Brooklyn STRONG protests garbage transfer station in southern Brooklyn
Residents, elected officials, teachers, students, and activists of southern Brooklyn from Bay Ridge to Mill Basin gathered at the promenade near the Caesar’s Bay shopping center in Gravesend on Sunday to protest a proposed garbage transfer station the city wants to place in the neighborhood.
“The city’s plan to construct and operate a dangerous garbage station has united communities all across southern Brooklyn. From Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay, Seagate, Manhattan Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Mill Basin, we are all here united,” proclaimed Mark Treyger, an aide to Assemblyman William Colton.
“The construction of the garbage dump will have an impact on this part of Brooklyn with garbage trucks coming down our blocks, congesting our streets, bringing with it noise and stenches.”