Stories from our blocks

Numbers don't smell. People remember.

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

Prototype. The stories below are written examples, not real resident submissions. Anything you add stays in your browser.

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The corner we stopped noticing

East Flatbush · 2026-08-14

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

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— Sample resident submission

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Flatlands · 2026-08-11

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

— Sample resident submission

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East Flatbush · 2026-08-09

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

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— Sample volunteer submission