Midday on 86th Street, the elevated train lays its shadow in bars across the sidewalk and the little front gardens of Bensonhurst take the heat straight on. KO Landscaping Corp works these compact lots: mow, edge, trim, weed the beds, then sweep the clippings off the concrete before leaving. Nothing here is large; everything here is visible, which is the harder standard. Spring and fall cleanups bracket the year, with hedge shaping and fresh mulch in between. A tight, level cut on a fifteen-foot yard reads from clear across the avenue.