Pigeon problem is most severe at 52nd Street station
The battle against pigeon poop at three subway stations in Queens just got a lump sum.
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has allocated $250,000 of his discretionary funds to install an experimental pigeon mitigation system at three subway stations along the 7 line in Sunnyside and Woodside.
Locals have been complaining about the splattered sidewalks under the elevated tracks at the 46th St., 52nd St. and 61st St. stations for year, said Joseph Conley, chairman of Community Board 2.
The community board ramped up pleas in 2011 to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to clean the bird poop on the sidewalks. But the MTA told the board it’s only responsible for the 3 feet of sidewalk leading to the subway entrance, not the sidewalks below.
“If you come and look at the sidewalks it’s like they’re covered in snow,” Conley said, referring to the 52nd St. station, which will get the bulk of Van Bramer’s funding — $200,000.
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Leave the Pigeons alone! Fight the power.
Don’t forget the park at 55th and Roosevelt called appropriately “Pigeon Park” which is made worse because the people feed the dang birds.
Then they nest in the houses about and coo all night …. Ever try sleeping when a few of them nest in your air shafts, on top of your air conditioners .. YUCK …..
This has been nasty for years! Its about time they did something about it!
Here is a lonk to a couple photos and a gross video of the subway.
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/lumn8tion
How exactly will the “experimental mitigation” work? Any details? Everybody knows and sees the pigeon feeders. They work like clockwork. They purchase 20 or 30 pounds of birdseed in the local supermarket and then go on their rounds. Would you like me to post pictures of them? I know they are mentally ill but the Dept. of Mental Health and Hygiene should deal with them. By the way, this is the same city agency responsible for dog licensing. How many dog owners pay the $8.50 for a spayed or neutered dog license? Why can’t we raise that fee and dedicate it to cleaning dog waste? Have you ever seen any dog owners receive a summons for violations -off leash, not cleaning up etc.? Why do we need the DOE Fund to clean our streets when it is the responsibility of the Dept. of Sanitation?
Let’s hand out a hundred BB guns to local kids and pay them a bounty of 50 cents for every pigeon they knock off. I can’t imagine anything that could possibly go wrong with that.
Let’s make a cable-tv reality show out of this. We might even make a few bucks. Some suggested titles…
Man Versus Pigeon
Pigeon Nightmares (Chef Ramsay goes after the birds with his meat cleaver and then curses out the little old ladies who feed the pigeons)
Donald Trump’s Pigeon Hunter Apprentice
The Real Pigeons of Woodside County
American Poopers
Can someone please inform the senior citizens not to feed them…. maybe a special talk at the senior center needs to happen
You people hate animals!!!! Fight the Power.
@KingofQueens
To the barricades!
I’ve been BESMIRCHED!!!
@KingofQueens
That’s pigeon droppings. Don’t loiter under the 7 train platform.
Of course we should clean up the pigeon mess, and we also need to address the idiots who put out bird seed. Someone in my building dumps leftover rice on the ground to feed the birds (as if any of them are starving.)
The real goal should be to eradicate the pigeon population. They contribute nothing to our community except acidic fecal matter and potential disease (salmonella and the fungus that causes histoplasmosis.)
This task is probably beyond our capability, but the idea of a bounty is appealing to many. It would give our teens something to do – $1 for each pigeon and $5 for each rat.
I know that bird lovers will be against this idea, but this problem is getting worse and we need to find a solution.
I can’t stand the pigeons and yes, they nested in my air conditioner one summer. And I am sick of the crazy people who feed them. They should be arrested.
By the way: I think it is a violation to feed the pigeons.
I vote for “The Real Pigeons of Woodside County”. We can have Cher make an appearance in the bird costume that she wore when she won her academy award. We can have assemblywoman Margaret Markey wear a canary yellow dress.