"He does an outstanding job," says BID Director
of Operations Scott Kimmins of Adel "Benny"
Ben-Brika, Crew Supervisor
for the Flatiron Partnership's Clean Streets
program. "We are lucky to have him."
Benny arrived in the United States with his
wife from their native Tunisia in
July of 2000 and found work the very next
day on the street cleaning
team of a Business Improvement District in New
Jersey. He taught himself English and
Spanish on the job and quickly worked his way
up to supervisor.
In
addition to supervising and
training the Flatiron Partnership's 13
Clean Team members, who service the District
from 7:00AM to 7:00PM on weekdays and from
7:00AM to 3:00PM on weekends, Benny spends
much of his day removing graffiti from street
fixtures, powerwashing building facades,
scraping stickers off lampposts and
painting mailboxes and traffic boxes.
"We're trying to do good things for the BID
and for the neighborhood," says Benny. "When
you can see an improvement it’s satisfying."
BID Makes Clean Sweep...
