Plastic bags, a submerged flat-screen TV and even a shopping cart are among the debris residents say they have found sitting in Coney Island Creek – the borough’s last remaining salt marsh waterway.
Some community members say years of illegal dumping have turned parts of the creek into a growing environmental concern.
“I’ve seen cans of paint, I see shopping carts, I see tires, I’ve seen a motorbike. Aquaman has a house in the creeks – our community deserves better,” resident Jose Santiago said…