News Archives - East 86th St Association

City Officials Tour East 86th Street

Posted on June 2, 2025June 9, 2025 by Ayesha Fine

May 20, 2025 – East 86th Street Association Vice President Andrew Fine and Community Board 8 Chair Valerie Mason joined a group of city officials on a walk-through of East 86th Street. The mini-tour highlighted the problems (and triumphs) our residents and merchants experience daily.

Council member Julie Menin organized the tour for NYC Department of Sanitation Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan and Assistant Chief Frank Lettera. They observed our quality of life concerns such as overflowing trash receptacles, street litter, and pest control.

Joe from Urban Pest Management demonstrated his company’s rat remediation technique. This method has reduced the number of rat colonies on East 86th Street.

Many thanks to Julie Menin and her office for organizing this walk-through!

There’s another way to call attention to these quality of life issues: Use the City’s 311 system! You can report almost anything, using the 311 portal website, dialing 311 on your phone, or using the free app.

https://portal.311.nyc.gov

Clean Team – April 26, 2025

Posted on April 29, 2025May 7, 2025 by Ayesha Fine

Volunteers braved the rainy forecast on Saturday morning to join the East 80s/Yorkville Alliance for a street clean-up. The Clean Team assembled to remove litter from the sidewalks and tree pits on East 86th Street. The volunteers are members of the community who come together to improve and beautify the East 86th Street corridor.

State Assembly Member Alex Bores rolled up his sleeves to pitch in, as did City Council hopefuls Vanessa Aaronson, Faith Bondi and Virginia Maloney. We were delighted to welcome new Clean Team members from our neighborhood Valley National Bank branch. A team from Ace Cleaners and our partners at Carnegie Hill Neighbors joined the effort. After all the hard work was finished, Chick-Fil-A donated boxed lunches for all volunteers. Interested in joining us next time? Join our mailing list here.

E 86th St Association sponsors forum for NYC Council District 4 Candidates

Posted on March 7, 2025March 11, 2025 by Andrew Fine

On March 6, the Association hosted all six candidates for NYC Council District 4 for a town hall meeting at Evans Tower.
Participants included candidates Vanessa Aronson, Faith Bondy, Luke
Florczak, Virginia Maloney, Rachel Storch, and Ben Wetzler.
Valerie Mason, President of E 72nd St Association, moderated the event. A
recording of the candidates’ statements and Q&A is here.

E 86th St Association places Big Belly trash bins in the neighborhood

Posted on March 7, 2025March 11, 2025 by Andrew Fine

In partnership with two local buildings, to help improve the neighborhood’s cleanliness, the Association has launched a pilot program to place Big Belly trash receptacles on the corner of 86th St & 3rd Ave and on the corner of 84th St & Third Ave.

“Currently, many of the old green trash cans, which were deployed nearly a decade ago by DSNY, are in a state of disrepair,” said Association President Elaine Walsh. “Hopefully, there will be future city funding to replace or repair these cans. In the meantime, or in addition, we are looking to work with buildings in the neighborhood to consider ‘adopting’ a Big Belly in partnership with our organization.”

On a limited basis, the Association will defray some of the upfront cost of acquiring a Big Belly for an individual building, which would be responsible for emptying it as part of its responsibilities of keeping adjacent sidewalks clean. Area resident managers, who have used the receptacles, have commented that they are “game-changers” in terms of controlling waste.

“East 86th St Association thanks Evans Tower and Park Lane Towers for partnering with us,” concluded Walsh.

Resident Manager Jan Ochlan of Evans Tower said, “We believe the use of the Big Belly solar technology and high capacity is going to save our building a great deal of staff time, as we will have far less trips out to maintain the public plaza in front of our building.”

A typical Big Belly can compact up to 150 gallons of trash via solar power and has a sensor providing an alert that it is full. It is also fully enclosed, which mitigates rodents and improper access.

Interested buildings, boards, property managers, or local businesses should contact the Association.

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