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Diminished Street Cleaning Services Leave Seventh Avenue Trashed

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Park Slope’s primary commercial district has transformed from an immaculate strip of small businesses to a garbage-ridden spectacle.

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Video – Dead Horse Bay, A Living Museum Of Trash

Monday, April 19, 2010

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In the 1950s, a cap on a landfill burst, sending trash flowing onto Dead Horse Bay. Trash, both old and new, has continued to cascade onto the sands of Dead Horse Bay ever since.

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