Who Do You Call to Clean Up the Shooting Down the Street?

Question:
A reader sent us this email about a shooting that occurred around midnight in Brooklyn:
Just wanted to point out that there was a shooting last night at the bus depot at Broadway and Havemeyer in Williamsburg, -and that the investigation seems to be over, but the guy's hat, a big puddle of blood and teeth, many rubber gloves, gauze, a sterile water container, et cetera are still down there, for people to step in. I called the 90th Precinct but they said "maybe it's sanitation's job". Aren't these things usually cleaned up?"

Answer:
In New York City, if a crime or trauma scene happens outside on public property, the City of New York (by local law) is responsible to have these sites cleaned up. The reality is there is no city agency that will perform these services and the city has not contracted with an outside service to perform these cleanups.

If this happens on your property/sidewalk, yard etc. You can call Bio-Recovery Corporation at 718-729-2600 and we will clean this site up.

You can call 311 or if it's a hazard which blood or pathologial waste is call 911. File a complaint and get the complaint number.