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Avdi Nikovic, the owner of the Bat Ridge Cafe in Brooklyn, says two large storage containers in front of his restaurant is killing his business.

"The people thinking it's for garbage, they're throwing the garbage on top of them and on the side, here and between the container," says Nikovic.

He insists for two years now, the containers, which are used to store materials for an Metropolitan Transportation Authority construction project, have sat in front of his cafe, deterring customers from coming in.

"They destroy our business, 'cause nobody can sit outside," says Nikovic. "And the night time, we have people drinking beers between these containers and behind these containers and they use them like a public toilet."

The cafe is on a one-way street the dumpsters completely block the view of the cafe to oncoming traffic.

The small business owner is now six months behind in his rent and the gas and electricity are about to be shut off.

It's a sad state of affairs for the six-year-old business, which many say was flourishing before the containers crushed it.

"Before it was wonderful. It was a lot of people, it was a lot of workers," says waitress Natlya Ioshpa.

"They put all their hard-earned money together for 'the American dream' and they're being sabotaged," says customer Corinn Kuhn.

"There's plenty places they can put them, where they don't bother no one, but they put exactly here," says Nikovic.

NY1 brought up that point to the MTA, and in response a spokesman told the station that the agency looked into moving the containers across the street, but decided it was cost-prohibitive.

The spokesman said the MTA offered to put up signage by the containers telling people the restaurant was open, but the owner declined.

Nikovic said to put his restaurant signs on what looks like dumpsters would not be very appetizing.

The MTA spokesman said the project is scheduled to be completed in spring 2012 and it is possible the containers could be moved earlier.

That is little comfort to Nikovic, who says the damage has already been done.