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How does the trash in your 'nabe measure up to the rest of the city's? NY Moon and Last Night's Trash documented different neighborhood's garbage, and while there's no trash-tallying competition, the discarded items speak volumes at times.

The now endangered Lower East Side had "rocker clothes," Bushwick had a smashed guitar, Flushing sported a "Met's Suck 2X" sign, and Park Slope had a badly stained mattress. What was in your neighborhood? Click here to find out. And if you're looking for some good street finds, you just missed the holy grail of dumpster dives, which occurs on Third Avenue and 12th Street when the NYU kids leave school.