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(Aerial photo submitted by reader)As of this week, 7,000 gallons of diesel oil — of the 27,000 spilled by a private fuel depot [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — have been recovered from the Gravesend Bay using concentric booms, the State DEC told BKLYNER. However,
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“Stop Dumping On Us” shouted local pols, civic leaders, and advocates this morning near the site of a 27,000-gallon diesel oil spill into the Gravesend Bay last week [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — shaming environmental protection agencies for failing
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Photo via NYPDA breathtaking rescue took place in Gravesend Bay early this morning, when NYPD scuba divers pulled a lost pup from the waters and returned him to his grateful owner. NYPD Harbor Unit responded to a 911 call from a passerby of a dog swimming in the waters of
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A video of a humpback whale frolicking in Gravesend Bay near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been floating around Youtube this summer. Ten seconds into the footage, the whale can be seen leaping out of the water before diving back into the waves, delighting the family of four on board
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Photo submitted to Bensonhurst Bean by anonymous tipster.Assemblyman William Colton and opponents of the Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station [/?s=waste+transfer+station#.V1hs9uYrLos] will get their day in court next week to try and stop the construction of the trash facility — which they say is a danger to
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A grey seal bobs in Gravesend Bay. (Photo by Daniel Frazer/Bensonhurst Bean) Gravesend Bay has a storied history of boat racing [/30853/#.VwKZ4hIrLe0], the lore of great fishing and is home to one of the world’s largest and most iconic suspension bridges- – the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/25-facts-
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Photo by Daniel FrazerGravesend Bay was once home to a vibrant, nationally known yacht racing club. During the summer months, yachts would attempt to out sail one another in our local stretch of the Atlantic, with dapper and sea-faring names like “Wanderlust” and “Flamingo.” These races would typically commence
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Courtesy of Surrey EquitiesBensonhurst’s waterfront mini mall is about to expand. Real estate investment company Surrey Equities has filed plans [http://surreyequities.propertycapsule.com/properties/cae-ar--bay/#overview] to build a two-story, 11,500-square-foot building commercial building at Caesar’s Bay Shopping Center [http://www.
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Courtesy of Brooklyn College/FacebookWith its sprawling ocean views, the green hills of Staten Island in the distance — the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in its future — the shores of Gravesend Bay would once have made an excellent home for a City University of New York [http://www2.cuny.edu/] (CUNY) campus.
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Brian GerwitzUPDATE 6:45pm: Police have identified the body discovered yesterday in the Marine Park Creek as that of Brian Gewirtz, a 20-year-old man with autism who was reported missing by his family on February 17 [/autistic-man-goes-missing-marine-park-home/]. Gerwitz, whose family noted his
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Kohl’s at Caesar’s Bay Shoping Center (Source: Google Maps)Love shopping at Kohl’s? Well, Kohl’s loves you too, and now the department store is giving back. Kohl’s has announced it will award nearly $400,000 in scholarships and prizes to more than 2,500 students
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Source: Flickr/jpotischA study highlighting the exorbitant cost of a proposed waste transfer station on the Upper East Side may provide ammunition for activists, community members, and pols fighting the planned Gravesend Bay waste treatment facility [/saturday-colton-treyger-lead-rally-bensonhurst-waste-transfer-station/]. The study, conducted by the