In southern Brooklyn, a nearly 40-year wait for trash upgrades
For nearly four decades, a swath of southern Brooklyn has been waiting for a new sanitation garage — and there is no end to that wait in sight.
Members of Community Board 13, which spans Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Seagate, voted in September to put the garage back on its list of priorities. Eddie Mark, district manager, told the Eagle that his board has been fighting for the garage since the early 1980s. Its members plucked the garage from the priority list two years ago, after being told by the borough president that one was on its way.
A newer iteration of the plan — but one that still dates back more than 20 years — would serve both CB13 and neighboring Community Board 15. As another calendar year comes to a close, Mark says the groups aren’t backing down from the fight.