Administrative Code NYC.This may not be news to everyone. If you own a house, you are lawfully bound to remove the snow and ice from your sidewalk. If you rent, your landlord is lawfully bound to make sure it gets done. And if you're Foodtown, as reader LavenderPhoenix points out, you definitely have to make sure your customers and passers-by have safe foot paths. But what's to be done? I would imagine this is the sort of thing 311 was created for, but it might be easier to just call Foodtown at 718-871-6161 and politely state your concerns.
§ 16–123 Removal of snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks; property owners' duties. a. Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, or other person, having charge of any building or lot of ground in the city, abutting upon any street where the sidewalk is paved, shall, within four hours after the snow ceases to fall, or after the deposit of any dirt or other material upon such sidewalk, remove the snow or ice, dirt, or other material from the sidewalk and gutter, the time between nine post meridian and seven ante meridian not being included in the above period of four hours.
Does anyone else know of any businesses who haven't done adequate snow and ice removal? Also, does the entirety of E.3rd St. between Beverly and Ave C count as a business? If so, I have a phone call to make.
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Albemarle Road between East 2nd and East 3rd, south side of the street, big white house in need of repair, 3 car garage boarded up.
They never shovel, salt, sand, or even pick up their garbage when its all over the front of their house.
East 3rd between Church and Albemarle, West side of the street finally got cleaned up for the most part yesterday.
Yeah I know you said businesses, but I get so ticked off over property owners/renters not doing their thing and creating hazardous situations.
I know what you mean. Yesterday I was walking on Beverly between E.2nd and 3rd, and a guy coming the other way just bit it completely, and fell right on his rear end. He was a younger guy and laughed it off, but it could just as easily been an elderly person with a bad hip. Could have been the beginning of the end for someone.
Immaculate Heart of Mary church and school are both so slow about clearing their walks. This morning was still icy at the back of the school, on Caton b/t E. 2 and E. 3rd.
I haven't kept a record (drats!), but it seems like the Church is diligent to get everything cleared in time for services, but not any other day of the week.
During the December snowfall, I called 311 and complained that the sidewalks over Prospect Pkwy at Caton were ice. They didn't know who was supposed to clear it. Thought it was Sanitation. Lots of rinks on Caton.
Last Thursday night, when it was raining but cold enough that the standing water on the sidewalks was freezing into invisible sheets of ice, I fell on my tailbone outside the Mobil station at Caton and McDonald (on the Ft. Hamilton Parkway side). It really, really, really hurt and my ass is still sore enough to make me limp.
I promptly went inside the "On The Run" convenience store and politely asked the shopkeepers if they could salt the sidewalks around their business to prevent anyone else from being hurt. They followed me outside and thanked me for letting them know, but I'm not sure if they actually did anything about it.
And what about the pedestrian foot bridges that cut through our neighborhood? I don't know who is in charge of those, but that's where I fell yesterday. The road, mind you, was nearly dry--it was only the walkway that was slippery.
In December i called 311 about the overpass on Caton at the Prospect. It was so bad people were walking on the road itself and were getting honked by idiot drivers. freakin dangerous all around.
I was able to file a report with sanitation. they said there had been complaints before. The snow melted the next day. Today I noticed the north side already had a path cleared through it.
The whole sidewalk area outside of the Windsor Terrace branch of the library was treacherous on Sunday. I know it was closed but they need to be responsible for getting rid of the ice. It's a lot of sidewalk.
"It was so bad people were walking on the road itself and were getting honked by idiot drivers."
Hmmm..
Pedestrians, sidewalk.
Motorists, road.
Pedestrian's on road, motorist's honk.
Idiot's? I doubt anymore so-
@CK- That house on albemarle btwn e3rd and e2nd is the worst. The owner rents the property to like 4 different families as well the driveway space. None of the tenants feel any obligation to shovel/salt, clean, etc. I called 311 one year over it and shortly after they made a small narrow path. Perhaps more people need to complain. I understand sometimes it snows in the morning before some people even get up, but this house deliberately ignores their obligation.
Also, the house on the corner of albemarle and e2nd cleared the front of the house but not the side! If you have a corner house you need to shovel the entire area!
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