City changes trash collection times for Borough Park
Sanitation trucks will not be on streets during rush hour
In a move hailed by Borough Park elected officials and religious leaders, the de Blasio administration is changing the schedule for trash collections in Borough Park to ensure that sanitation trucks are not clogging local streets during morning rush hours.
The decision, announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Borough Park dinner event on Sunday, is expected to ease traffic in a neighborhood where congestion on the roadways has been a major headache for area residents, according to Councilmember David G. Greenfield, who strongly advocated for the change.
Under the new schedule, set to begin on April 4, trash and recycling pick-ups that used to take place from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. will be moved to the overnight shift, so that collections will begin at midnight and end by 8 a.m.