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Gerritsen Beach Will Wait Two More Years For Long Overdue Project To Reduce Flooding

Photo via SliceofNYC / FlickrLong before Hurricane Sandy swept through their neighborhood, carrying away cars, trees, and even homes, residents in Gerritsen Beach urged city agencies to make road and sewer repairs that would reduce serious flooding. Now, due in large part to federal money for Sandy recovery efforts, the work

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Southern Brooklyn Says “Meh” To Hipsters, As NY Times Discovers That Southern Brooklyn Exists

The hipster DMZ line. (Source: DieHipster.wordpress.com)Breaking news from the New York Times: there are hipsters in Brooklyn. Oh, and Southern Brooklynites exist, and, shucks, even have opinions. The Times recently sent a reporter out to Brooklyn neighborhoods on the hipster-less side of the Die Hipster DMZ line

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Police Say Thanks, But No Thanks, To Would-Be Vigilantes In Gerritsen Beach On Halloween

An offer to help keep Gerritsen Beach safe from a redux of last year’s teenage Halloween hooliganism was rebutted by neighbors and police, as the community made last-minute plans for the holiday. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting, a leader of a local volunteer neighborhood improvement group

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Gerritsen Beach Group Closes Meetings To Press, Pols

Following the Halloween controversy, the Gerritsen Beach Property Owners Association decided to close its doors to the public for an undetermined amount of time. Local officials who requested not to be named are reporting to Sheepshead Bites that they were “disinvited” from the group’s meeting last night, and GerritsenBeach.

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Pols vs. MTA: Kruger Calls Out MTA

Local leaders pressed MTA officials and the agency’s contractor for proposals and promises from the authority this morning, but the biggest payoff appears to be for residents of Gerritsen Beach and communities east of Sheepshead Bay. “Did a magic bullet appear? No,” said Councilman Lew Fidler of the meeting.