The Flatiron Partnership's Clean Streets
program, the BID's comprehensive street cleaning
initiative staffed by a crew of 13 cleaners
servicing the BID
district, has
recorded some very impressive numbers in its
first two months of operation.
Clean Team members, who can be
seen in their
navy winter uniforms canvassing the
neighborhood from 7:00AM to 7:00PM on
weekdays and from 7:00AM to 3:00PM on
weekends, secure an average of 400 bags
of litter each day (pre-BID
litter map).
Since the November 1st launch of the
Partnership's Clean Streets program, an
estimated 90% of bills
and stickers that had covered lampposts,
mailboxes, building facades, public
telephones and other fixtures in the district
have been removed (pre-BID
bills/stickers map).
With the help of a specialized
cleaning crew with
power washing equipment that scrubs sidewalks and
removes graffiti in areas throughout the
district one night each week, Clean Team
members have removed graffiti from
over 60 locations and
have applied fresh paint to approximately
25
mailboxes, 30
lampposts, 20
alarm box stands and 18
security gates
in the district (pre-BID
graffiti map).
"The Clean Team has done an outstanding job
in these first two months, " said Scott
Kimmins, the Partnership's Director of
Operations who coordinates the Clean Streets
program. "We are very pleased by what has
been accomplished and by the impact that the
Partnership's
Clean Streets program has had on this area in
such a short period of time."
