Along the Kill Van Kull the tugboats pass all afternoon, and the front yards of Port Richmond sit close to the street — small squares of grass that everyone walking by gets a good look at. Soto brothers landscaping llc keeps them looking their part: cut clean, borders shaped, hedges held to a line, the walk blown bare at the end. Work on this side of the island is measured in feet rather than acres, which is exactly why every detail shows. On a late-summer evening, when the shade of a London plane finally reaches the curb, one freshly cut yard can make a whole narrow block feel cared for. That ripple down the street is the part worth doing the job for.