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Approximate location of the accident. (Source: Google Maps)Flatlands resident Christopher Wiltshire, 35, was found dead yesterday afternoon near Shell Bank Creek in Gerritsen Beach. Paramedics responded to a call of an accident near the creek, past the brush east of Gerritsen Avenue, at approximately 5pm. They found Wiltshire unresponsive
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Kenneth Proveaux crashed in the ballfields near Gerritsen Avenue, a popular place for ATV enthusiasts who ride illegally in the parkland. (Source: Google Maps)Gerritsen Beach resident Kenneth Proveaux, 49, died yesterday following an off-roading accident on an ATV in the Marine Park ballfields along Gerritsen Avenue. Proveaux, a Beacon
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Cops are hunting a man that they believe is responsible for four muggings at gunpoint in Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Gerritsen Beach and Mill Basin. Police say their man is a black male in his mid-20s, between 6’0″ to 6’2″, with a light complexion and last seen wearing rectangular
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UPDATE (March 26): Organizers have added two more days to the sale: Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28. These are the final days of the Friends of Gerritsen Beach Library’s first spring book sale since Superstorm Sandy devastated the branch in 2012 [/local-brooklyn-public-library-branches-remain-under-water/]. The library, located at 2808
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From our friends at We Care New York:
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Photo by Erica ShermanState Senator Marty Golden has scheduled two visits of the New York State Department of Financial Services’ Insurance Response Unit to aid victims in his district who were affected by Superstorm Sandy. Today, March 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the NYS
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If you’re still digging out from Superstorm Sandy – and we know many residents and businesses are – there’s a town hall meeting tonight [/marty-golden-hosts-follow-up-town-hall-meeting-on-sandy-recovery-efforts/] in Gerritsen Beach following up on Sandy recovery efforts. Folks, realize that these opportunities are quickly petering out, so if you have forms you need
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Mourners gather during last year’s Brooklyn / Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial, the 10-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Photo by Erica Sherman Tomorrow, our area will hold a number of memorial services in honor of all the men and women whose lives were lost during the terrorist
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Earlier this month we told you about the book donation drive going on at Gerritsen Beach library [/ongoing-book-drive-at-gerritsen-beach-library/]. Those books are now on sale, helping to raise money for the local branch. Apparently the drive was so successful, the organizers are a little overwhelmed. They wrote to us earlier this
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The former site of Chinar at 3110 Avenue U, which once also housed Jahn’s Ice Cream and The Flame, was torn down this week. Chinar vacated the site in mid-2010, when they moved to a new location at 2775 Coney Island Avenue [/chinar-moves-to-coney-island-avenue/]. It has been empty since then.
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Photo by Arthur BorkoTrue Perfection Kitchen & Bath Designs, at 3102 Avenue U, is closing for good after opening just 14 months ago [/kitchen-bath-designs-set-up-shop-in-sheepshead-bay/]. The score is not very good for the so-called “Ave U Plaza,” which actually faces Gerritsen Avenue [http://www.gerritsenbeach.net/2010/03/03/ave-u-plaza-is-born/] , since
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Courtesy of Arthur BorkoTrue Perfection Kitchen & Bath Designs has opened up at 3102 Avenue U, in the newly named “Ave U Plaza”. Just don’t tell the store owners that the avenue they’re actually on is Gerritsen Avenue, which kicked GerritsenBeach.net into a kiniption [http://www.gerritsenbeach.