Rosedale Preservation Society Community Cleanup
in collaboration with Springfield Park and Springfield Gardens Civic Association
The mission and focus of the neighborhood wetlands-street cleanup is sanitation maintenance-care and education-attention to the wetlands environment at Hook Creek Park, a natural wetlands preservation and bird-fish-wildlife habitat.
Springfield Cleanup: This expanded community street cleanup will target the illegal commercial vehicle parking zones which are prone to excessive debris-garbage-trash disposal and illegal commercial dumping. -- (on Springfield Boulevard parallel to the park, adjacent to vacant sidewalk-lot).
Event Meeting Location
. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Street Cleanup, Springfield Boulevard intersected at 145th Avenue - 146th Avenue, Springfield Gardens (Queens), New York 11413
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News-Reports:
. Gothamist: Southeast Queens residents say truckers use their neighborhood as a parking lot [(article)](https://gothamist.com/news/southeast-queens-residents-say-truckers-use-their-neighborhood-as-a-parking-lot)
. Gothamist: NYC tows illegally parked trucks in southeast Queens after Gothamist report [(article)](https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-tows-illegally-parked-trucks-in-southeast-queens-after-gothamist-report)
. CBS News: Southeast Queens residents say parked trucks are multiplying on neighborhood streets [(article)](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/tractor-trailers-parked-queens-streets/)
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Ongoing Projects
* Hook Creek Park (HCP) Wetlands-Wildlife Walking Tour ... (30-45-minutes, area preference)
* DSNY-SF-Sanitation "Community Cleanup" (sidewalks-streets, street tree beds, wetlands)
* NYC-DPR-Parks "Street Tree Care" (street tree beds, aeration-mulch, wood chips)
* NYC-DPR "Greenstreets Care" (garden bed planting-weeding, 5-street intersections)
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**Citizen Scientist Research** ... (ongoing, monthly)
* NYC-DPR-Parks "Street Tree Habitats" Project ... (pollinator plants tree beds, ground preparation)
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Community Clean-Up Walkthrough-Outreach.
The neighborhood wetlands-street cleanup will include a community walkthrough to outreach to property owners, community members-residents, and our supportive volunteer visitors. The plan is for one to three (1-3) hours of community stewardship on the weekends (Friday-Saturday-Sunday), on an as needed basis. The plan is to recruit-engage additional volunteers through community canvassing, targeting the property owners who live near and community members who frequent higher profile areas.
This is a community call-to-action for environmental impact awareness. Inquire about being a community 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) steward for your block-community-neighborhood.
