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In the 1890s, New York City implemented a street cleaning program that picked up after the large amounts of litter in the streets, as well as cleaning up after the city's horse-powered transportation. In 1895, New York City became the first U.S. city with public-sector garbage management. [9]
The New York City Water Board was established in 1905. It sets water and sewer rates for New York City sufficient to pay the costs of operating and financing the system, and collects user payments from customers for services provided by the water and wastewater utility systems of the City of New York.
In her work Touch Sanitation (1979-80), taking almost a year, Ukeles met over 8500 employees of the New York Sanitation Department, shaking hands with each of them and saying, “Thank you for keeping New York City alive”. [126] She documented her activities on a map, recording her conversations with the workers.
From 1872 to 1880, the New York and Putnam Railroad was built along the Tibbetts Brook valley. [14] [31] [29] [26] [33] The construction of the railroad altered the natural drainage pattern of the brook, leading new marshes to develop around it. [29] In 1888, the New York City Parks Department acquired the land to create Van Cortlandt Park. The ...
Soundview is a neighborhood on the Clason Point peninsula, on the southern section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City.Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, White Plains Road to the east, Lacombe Avenue to the south, and the Bronx River to the west.
The Nereid Avenue station (/ ˈ n ɪər i ɪ d / NEER-ee-id; formerly East 238th Street station) is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Nereid Avenue (East 238th Street) and White Plains Road in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx. [3]
NYCTS = New York City Transit System; NYC & HRRR = New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; NYM = New York Municipal Railway Corporation; NYRT = New York Rapid Transit Corporation; NYTCo. = New York Telephone Company; PSC IRT = Public Service Commission-Interborough Rapid Transit; PSC MRC = Public Service Commission-Metropolitan Railway Company
The Third Avenue–138th Street station is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway located at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 138th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. It is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction.