Makeshift e-bike parking lot for migrant delivery workers has turned NYC block into congested trash pit: neighbors

Neighbors on an East Village street that’s been flooded with hundreds of e-bikes for migrant delivery workers are outraged, claiming the block has turned into a congested trash pit — and the city isn’t doing enough to help.

Conditions on the stretch of 11th Street, between First Avenue and Avenue A in Manhattan, have deteriorated over the last year as the number of two-wheelers parked there ballooned into the hundreds, locals said.

“You have 300 people that are moving back and forth through this sidewalk on any given day,” said Francisco, who lives on the street.

“That equals food, that equals trash, and that equals rats.”…

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