"“The smell, the flies, the garbage being picked up by seagulls and dropped into our yard.” When residents purchased their homes in the 1980s, they were told the sanitation garage would be moving out. That promise never materialized."
"“They pulled out saying that the money was not available for this project. And we were going to fight it, but then COVID happened.” A plan dating back before the pandemic proposed combining Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay's garages and relocating them to land away from residential areas."
"“The idea was, rather than spending money here on a garage, there on a garage, combine one big garage for both community boards.” She described the original vision for Sheepshead Bay’s garage, which currently consists of a series of trailers along Knapp Street with no permanent building."
"“We're proud to be opening new garages this year in Staten Island and Brooklyn, and we will continue to evaluate potential upgrades.” With no relocation plans in sight, officials are back to the drawing board, and community board representatives focus on finding a new location, whether city-owned or purchasable."
Residents near an open-air sanitation garage in Coney Island report long-term problems including strong trash odor, flies, and seagulls dropping garbage into yards. Homebuyers in the 1980s were told the garage would move, but it did not. An earlier plan to combine Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay garages and relocate them away from homes failed when funding was withdrawn, and the effort stalled further during the pandemic. The Sheepshead Bay facility is described as trailers along Knapp Street without a permanent building, with an original goal of building one combined garage. With no relocation underway, community representatives seek a new location, potentially city-owned or purchasable, while the sanitation department cites opening new garages elsewhere and evaluating upgrades.
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