Say goodbye to garbage mountains and hello to the “Empire Bins.” Starting this fall, hundreds of parking spaces in Brooklyn’s Community Board 2—covering Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights and more—will be swapped out for massive on-street trash containers. The city says the move will mean cleaner sidewalks, fewer rats and less of that signature eau de New York.

Mayor Eric Adams announced the rollout on Tuesday, calling it the next step in his so-called “trash revolution.” The idea is simple: Instead of leaving black bags piled on the sidewalk like a buffet for rodents, building supers will toss garbage into locked bins that can only be opened with special keys. Custom $500,000 garbage trucks will then swing by and scoop them up.

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