Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
Days later, however, we were surprised to see that the newly created tree wells in front of 40 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street and 26 Avenue A between Second Street and Third Street were filled in ...
We tracked down a city official who told us the following: "The trees can't go in by 40 Avenue B and 26 Avenue A because the buildings have basements under the sidewalks that Parks found when they excavated. [That is likely] true of the others, though without specific addresses cannot confirm."
Meanwhile, you can follow this link to request a street tree on your block — hopefully in a spot not above a basement.
They're called sidewalk vaults
ReplyDeleteAnd they're taxed by the city!
ReplyDeleteRemove free car parking and plant the trees where the cars are currently stored.
ReplyDeleteYes, makes perfect sense!
DeleteTime to move to the Catskills buddy. Where do you want people to park cars then?
DeleteWhy do you stay in New York when you so clearly hate it?
DeleteThe city refuses to replace the tree that was in front of my building for 20+ years and came down in a winter storm because “utilities are in the way.” Hello, there already was a tree? Impossible to interact with these people.
ReplyDeleteSomebody filled a tree pit in with concrete that already has a newly planted sapling tree in it on 7th st near Pylos.
ReplyDeleteThis also happened on 2nd street! The neighbors called 311 and the city had the concrete removed. Definitely worth calling for this tree!
Deletestop killing trees in this neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI think they were already badly placed, sometimes they are an obstacle on certain sidewalks like the restaurants, so I’m not mad about this. The city doesn’t know what they’re doing, they cut down a massive tree on the next block over from me that’s been a rotting stump of rats now for a year and won’t remove and replace that yet they cut up sidewalks for new wells.
ReplyDeleteLove trees but in some cases the City has put at bus stops impacting bus access including wheelchair.
ReplyDeleteIs that a DOT issue (DOT administers bus stops) or Parks Dept?