Residents along 2670 Coyle St. say navigating snow-packed sidewalks has become both a winter obstacle course and a serious safety concern, nearly nine days after the city\u2019s recent winter storm.<\/p>\n
Several neighbors say the sidewalks bordering the property owned by the Kings Bay Youth Organization remain buried under heavy snow, forcing pedestrians into the street to get around.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is so much easier to walk in the street and avoid the cars than it is to try to walk on this,\u201d said neighbor Ralph, who adds that he has a fractured back. \u201cThat\u2019s why I walk in the street.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the passage of more than a week since the storm, residents say the conditions have not improved. Snow reportedly remains piled up to a foot high around the property.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at it, it\u2019s terrible,\u201d said neighbor Vincent Torre. \u201cThere\u2019s a foot of snow all the way around and they don\u2019t even consider shoveling. No matter if it\u2019s two inches, ten, or twelve – it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neighbors also say they\u2019ve repeatedly reported the issue through the city\u2019s 311 system, with little response. More than 10 complaints have reportedly been filed, some of which remain unresolved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a 311 complaint I submitted Jan. 27,\u201d said resident Lynn. \u201cThat was over a week ago and the complaint is still open. What is the reason that they\u2019re not cleaning up the sidewalk?\u201d<\/p>\n
News 12 reached out to Robert Mazzuchin, president of the Kings Bay Youth Organization, who cited limited resources as the reason for the delay.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have the resources, the expenses,\u201d Mazzuchin said. \u201cWhen it\u2019s reasonable and the snow starts to melt, we can get volunteers out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moments after that conversation, a volunteer plow truck arrived on scene and began clearing the sidewalks. According to Mazzuchin, the volunteer was sent by him and will continue plowing until the sidewalks around the baseball field are fully cleared.<\/p>\n
For residents who have spent days navigating icy conditions, the sudden action was a welcome sight, but many say they hope it won\u2019t take public pressure for sidewalks to be cleared in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents along 2670 Coyle St. say navigating snow-packed sidewalks has become both a winter obstacle course and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63,35907,8193,30712,19639],"class_list":{"0":"post-122259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-safety-concerns","15":"tag-sheepshead-bay","16":"tag-snowfall","17":"tag-snowplow"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}