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Hotel Horrors Become Affordable Residential Units: 5th Avenue Rezoning

Neighbors shot down plans to build a hotel at this vacant lot at 9114 Fifth Avenue between 91st and 92nd Streets last year. Now the developer wants to rezone the area to develop a 9-story mixed-use development with affordable housing. (Screenshot: Google Maps)BAY RIDGE — A developer looking to build

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The Home Reporter To Make Epic Endorsement For Golden

Marty Golden. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – The Home Reporter, for the first time in more than six decades, is throwing their support behind a local political candidate and they’re siding with the boss’ friend — State Sen. Marty Golden. Charles “Chuck” F. Otey, long-time Southern Brooklynite and Golden

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Molinaro Needs Help Answering Questions About Brooklyn

Gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro (Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND – The Republican candidate for Governor Marc Molinaro made a low-profile stop Saturday in Coney Island, and demonstrated both why he’s the sort of Republican who — in theory — could win quite a few votes in Brooklyn, and why he’s got

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Local Group Challenges State Senator Golden At Bay Ridge Summer Stroll

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – “Would you like a balloon? It’s from State Senator Marty Golden,” a man carrying a bundle of yellow balloons asked everyone who passed by the table that read “Re-Elect Marty Golden.” In a span of a few hours, Summer Stroll (which closed Third Avenue

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EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Gounardes On Guns And Simcha Felder

Andrew Gounardes. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Moms Demand Action believes Andrew Gounardes, who is running for the State Senate seat currently occupied by Marty Golden, is a Gun Sense Candidate of Distinction for his position on gun safety. “Every single day in this country, dozens of children die

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Senator Golden Finally Calls On Senate To Pass Speed Camera Bill

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerAfter a 24-hour vigil outside his office and a rally near a public school, State Senator Marty Golden is calling for the Senate to reconvene to pass the speed camera bill. The bill, S. 6046-C, will enhance and renew the speed camera program that allows for cameras

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Treyger Calls On State Senate At Rally As Clock Ticks on Speed Camera Programs

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGRAVESEND – With a program for speed cameras outside schools set to expire on July 25, Council Member Mark Treyger, along with Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and the Department of Education, are calling on state senators to renew it. “One of the most paramount responsibilities of

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Family, Friends of Traffic Victims Hold Vigil Outside Senator Marty Golden’s Bay Ridge Office

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – “The nights are the hardest. My son would’ve graduated, went to his prom this week, had a girlfriend… maybe,” Amy Cohen said, choking up. “I just miss him every day.” Parents, spouses, and loved ones gathered outside Senator Marty Golden’s Bay Ridge office

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Senate Candidate Proposes Tax Plan To Benefit Small Businesses

The Bookmark Shoppe in Bay Ridge is one example of a local small business. (Photo: The Bookmark Shoppe)In an effort to improve on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “Internet Fairness Conformity Tax” proposal, which would make sites like Amazon collect sales tax when facilitating purchases from third-party sellers, Andrew Gounardes,

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Progressive Groups Protest State Senator’s Drug Comments in Bay Ridge

State Senator Marty Golden has been under fire for comments he made regarding the opioid epidemic (Photo: NYS Senate)BAY RIDGE – In response to State Senator Marty Golden’s racist comments about the opioid epidemic made last week, a group of local progressive politicians and community activists protested outside the

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Local Politicians Respond to Senator Golden’s “Ghetto Drug” Comment [UPDATE]

Photo: NYS SenateUPDATE- 5:55 pm: Senator Marty Golden just released this statement: “To anyone who was offended by my choice of words regarding the heroin and opioid crisis facing our state, I sincerely apologize. While my words were not articulated clearly or properly, the point I was trying to

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Bay Ridge’s Renovated ‘R’ Train Station Reopens Amid Controversy

Photo: MTA NYC Transit TwitterBAY RIDGE – The Bay Ridge Ave R train station has finally re-opened after renovations that began six months ago — and it still lacks elevators. According to last year’s press release from Senator Marty Golden’s office, the improvements were meant to make the station aesthetically

