New York City’s long-running battle against trash bags piled on sidewalks — and the rats that feast on them — is ramping up in Brooklyn.

The city will start rolling out stationary on-street containers known as Empire Bins in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this fall, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.

The Department of Sanitation will begin placing the rat-resistant curbside bins outside schools in the two neighborhoods before installing them at every school and high-density residential building in Brooklyn Community District 2 next year, the mayor said in a release.

The district — which also includes downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Ferry, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill and the Brooklyn Navy Yard — will be the second in the city with fully containerized trash when the rollout is

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