This stinks! Garbage trucks still on E. 10th
BY GABE HERMAN
It has been almost a year since a
caravan of garbage trucks were fi rst
stationed on an East Village side
street, drawing complaints about bad
smells, early-morning noise and half
the block’s parking being used up.
This past Sunday, locals and politicians
gathered on E. 10th St. between
First and Second Aves. to say enough
is enough. They called on the city to fi -
nally fi nd a new home for the trucks.
The problem started last September,
when the Department of Sanitation’s
garage lease expired at 606 W. 30th
St. between 11th and 12th Aves. That
block of Hudson Yards is being developed.
D.O.S. has since been searching
for a new home for its trucks that serve
Community Board 6, which covers
most of the East Side between 14th and
59th Sts. Due to the loss of the W. 30th
St. garage, two other East Side blocks
have also been used for garbage-truck
parking: Mt. Carmel Place at E. 26th
St., between Second and First Aves.,
and York Ave. between E. 59th and E.
60th Sts.
“It is absolutely unacceptable that
the residents and businesses along E.
10th St. have suffered for this long,”
said Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
at the press conference. “Today,
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney spoke at the Aug. 18 press conference on E. 10th St., at which she was
joined by, from left, state Senator Brad Hoylman, Councilmember Carlina Rivera, C.B. 3 District Manager
Susan Stetzer and Assemblymember Deborah Glick.
much like every day, the foul smell of
garbage lingers throughout the block
and negatively impacts this community.
The Sanitation trucks also attract
rodents, pose security concerns, and
COURTESY CAROLYN MALONEY’S OFFICE
take up nearly half of the parking on
the block.”
Maloney called on D.O.S. to fi nd an
immediate fi x to the problem.
Other local politicians at the event
included Assemblymember Deborah
Glick, Councilmember Carlina Rivera
and state Senator Brad Hoylman.
Susan Stetzer, district manager of
Community Board 3, said of D.O.S.,
“There has been no attempt to address
concerns of residents and businesses
on 10th St.: Residents are living with
smelly garbage, disabled residents
don’t have accessible curbside use or
transportation, and a restaurant cannot
successfully sell food with a smelly
garbage truck right outside. There have
been suggestions but no followup nor
ongoing attempts to resolve.”
Residents report being woken up at
5:30 a.m. daily by the trucks’ noise.
The stench affects business for the
block’s fi ve restaurants, some with outdoor
seating. Avi Burnbaum, owner of
PINKS, a bar on the block, said the city
is simply doing the block wrong.
“These new conditions have made it
extremely diffi cult to do business at the
level required in order to survive, let
alone succeed,” he said. “We have felt
forsaken by our own city.”
S. Jeanne Whitt, a resident at 240 E.
10th St. nearly 20 years, said the fl otilla
of parked trucks have many negative
impacts, from a reduction in residential
parking to an increase of rodents.
“Not only do the trucks make parking
for the residents diffi cult,” Whitt
said, “the foul odors emanating from
the trucks and the noise from their
idling engines have drastically decreased
our quality of life. The trucks
are a magnet for rodents, and the diesel
fumes from the trucks are deleterious
to our health.”
The elected offi cials at the Aug. 18
event also sent a letter to Sanitation
Commissioner Kathryn Garcia. Their
missive noted that Mayor de Blasio last
Sept. 28, said, “I’ll talk to the commissioner
and fi gure out what we can do
to relieve the immediate pressure. We
certainly don’t want those residential
areas to feel the burden.” The politicians’
letter continued, “Nearly a year
has passed and the trucks remain.
“Many of our offi ces and other elected
offi cials have held numerous meetings
and made several appeals to DSNY to
address this situation, yet your agency
has not updated us on any alternative
options or timelines,” they added.
The pols’ letter asked for details
about other locations being considered
by D.O.S. for the trucks, and requested
a meeting to get an update. A D.O.S.
spokesperson said the agency has been
looking for another garage space, but
that fi nding one is not easy.
“This has been a challenge given
Manhattan’s tight real estate market,”
the spokesperson said. “We have also
been evaluating alternative parking location
options, which may require other
agencies, like the Department of Transportation,
to be involved in locating
and evaluating any alternate spaces.”
E. 10th St. is being used for parking
because it’s close to a section station at
155-157 First Ave., between Ninth and
10th Sts., the spokesperson said.
“Our section station has small offi ces
with toilet facilities, lockers and communications
equipment, and it is where
our workers get their morning and evening
roll call and orders for the work
day,” the rep explained.
The spokesperson said D.O.S. is continuing
its search for a new garage, but
did not provide details about a possible
location or timeline.
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