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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
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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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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
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Councilman Alan Maisel’s office identified 10 intersections with missing or damaged street signs on Avenue V. (Photo: Google Maps)City Councilman Alan Maisel is calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to replace scores of damaged or missing street signs his office has identified in Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A car fatally struck an 82-year-old man Friday while he tried to to cross Gerritsen Avenue at the Knapp Street intersection, according to the NYPD. Police say the octogenarian, Joseph Ciresi, was walking towards his home,
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Shopping cart filled with gas cans. (Photo courtesy of nolastname)Last week, when that ne’er-do-well sorry excuse for a cart [/shopping-cart-series-crude-bom/] got posted in the Shopping Cart Series, I felt like throwing a lit match onto him. Nolastname sent my picture in, first. But somehow, he managed to convince