people from the west and ex-gay manhattanites have infiltrated this community - result - too noisy, expensive and very little privacy.
Bide my time and will make a gracious exit out of this place.
Sanitation is lazy, slow, they come when it pleases them and when they show up, they do a shoddy job of disposing garbage. Easiest job in the world and they can't get it right...unbelievable.
You see people illegally dumping garbage on other people's property. If you own, you should think about investing in a surveillance camera. Tenants are transient, don't respect one's property and they don't want to follow simple recycling rules that a monkey can understand..it's no wonder that you see garbage on the streets.
Too many people with little or no skin in the game in Astoria. There you have it.
Hi guys. I posted the photo and it is diagonal from C-town. On a block of apartment buildings that obviously don't care what the street looks like. I called 311 yesterday and sent the pic to Vallone. I'll post an update if this ever gets cleaned up. Its been like this for almost a month.
I'd do it myself but I already take care of my own block and my fiance forbids me from cleaning their block too. And not that i'm joining in the race bashing but everyone on that block is from south/central america. It just seems that they have a completely different standard for what is an acceptable way to live.
Ohh and by the way, the ctown guys actually sweep up every morning thankfully. The crosswalk is kind of gross but there is rarely trash on that stretch.
Forget Vallone ? Not while I am paying his salary. Not while I see him waste time on development that is destroying our community. Not while I see him squandering our money. Not while I seen him hiding during that blackout a few year back.
Public safety my ass. All he cares about is peeping toms and tagging. Makes sense. His adolescent twitter and facebook posts makes him the laughingstock of the community!
Sure different cultures have differing habits.
But the political hacks not only plead for them to come here, but instead of trying to help them fit in they pander to them to the point that they are enabling them to break laws on illegal entry. After that do you think the pols give 2 shits on littering?
Whenever I see bigoted comments here they almost always follows bashing the politicians.
Its almost as if they send their hacks here to tag this site with this language in case one of the foodies or the Occupy people drift over here by mistake.
When they see that kind of language their knee jerk reaction to to flee from this blog --- which is the point.
We don't want too many people to know what is really going on do we?
Question is : where is DSNY?
Why aren't they giving out summonses or having crews go out and cleanup some of these eyesores? Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Elmhurst (the worst), Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Middle Village, Glendale, Ozone Park, Briarwood....all get D's or F's in my book.
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I totally agree with you about DSNY giving out more summonses. Unfortunately when they DO summons someone, the offender calls the Daily News and has sweet,little old granny hold up the summons with a sad helpless look on her face, and the summons gets dismissed.
Funny you can have garbage like this for weeks, or a construction fence on an abandoned site take over a sidewalk for years, but let your car be 10 seconds over the meter on Steinway Street and you get a ticket.
I'm a hipster and I want to live here. I don't care about trash, graffiti, or overdevelopment...as long as I can eat at a hip
Sushi bar or illegally parked food truck.
It's not racism.
It's SOCIOLOGY.
[Thank you. Professor.]
Why is it considered racism when one calls out certain groups of people who seem to be causing the issue. Queens in the last 10-15 years has gotten filthy with trash, the tearing down of 1-2 family homes with low class apartment buildings that house 20 families and are not well maintained, homes have had grass removed and cemented over which causes flooding, etc. All of this coincided with the arrival of many third world immigrants, especially from the Middle East, Pakistan, India, etc. So just connect the dots (no pun intended). You can also look at other countries in Europe who have also had similar problems due the influx of these types of immigrants.
DOI should hand out a fact sheet to each and every new arrival to our great shores explaining how we live humanely in Americe. List all Do's and Don'ts...and the consequences if they do not abide.
(Written in their native language of course)
Segregation was about sanitation and syphilis, not racism
ASTORIA IS SO GHETTO AND IS TURNING INTO A SLUM I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE OF OVER 50 YEARS AND NOW I THINK ITS TIME TO GET OUT.ITS AMAZING HOW MANY OUT OF TOWNERS FROWN WHEN YOU MENTION ASTORIA TAKING A REALISTIC LOOK I CAN SEE WHY
(sic) "spy vs SPY"...brevity is a virtue...
too many words for Queensites to swallow.
More out-of-towners are ready to heave onto the sidewalk--when you mention--Flushing!
You don't have to hold a perfumed handkerchief in front of your nose, yet--
to ward off the stench in Astoria!
Look what you started Joe!! Way to Go. rock on with your bad self.
We deserve clean streets in all of Queens.
let's sweep it up and put it in front of the city council member's offices. then call a press conference.
Forget Vallone and these other clowns.
WHY? WHAT ARE THEY COLLECTING THEIR SALARY FOR? DEVELOPERS WHO DO NOT LIVE HERE? OR TO SERVE THOSE THAT DO.
Astoria is vastly overrated. Moved back here a few years ago and regret it big time. Transplanted white people from the west and ex-gay manhattanites have infiltrated this community - result - too noisy, expensive and very little privacy.
CHECK OUT ASTORIANS.COM AND THE WAY THAT NOISE COMPLAINTS ARE SHOUTED DOWN BY VALLONE PARTISANS.
Bide my time and will make a gracious exit out of this place.
Sanitation is lazy, slow, they come when it pleases them and when they show up, they do a shoddy job of disposing garbage. Easiest job in the world and they can't get it right...unbelievable.
SO WHERE IN THE F*K IS VALLONE? SENDS OUT PLENTY OF TWEETS. LIKE THE TYPICAL POL, ALMOST ALL ARE SELF SERVING GARBAGE.
You see people illegally dumping garbage on other people's property.
THE BEAUTY OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING - STRONG CLEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE BANE OF HACKS LIKE THE VALLONES CAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR LIFE MISERABLE.
THATS WHY WHEN THE VALLONES TAKE OVER THE OFFICE OF BEEP AND COUNCILMAN IN EASTERN QUEENS IT WILL BE A RIOT WATCHING THE FUN.
OF COURSE QUEENS WILL KNUCKLE UNDER. THEY ALWAYS DO.
THIS IS THE CULTURE DEVELOPED BY THE VALLONES - EVERY COMPLAINT TO HIS OFFICE AND HIS COMMUNITY BOARD IS DISMISSED - ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS $HOEHORNING A$ MANY POEPLE A$ THEY CAN.
THE ONLY REASON THAT ASTORIA IS NOT A COMPLETE CRAPHOLE IS THAT IT WAS ONCE A STRONG WELL PLANNED PLACE.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DESTROY BUT ITS AT THE TIPPING POINT.
Too many people with little or no skin in the game in Astoria. There you have it.
DAMN RIGHT JUST THE WAY THE VALLONES WANT IT.
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