It’s that time of year again:

There’s no escaping the grime and nose-holding stench levels that city sidewalks generate in the summertime.

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The city last month found that 95 percent of Brighton Beach sidewalks were clean, yet residents there say the stench of litter and rotten fruit from overflowing trash cans on Brighton Beach Avenue reaches gagging levels in the summer.

“The private garbage companies, you’ll see them squeeze the garbage and the juice comes out,” said Ned Hasanoff, whose family owns a fabric store on Brighton Beach Avenue. “I stepped in it once and my car smelled for weeks.”