Trash or Debris in Street

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Dirty Gutter
Littering to report a street where people repeatedly litter
Street Sweeping Complaint to report missed or inadequate street sweeping

You can request the removal of trash or debris on the street, including:

Broken glass
Debris from a car accident
Dirt or gravel
Dumped garbage

The City’s response depends on the location.

You can report trash or debris in the driving or biking lane of a City street.

If the street is the target of chronic illegal dumping, you can also request surveillance on the Illegal Dumping page.

Call 311 for assistance.

Traffic island and median complaints are routed differently depending on if there is landscaping on the site. Landscaped traffic islands or medians have benches or planted trees, shrubs, or flowers.

Without Landscaping

You can report trash or debris on an unlandscaped traffic island or median to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

Call 311 for assistance.

With Landscaping

You can report trash or debris on landscaped traffic islands or medians to the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR).

Report trash or debris on a traffic island or median with landscaping.

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