Police Tow Trash Filled Car That Irked Park Slope Residents

PARK SLOPE, NY — Police towed a trash-filled car overflowing with empty cans, crutches and more that frustrated Park Slope residents after it was dumped on a neighborhood street for weeks.

Officers in the 78 Precinct towed the green Toyota Camry, which has been parked on Sixth Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets for weeks, on Tuesday night, a day after the owner was supposed to remove the car themself.

The green 1993 Toyota was first spotted by residents around June 29 and racked up several tickets on the windshield for an expired registration, the Brooklyn Paper reported.

Its front window was missing and nearly every inch of the car, including its driver's seat, was filled to the brim with books, posters, empty cans, trash bags, several crutches and more.

"When something like this can sit around and can't be taken care of, it says we're going to slip back into the days when we had problems with gangs, drugs, and everything else," neighbor Steve Kabacinski told the Brooklyn Paper. "I remember the bad days — and this reminds me of them."

The Brooklyn Paper reported that since the car has valid plates, the city couldn't tow it and it was up to the owner to remove it from the block.

Officers from the 78 Precinct wrote a note promising the owner would move it by Monday, but it still remained a day later with bugs flying around.

Police took matters into their own hands on Tuesday night and towed the car because vehicles can't stay in the same location "for an extended period,"ABC 7 reported.

NY1 reported that the owner, a middle-aged woman, was out of town and couldn't move the car herself.

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