Christopher Schaefer 4 Congress.Com

2 lenses of north side of traffic signal, intersection of E T Blvd & Kimberly Ave are smashed, making it difficult to see the left turn arrow. (state highway)

It's 10 am on Tuesday Aug 30. TRASH on Greenwich Ave was picked up quite some time ago, but has NOT been picked up on Second Street, between Greenwich and Howard Ave, and I don't hear the truck in the neighborhood. (Recycling was picked up a while ago.)

mattrass at corner of Second St and Greenwich Ave

Tenants of 86 Second St. have dumped furniture on edge of sidewalk. Owner is New Haven public school employee Kirsten Hopes-Mcfadden.

Furniture dumped at corner of Greenwich Ave and Second St.

Oversized truck just knocked huge branch off tree. Landed in road. Driver placed it on tree strip, but it needs to be removed.

Very large, hazardous pothole on Third St, approx. in front of no. 72

Large bags of trash dumped at far end of Second St dead-end.

Large pile of furniture etc. dumped at far end of Second St dead end (off Greenwich Ave).

Mattresses etc dumped on tree-strip: Second St, dead end portion, near Greenwich Ave intersection.

Final street sweeping was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 2 for Route 13 (Hill South/City Point). However, there was no night-before robocall ("Clunk. Stand by for an important message...") and no paper signs were posted. AND there was no street sweeping. Will this be rescheduled?

No-towing policy fail. Tenants know that cars no longer are being towed AND that the $100 fine is not being enforced. So this mess on Greenwich Ave (near First St) and other messes like it up and down Greenwich Ave (and likely all over New Haven) will sit there until next April. And for this non-service we pay some of the highest property taxes in CT.

The left side of Eddy's has been open to the elements since at least early July. The particle board in photo only was added last week and, as you can see, does not seal the building. Therefore, before Eddy's reopens, the Health Dept needs to inspect for rodents AND for expired food.

Because the later addition to Eddy's has been completely torn down, it would seem that the owner needs a zoning variance to rebuild, e.g. concerning setback, and parking. Could City Plan and/or Building Dept comment please? Thanks.

No towing policy fail. I notice that the city does not ticket cars parked illegally during street sweeping. Consequently large sections of streets go un-swept. There was no real challenge to the implementation of this policy, because when a city is run by a single political Party for over half a century, there’s no real dialogue, and therefore no real incentive to improve ANYTHING: dirty streets, growing crime, mediocre school system, etc. Just keep the Party donors happy, so we can maintain the status quo. Notice those long-obsolete signs posting the TWICE a month sweeping schedule? That was done away with many years ago. And of course we never got an explanation why street sweeping was completely suspended last summer due to COVID. Street sweepers spread COVID? Perhaps the next step will be to reduce sweeping to every other month. I hope then at least they’ll ticket cars, so we’re getting SOMETHING for our excessively-high taxes. Sigh…

tires and refrigerator dumped on tree strip, First St near corner of Greenwich Ave

On July 29 the Building Dept. shut down Eddy's due to collapsed roof. HOWEVER the shop owner continues to do business illegally via the back door, which is in a somewhat secluded alley. The business owner needs to be fined (or arrested?) and LCI needs to board up the rear entrance. This is a public hazard.

Eddy’s Food Centre (on Howard Ave, at corner of Second St) was shut down last week (by LCI? Or by Building Dept?) until “repairs” are made. Left side of building has caved in. Building Inspector needs to do a THOROUGH inspection of the building--from basement to attic. My “unofficial assessment” is that the building appears to be in imminent danger of collapse and should be torn down. Please do a thorough inspection to ensure public safety. Thanks!