BATH BEACH AND BENSONHURST — THE NEXT COMMUNITY CLEANUP around Bath Beach and Bensonhurst takes place this Saturday, as an ongoing partnership with Assemblymember William Colton and City Councilmember Susan Zhuang. Volunteers for Chinese American Social Services will be among those participating in Saturday’s cleanup.
Colton and Zhuang, whose districts overlap each other, will lead area residents in cleaning up portions of their neighborhoods, starting at 11 a.m. Volunteers will meet up at 29 Bay 25th St. and fan out from there to focus on three sections: 18th Avenue between Benson Avenue and 82nd Street; Bay Parkway from 86th Street to Kings Highway; and 86th Street between 21st Avenue and 78th Street
Colton has led community cleanups for well over a decade; he and Zhuang sponsor these events through the summer and fall. In addition to beautifying the neighborhood, the cleanups also “bring together people who may otherwise never have gotten to know each other, as neighbors who, after working side-by-side for a morning, become friends,” he added.
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