Borough Park sidewalks getting a clean sweep
With help from $100,000 in state funding provided by state Sen. Simcha Felder, the sidewalks in Borough Park are looking a lot cleaner these days.
Felder recently held a press conference on 18th Avenue and 50th Street to announce that Project Sweep, a citywide program that hires unemployed people to clean sidewalks in commercial zones, was coming to the Borough Park.
Project Sweep workers are now cleaning the sidewalks in three of the busiest commercial areas in southern Brooklyn: 13th, 16th and 18th Avenues. The Midwood Development Corporation is administering the program, which began operating in Borough Park in late December. Project Sweep has been keeping Midwood tidy for nearly 25 years.
Felder, who obtained $100,000 from the state budget to fund Project Sweep’s expansion into Borough Park, said the program is good for everyone, not just store owners.