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One week before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and local and federal officials spoke about the inevitability of climate change at a town hall meeting on Climate and Resiliency at the Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach. About 80 residents gathered to listen and voice their
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGERRITSEN BEACH – “Drag queens are robbing children of their innocence,” people shouted outside the Gerritsen Beach Brooklyn Public Library branch on Thursday. Inside, a small room was packed with children listening to a drag queen read It’s Okay To Be Different by Todd Parr. Everyone was
Arts & Culture
Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports CenterWith 1.1 million students, New York City’s public school system is the largest in the country. At any one time, about one out of every 300 Americans is a New York City public school student. And the transition from daycare, homecare, or preschool
Bay Ridge
After a 2016 drunk driving crash took the life of a 17-year cyclist [/drunk-driver-kills-teen-cyclist-gerritsen-beach-cops-say-sheepshead-bay/] in Gerritsen Beach, a measure of closure has come to the case, as District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the driver was sentenced to jail yesterday for second-degree manslaughter. Thomas Groarke, 26, of Bay Ridge was sentenced
Bay Ridge
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Yesterday morning, 11 men were arrested and charged in the aftermath of an eight-month investigation into a Southern Brooklyn drug ring accused of selling cocaine, heroin, and heroin laced with the deadly synthetic
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Jimmy JoeTemperatures hit the single digits [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] over the weekend causing pipes to burst and homes to flood across Brooklyn. Residents in 12 homes in Gerritsen Beach woke up on Sunday morning to find their homes flooded, the result
Police & Fire
(Photo via New York City Alerts/twitter)Last night, a woman was struck and killed by a pick-up truck while crossing the street between two parked cars in Gerritsen Beach, said cops. The woman, who was in her 50s, was crossing near Whitney Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue on Tuesday, February
Police & Fire
(Photo by Diana Saez Rivera)Less than an hour ago, a fire sparked in the basement of a Sheepshead Bay home, said FDNY. The blaze at 2701 Avenue W and East 27th Street sent dozens of firefighters and emergency medical workers rushing to the street corner at around 9am, Friday
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Photo via NYC DOT.Major changes have started to come to fruition on Gerritsen Avenue, and a lot of residents are surprised. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Vision Zero plan for the Avenue was news to most folks when they saw their bus stop no longer there, and the
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Photo via Facebook/Gerritsen Beach Fire Department. [https://www.facebook.com/gerrittsenbeachfiredepartment/photos]The Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department, known as the “Vollies,” [/?s=gerrittsen+fire]will receive a portion of a $500,000 grant given to seven volunteer fire departments throughout the city by the Department of Homeland Security’
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Shore Boulevard, site of a proposed bike lane. Photo by George BurshteynBike lanes are a hot-button issue in southern Brooklyn these days, and we just don’t seem to be getting them right. We wrote about how the city reversed its decision on exactly where the bike lane should be
Police & Fire
Scene of the fatal accident last month that took the life of Sean Ryan on Gerritsen Avenue. (Photo: Mike Wright/ Facebook)History is repeating itself in Gerritsen Beach as far as traffic safety goes. Last week we reported [/teen-death-bike-accident-brings-call-gerritsen-avenue-traffic-lights/] that a petition was started to install more traffic lights on
Police & Fire
Tamaqua Marina (Photo by Burliai/Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAYDGCWMKHU/])A man is fighting for his life after his boat exploded at Tamaqua Marina [http://tamaquamarina.com/] in Gerritsen Beach Tuesday afternoon. The fire ripped through the vessel at around 4:01pm, and was extinguished by 4:20pm,
Police & Fire
Scene where 17-year-old Sean Ryan was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208751487841784&set=pcb.10154407208674038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Neighbors are demanding the city improve traffic safety on Gerritsen Beach’s
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A teenage bicyclist was killed Sunday night during a head-on collision with a drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach, police say. Sean Ryan, 17, was riding his bicycle north in the median on Gerritsen Avenue around 9pm
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(Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfataustralianaid/10703811283/] / Flickr)Senator Chuck Schumer is urging Congress to pass a $1.9 billion emergency funding bill to combat Zika virus after health officials reported the number of confirmed cases in New York City has almost tripled