Brighton Beachgoers Litter Instead Of Walking To Trash Can

Brighton Beach is blanketed with trash. No, you gutter-minded folk, that's not referring to the chaste women of Lifetime's new series "Russian Dolls," but the trash on the beach that is reportedly caused by a new policy set in place by the Parks Department. NY1 reports that by putting the trash cans in groups at the entrances and exits of the beach and away from where people actually sit, the Parks Department is contributing to the mess on the sand. One Brighton Beach-goer tells the reporter, "The sand is very hot and most people are not going to want to start trekking across the sand to to just put garbage in a can." Sheesh, maybe the tagline for that Lifetime show should be called "Brighton's Bunions: Don't Turn Our Widdle Piggies Into BBQ."

The Parks Department told NY1 that they've distributed 1,500 garbage cans at Coney Island and Brighton Beach, and that the new placement areas allow their vehicles to "more effectively and safely move in straight lines during the nightly cleaning." But how will folks effectively discard their Bartles & Jaymes empties if they have to walk 100 feet across the ~~desert~~ beach? "People should bring plastic bags out in their blankets and after they finish drinking something throw it inside the bag," a man on the boardwalk says. Wheew, that plan sounds like a lot of work! So much work that we may need to hit the beach.

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By Christopher Robbins in News on July 27, 2011 1:31 PM

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Mordicai

You just described every single cigarette smoker (or 99.99%, since I know commenters will insist THEY would NEVER).

Marc Hug

this is a surprise? it's called chicken bone beach for a reason.

Peanut_Butter

I can imagine a dried chicken bone breaking in half and someone steps on it. Ouch!

robingee

Nothing new here; people don't seem to mind crapping where they live.

FU Boy

I suppose they just piss on the beach, too, since it's so damn hard to find / use a toilet.

pendejito

Pffft, piss on the beach? Theres an ocean for that.

ogie

ewwww ...you mean actually go in that water?

Peanut_Butter

Doesn't matter if the sand is hot. If you can't find or get to a garbage can, you carry it with you. What the hell is wrong with people?!

FU Boy

"Man Bites Dog" would be a more surprising story than "New Yorkers are filthy"

Guest

Hallelujah! What is so hard about holding on your garbage until you pass a garbage can? You're pretty much guaranteed to pass at least one or two no matter where you are walking in this town. If it's not a city garbage can, it will undoubtedly be a garbage can in front of someone's house. I've noticed more and more residences with garbage cans lined with open bags among their usual cans. It's a very nice thing for them to do, and I certainly appreciate the effort they put in to make sure their neighborhood has a chance to stay nice and clean.

whitecastlerock

It is not just the beaches where this occurs. There are trash cans on almost every corner yet there is trash strewn about everywhere. Filthy fucking pigs

robingee

My office building parking lot is littered with Doritos bags and water bottles. There are cans everywhere. I mean, you are going to work, so you must be like, a responsible adult, right?

Gwinny

People on my block have parties out on the sidewalk then throw their trash on the ground or into the gutter. Not sure how this is any different.

cr17

""The sand is very hot and most people are not going to want to start trekking across the sand to to just put garbage in a can."

They're called Crocs or flip-flops or whatever. Idiots are wearing them everywhere else, so I'm sure they can help you at the beach where Crocs are supposed to be worn...