Is Long Island City going to the dogs?

But that’s the thing #1, those 20% don’t value other people. That’s why I have to do slalom with the sh*t left on the sidewalk. Sometimes on VERNON BLVD. If you see someone not picking up their dog’s gift to the universe, please get Larry David on them and call them out.

#1: you can use that stat for just about any situation. there is always a minority that goes against the grain and often spoils things for others. that is life. but that is also why we base our opinions on the behavior of the majority. majority of dog owners follow the rules – bottom line. enough with the complaining. people seem to have nothing of substance to discuss, except trivial matters of where dogs poop. there are rapes happening all over the borough at the moment – how come you’re not lamenting over the 20% of men that engage in sexual assaults. no, you’re upset and busy complaining over dog owners. the subways are cutting service, there is massive construction taking place in LIC that is dragging on for years, budgets are being slashed, corporations are getting MORE greedy, politicians are stealing money…expend your energies on real issues facing the communities – plently of 20% buckets to choose from there.

I’m with Rita.

I thought it was pretty ironic that the day the graffiti showed up, the two NYC garbage cans at the same intersection disappeared. If the dog-hater’s problem was with dog poop, then he effectively made it more difficult for dog-owners to clean up after their pets.
CHALK OWNERS ARE RUINING L.I.C.

Here here #9. I am amazed by how much garbage gets thrown in the street here. A few corner cans would go a long way towards solving that problem.

How does one clean up dog pee?

Allowing your dog to crap and not cleaning it up is a symptom of a neighborhood where selfish people don’t feel bonds with one another or care about their community. If you knew the person who was going to step in your dog’s crap or the business owner whose property you defiled, you wouldn’t do it.

I actually witnessed two well-dressed guys walk their dog to a spot on a neighbor’s property where the guy put out a sign that said “No Dog Peeing” and allowed their dog to piss there. What does that say about the two guys? That they are just “irresponsible” ? Or that they are complete dickheads who don’t care about their neighbors and the place they live in?

Actually #13, Dunkin Donuts is definitely contributing to the mess in the streets. I see DD branded trash everywhere now.

This was bound to get ugly. I’m a dog-owner and I hereby apologize for my fellow dog owners who don’t pick up after their dogs. That is absolutely wrong and if I see someone walking away from their dog’s feces I have actually chased them down and given them a baggie. (I carry them on my dog’s leash.) So please know that some of us are doing our part.

#13 Have you ever walked past SweetLeaf? They leave their leaking garbage bags leaning against the outside of their store pretty much all the time. Between that and the cigarette butts all over that corner from the Creek on one side and the bus-stop on the other it’s pretty disgusting.

#16 just because DD trash is branded we can recognize where it has been bought. It would be interesting to see who contributes what to the garbage levels on the streets if SweetLeaf, Communitea, Cranky’s, etc., started serving their take-out fare in branded bags/cups.

I’m #15 and I don’t litter. I throw my garbage in the trash cans. I don’t know why the city is removing trash cans in a neighborhood where the number of people (and dogs) are increasing. It makes no sense. I think half of the problem is the city.

Hello All,
First, I would like to say that most Dog owners in LIC respect their community and their neighbors. Most of them also HATE seeing dog poop left behind on the side walk. I (a dog owner) am proud of LIC for having so many dogs and not so much poop and it’s because of community organizations like DOG LIC that help police dog owners and help the dog community stay on track! I for one, pick up random dog poop because I don’t want to see this type of negativity from people about dogs and their owners. I can not pick up every single poop left behind but I try. We should not fight about babies or dogs or trash etc. We ALL have one goal right? We ALL want a safe and clean community right? Instead of making war with each other, why don’t we WORK TOGETHER to achieve this goal? Fighting will only make people lash out and tag things or leave poop or whatever it is people are angry about more…

FYI: New York’s “nuisance law” says your dog-cat-animal can’t “commit a nuisance on a sidewalk of any public place, on a floor, wall, stairway or roof of any public or private premises used in common by the public, or on a fence, wall or stairway of a building abutting on a public place.”

On a side note, I’m going to enjoy referring to my dog’s business as committing a nuisance. :)

Thank you, Steve! We will see you at tonight’s community board meeting. We’re in support!

Who are these people who toss their empty coffee cups and paper bags on the sidewalk? I just don’t get it. How does someone devolve into being such a pig? I’ve lived in NYC my entire life and have never, EVER just thrown trash on the street, whether there were trash cans or not.

And if my parents were to have seen me do it, I’m sure I would have gotten a smack in the head (I’m not excusing violence against children, but there you have it). What is so difficult about hanging onto your DD bag or cup of pee until you can toss it away?

Maybe if we instituted a policy that litterers and dog poopers received a sharp kick in the ass by any witness, we can finally nip this problem in the bud.

Oh my god #15 were you seriously hit with the stupid stick or I don’t understand policy stick? 30pound+ dogs cannot go on weewee pads. Since, it is clear you don’t know own a pet, maybe you should not be commenting on the subject.

Orwell said it best “4 legs good…2 legs baaaaaaaad”

I’m just annoyed at all the gravel all over the sidewalk in front of the park. A hazard in high heels!

#35, OMG, I like totally agree. Know what else annoys me? CARS occupying the streets when I’m trying to cross them. I was even late for work this morning because I couldn’t cross the street because of all the cars passing by! Why can’t the rest of the world walk and take the subway like I do? When I see my neighbors find happiness in something that inconveniences me, I get angry.

I’m so glad you and I see eye to eye!

I am not #35. #36 this is a very poo analogy. You can love dogs but not want their pee and poop on the streets.

#38 – Oh I love cars too! I just don’t like it when people drive them in the streets. Seriously people, park them in a parking garage and drive up and down the ramps so you don’t get in my way.

Oh, and I’m totally not #36 either. Really. Seriously. Not me, nope.

Woof woof!

L.IC. is great… for me to POOP ON!

Did anyone notice a follow-up graffiti that said something along the lines of “REMIND them we live here too”? I’m not a fan of this chalk artist but he/she does have a point when it comes to pee. Some people, although as nice as they are, actually do have to be reminded. Our pups have their needs but we can train them to hold until we approach a reasonable spot, and this especially doesn’t include building facades and building entrances. Every time my dog exits the building she immediately pulls to the curb to do her business but I always drag her off the sidewalk to a less crowded corner and only then do I give her the command. The last thing I want is for pee to be the first thing my neighbors smell when they enter or leave the building. We can’t eliminate the stench but we can stop concentrating it in the most inappropriate places.

a few weeks ago there was another one of these chalk writings on the wall of the 48th avenue park… every community has this argument and i see it like this, in any neighborhood there are two categories responsible residents and irresponsible residents, and there are pet owners and non pet owners in both categories, just as there are families, couples, singles, party goers etc… if the condition of the neighborhood is unfavorable its more than a dog issue, its an issue of who we share this community with and why are they not respecting it, i feel like people like to use dogs as a scapegoat because it is the easiest think to point a finger at.
I have seen disgusting behaviors from residents to which a dog was not involved but why aren’t those pressing issues? such as, drunks outside of SHI breaking bottles, grown men in those party buses getting off and peeing on the little trees in gantry park… people having sex in the park area of ps 78, and even once a couple was having sex on the side of my building right on center blvd, used condoms thrown in the park, drunk people passed out on the benches, water balloons, food and rocks thrown from balconies and roof decks… and I had seen all these things while walking my dogs but don’t worry I picked up their poop!