CBCLEAN BLOCKS
East Flatbush & Flatlands, Brooklyn

Cleaner blocks.
Stronger communities.

See a problem. Report it. Bring your community together to fix it.

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Independent prototype · Example data

Illustration of a Brooklyn block with neighbors cleaning up and a phone showing the Clean Blocks map

10 reports

On the community map

How it works

Three steps to a cleaner block

  1. Step 1

    Spot it

    See litter or illegal dumping in your neighborhood.

  2. Step 2

    Report it

    Upload a photo and tell us what happened.

  3. Step 3

    Take action

    Find hotspots, join cleanups, and help improve your block.

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Example Data
Example Data

See where our neighborhoods need help.

Every report becomes a pin. Repeat pins become hotspots the community can act on.

  • Dumping
  • Overflow
  • Debris
  • Bulk
  • Litter
  • Other
  • Cleanup
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Take action

Pick one thing to do today

  • Report waste

    Help document litter and illegal dumping.

    Report waste

  • Find a cleanup

    Join other residents cleaning up their neighborhood.

    Join a cleanup

  • Share your story

    Tell the story behind the places and issues near you.

    Share your story

Community impact

What the blocks have logged

Example figures

  • Reports submitted

  • Waste hotspots identified

  • Cleanups organized

  • Community members involved

Prototype figures from example data plus anything you add in this browser — not official city statistics.

Recent reports

Straight from the blocks

Example Data
  • LargeIn review

    Illegal dumping

    Church Ave & E 51st St · East Flatbush

    Bags and old tires dropped overnight next to the corner basket.

  • MediumCleanup scheduled

    Overflowing trash

    Utica Ave & Winthrop St · East Flatbush

    Corner basket has been full since the weekend.

  • LargeReceived

    Construction debris

    Flatlands Ave & E 56th St · Flatlands

    Drywall and buckets stacked on the sidewalk, blocking the curb cut.

  • MediumIn review

    Furniture / bulk waste

    Avenue H & E 48th St · Flatlands

    Mattress and a couch at the curb for several days.

Cleanups

Help out near you

See all cleanups
  • Cleanup needed

    Flatlands Ave curb clearing

    Flatlands · Illegal dumping / litter

    3 more volunteers · Saturday, Aug 22, 11:00 AM

    Join cleanup
  • Cleanup needed

    Church Ave corner reset

    East Flatbush · Overflowing trash / litter

    1 more volunteers · Sunday, Aug 23, 9:30 AM

    Join cleanup

Community stories

Our blocks deserve better.

Residents are seeing the problems firsthand — and helping create the solutions.

  • East Flatbush

    The corner we stopped noticing

    A sample story submission describing a corner where bags pile up every week and how neighbors started photographing it instead of walking past.

  • Flatlands

    Walking my kid to school past the pile

    A sample written submission about what it feels like to pass the same debris on a school route every morning.

  • East Flatbush

    Two hours, eleven bags

    A sample short-video submission from a block cleanup, showing before and after on a single stretch of sidewalk.

Read community stories

Get involved on your block.

Start with the corner you already walk past every day.

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