New Utrecht Avenue residents plead for more parking, less street-cleaning
New Utrecht Avenue residents parked themselves at a January 8 Community Board 11 meeting, held at the Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (1740 84th Street) to complain, once again, about a lack of parking in their area.
“We need parking,” asserted local resident Ruben Colon with two rows of neighbors beside him, holding up signs to show their frustration. The lack of parking, he said, stems from the board’s 2011 decision to recommend that the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) adopt a six-day-a-week street cleaning schedule in order to offset a number of rat infestations caused by construction on the strip.
Now, that construction is long over, and Colon and his neighbors say that, with the same schedule in place, their backyard (New Utrecht Avenue from 79th to 74th Streets) is getting the brunt of it.