Teens conduct litter sweep of Bensonhurst streets
Colton, Treyger help organize clean-up
More than 100 Bensonhurst teenagers are spending the last weeks of summer vacation before school re-opens sprucing up the sidewalks of their neighborhood and encouraging their fellow residents to do the same.
As part of that effort, the teens took part in a “Speak-Up & Clean-Up” event organized by Assemblymember William Colton, Councilmember Mark Treyger and 47th Assembly District Democratic district leaders Nancy Tong and Charles Ragusa on a recent Saturday.
Colton, Treyger, Tong and Ragusa conduct “Speak-Up & Clean-Up” events periodically throughout the year in the Bensonhurst-Gravensend area, organizing volunteers of students to sweep away litter and distribute informational fliers to residents and merchants to urge them to take pride in their communities and keep sidewalks tidy.
Volunteer Kenny Zheng mapped out the areas to be targeted by the volunteers. The streets that were cleaned included a long stretch of the 86th Street shopping district running from 14th Avenue to 26th Avenue.