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Journalist Ross Barkan Will Run Against Marty Golden In Bay Ridge Senate Race

Ross Barkan campaign photo by Vanessa OgleBAY RIDGE: The elections for Marty Golden’s State Senate seat won’t be for another two years, but we now know he will face at least one determined opponent in political journalist and columnist Ross Barkan. Barkan was born and raised in Bay

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Meet Your Candidate: John Quaglione For Bay Ridge’s District 43

Photo: Quaglione CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’ve reached out to all nine candidates for a Q & A to

Neighbors

Dollar Van Hit-And-Run Sparks Marine Parker’s Call For Enforcement

Angel and Samantha Sagardia were victims of a dollar van hit-and-run last week. Photo courtesy of Facebook.Last Thursday, Marine Park residents gathered outside the home of Angel Sagardia to honor him after he and his wife, Samantha, were the victims of a hit-and-run at the hands of a “dollar

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Over 50 & Love To Sing? Try Out For Golden’s Senior Idol Competition

Brooklyn Senior Idol 2010 winner Nunzio Franzese. (Photo: Martin J. Golden / Facebook)Got a favorite song and love to sing? Are you over 50? Then this competition is for you! Senator Marty Golden, in conjunction with Xaverian High School, announced details for the 10th Annual Brooklyn Senior Idol, a popular

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Over 50 & Love To Sing? Try Out For Golden’s Senior Idol Competition

Brooklyn Senior Idol 2010 winner Nunzio Franzese. (Photo: Martin J. Golden / Facebook)Got a favorite song and love to sing? Are you over 50? Then this competition is for you! Senator Marty Golden, in conjunction with Xaverian High School, announced details for the 10th Annual Brooklyn Senior Idol, a popular

Police & Fire

Gerritsen Avenue: A History Of Contention

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 that a petition was started to install more traffic lights on Gerritsen

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Everything You Need to Know About This Year’s 18th Avenue Feast

Photo by William CarusoGet ready, party people, because Bensonhurst’s 18th Avenue Feast is back! The 41st annual Festa di Santa Rosalia starts August 18, on the boulevard named for Cristoforo Colombo, between 68th Street and 75th Street, and continues through August 28. On weekdays, the Feast will bring delicious

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De Blasio Addresses Brooklyn Muslims At Eid Al-Fitr Service

Mayor @BilldeBlasio joined thousands of Muslim New Yorkers in #BathBeach #BK to celebrate Eid ul Fitr – Eid Mubarak! pic.twitter.com/sSaPb8dJH3 — NYC Mayor’s CAU (@mayorsCAU) July 6, 2016 In a rare appearance around these parts, Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray visited Bensonhurst Park in

Arts & Culture

Senator Golden Announces Lineup For Free Summer Concert Series

Photo via Sha-DoobieLooking to boogie down at your local park this summer? Senator Marty Golden has announced the lineup for his free summer concert series. The musical acts offer a little something for everyone — there’s a mix of classic tunes, golden oldies, Disco and Doo Wop. “We have a

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Build It Back Suspends Construction In Brooklyn After Gerritsen Home Collapses

#SOD on the scene of a building collapse @ 70 Beacon Court @NYPD61Pct. Unoccupied, under construction. No injuries. pic.twitter.com/qVG9Fi8zx4 — NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) June 22, 2016 The company overseeing more than 400 Brooklyn home elevations for the city’s Build it Back program has suspended all construction work

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Senate Passes Bills To Increase Penalties For Selling Drugs To Minors

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanDrug dealers, beware: You may serve more jail time if you are arrested selling narcotics to children under 14 or if you are caught at a park or a playground. The State Senate passed two drug-related bills yesterday, the first sponsored by Senator Jack Martins and the

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Heroin Task Force Tackles Stigma In Dyker Heights: “Nobody Wants A Treatment Center In Their Backyard”

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Intolerable Stench Caused By Breakdown At Wastewater Treatment Plant, Officials Say

The Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Photo: Google Maps)The revolting stench that blanketed parts of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach earlier this year was caused by a mechanical failure at the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant on Knapp Street, officials said. “Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong,