Too dense for dumpsters: This NYC block reveals hurdles in ‘trash revolution’

WNYC News

The piles of trash bags on New York City’s sidewalks are slated to disappear in the coming years thanks to Mayor Eric Adams' push to force property owners to put out their garbage in securely lidded bins.

But there's hardly any room for bins on a block of East 10th Street whose bustling sidewalks are packed with row houses and restaurants. And with parking on both sides of the narrow, one-way street, there’s also little space to install the shared European-style dumpsters being piloted in West Harlem.