Volunteers give Milestone gift to Bensonhurst – a cleaner park
Sweeping changes have come to Milestone Park in Bensonhurst. Literally! The small park, located on 18th Avenue between 81st and 82nd streets, was swept clean by a group of volunteers on June 23 as part of an ongoing effort by Councilman Vincent Gentile, Assemblyman Bill Colton, and Community Board 11 to spruce up the neighborhood.
Cub scouts, intermediate school students, high schoolers, church groups, and local residents all volunteered for duty on Sunday morning. After getting a pep talk from Gentile and Colton, everyone got to work sweeping litter from the ground with brooms, shovels and gloves supplied by the city’s Department of Sanitation.
“It’s great for the park and it’s wonderful for the volunteers, too,” Colton (D-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle before the cleanup started. “They get a sense of pride in knowing that they did something good for their community,” he said.