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One stretch of 64th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn has gone from filthy to flawless after residents contacted NY1 For You.

“NY1 has brought the attention that we need for 64th Street and the residents to help start getting this cleaned up,” says resident John Bartolomeo.

Residents reached out to NY1 two weeks ago about their street, which had become a dumping ground for everything from construction material to restaurant trash.

“I'm here 55 years. I fight this battle all the time. I can't win. I don't know what to do no more,” said resident Vittoro Asprea.

After homeowners called, NY1 contacted the Department of Sanitation, and they sent a crew out to clean up the area.

NY1 also called the Metropolitan Transportation Authority about the empty lots on the street the agency owns. In response, MTA crews cleaned the lots and posted "no dumping" signs on their fences.

“Since you come out, a lot of things been done. Sanitation, the transit been helpful. They try their best they can, but the people you see dumping, they don't care,” says Asprea.

Unfortunately, even with all the efforts of DSNY and The MTA, the dumping continues. NY1 found stacks of boxes filled with rotten avocados.

NY1 called Sanitation again, and this time they sent inspectors out who caught someone in the act of dumping.

The agency has promised to continue to patrol the street and will write summons for dumping.

DSNY also deters dumpers through its bounty program, which rewards citizens for turning in illegal dumpers.

For more information on the program, call 311.

NY1 will continue to follow this story.