The owner of an Upper West Side apartment building finally removed its longtime sidewalk shed Monday after nearly two decades – and neighbors are shedding no tears.

The infamous green blight at 51 West 86th St. was even awarded the title of the Worst Sidewalk Shed on the West Side at Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblymember Micah Lasher’s inaugural “Sheddie Awards” this spring.

“It’s been up for a very long time, so the building’s very excited,” resident Omer Hit told The Post. 4

“There’s so much of it,” the 31-year-old tech worker said of scaffolding on the Upper West Side. “Then it’s like a whole new world when it’s finally gone.

“Now it’s so exciting. It’s so beautiful, it’s so open,” he added. “It’s like a new breath of fresh air. We had champagne already … but I think there

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