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Snap before and after — a caged AI Sentinel verifies the cleanup, and your block's monster shrinks on the live map.
Dept. of Guerrilla Sanitation · All 5 boroughs
GARBOLOGY NYC
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The Trash Monster of NYC
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What Garbology gives you
Look good
Verified rep, not self-report
Streaks, badges, and the Feed turn street cleaning into a high-status sport — every brag backed by proof.
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Real rewards from real storefronts
Cash, food, and store credit from local shops — plus +100 XP bounties on open 311 complaints.
NYC Open Data · pulled live from 311
The city is telling us where it hurts
Bar chart of DSNY 311 sanitation complaints per year. 2022: 305,249. 2023: 302,029. 2024: 306,156. 2025: 326,780. 2026 is on pace for about 390,000 — a 19% jump, shown as a projection.
Source: NYC Open Data erm2-nwe9 · queried Aug 2026 · 2026 projected from Jan–mid-Aug
123,000+
DSNY cleanliness summonses in Jan–Jul 2024 alone
3 → 33
leptospirosis cases a year — 11× the 2001–20 baseline
$84.7B
in yearly tourism riding on clean first impressions
The live city map
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