Katy Golvala

@kt_golvala

In the spirit of the holiday, it’s worth mentioning how thankful we are for Bushwick. Not many neighborhoods offer you all the cultural upsides of living in New York City, while letting you avoid (most of) the pretension that typically comes with them.

But, for everything we love about it, there’s one downside to living in Bushwick: a lack of city services. Let’s start with trashcans and lousy roads.

Look around the neighborhood on any given day and you’ll likely spot garbage scattered on sidewalks and potholes that have become permanent fixtures of the streets. Walk the entire length of Bushwick Avenue between Halsey and Himrod Street and you won’t find a single trashcan. There are just six trashcans on Bushwick Avenue, which is about two miles long; five of those trashcans can be found in a 700-foot radius.