John

Last night this very same vehicle drove right over the delinator's, a middle age female with shoulder length dark hair walked out of J.C Eco Laundry and laughed uproariously at the driver, clapping and saying "Haha, good one!!"
THIS is NO LONGER a simple "parking violation", this is a full blown business complaint. Thank you.

Sidewalks missing and badly damaged from 161 Van Wagenen Ave to 155 Van Wagene. these sidewalks are located at the base of the Port Authority Crossing aka "rainbow bridge" that our community uses to bring our children to our assigned schools everyday. Water is pooling during rain events as well. Garbage is collecting in the broken and heaving chunks of concrete.

Very dangerous crossing Newark Ave and Waldo Ave, especially during rush hour. Oftentimes, when waiting to cross, cars speed along Newark Ave with complete disregard for the neon yellow Pedestrian Crosswalk sign. Equally dangerous are cars turning right onto Newark from Waldo - the other I was crossing from the north side of Newark towards Waldo when a car traveling down Newark towards downtown stopped to let me cross BUT another car on Waldo turning right on Newark did not see me and started springing forward. I was pushing an infant in a stroller and had to stop real quick. Even the car that had stopped for me was honking its horn. This cross-walk is really dangerous for pedestrians, and I think there needs to be a traffic signal added because the drivers really have zero regard for any crosswalk signage.

Just returned from getting groceries at Fine Fare with my son. There were upwards of 10 people loitering outside of Bauer’s liquor and the closed barber shop. They had open containers, they had bikes and chairs blocking the sidewalk, a boom box playing and one of the women, visibly intoxicated was mocking my child as he tried to ride by on his scooter “are you going to the park?” She yelled as she laughed at him. I didn’t take photos or report until I got home because I was afraid and so was my child. We shouldn’t have to be afraid to go to the grocery store in the middle of the afternoon on a Sunday. Why can’t we clean this area up and get rid of these derelicts once and for all!

Sidewalk in desperate need of repair on the coles street side of 298 4th street. There is just loose dirt and rocks in two huge spots over 100 sq feet. There is even a massive and dangerous sink home with orange cones in it. Also digging work was recently completed and not properly repaired. Major safety hazard for walking, jogging, strollers and children. Please don't let this linger before repairing or forcing the owner of 298 4th street to repair.

This intersection is becoming increasingly dangerous for pedestrians. I urge the city to perform a traffic study between the hours of 7AM-9AM on weekdays. Before the school traffic starts to build up, the road is like a race track, with cars speeding through, mostly coming from Communipaw. It is impossible to get any car to stop at the crossings during this hour. When kids are crossing during the 8AM hour, the crossing guard does an amazing job here, but traffic needs to be slowed down overall. After seeing the success of traffic calming at the other end of Monticello, I would suggest a stop sign before Emory (coming from Communipaw side) and before Astor Place (coming from Montgomery side). Downtown has stop signs at almost every intersection! Let's please have some speed control on this road before someone is seriously hurt in this busy school zone.

Completed issues

Last Monday, my husband stopped into our neighborhood supermarket, Fine Fare, to pick up a few odds and ends. Normally we are good about checking dates, but children’s juice can last for many years, so it is not the kind of thing most people would think to check carefully. After my three year old son had already consumed most of the juices, I saw the expiration date was July of 2017. How does something go unnoticed for over a year? I have spoken with many neighbors and it seems like this grocery store has been selling expired products intentionally, in order to take advantage of a neighborhood with very limited options. They frequently sell expired products on sale and hide rotten vegetables under fresh ones. Then they often refuse to give refunds. Last night, my son was up crying with stomach cramping. They need to be investigated before they KILL someone!