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2261 Bragg Street wants to put up a 7 story vertical extension to their existing 3 story building(above).

There was a public hearing Monday, October 27th 7:00 but

• Zoning Committee: YES: 4 NO: 12 - Not Recommended to CB15
• CB15: YES: 13 NO: 22 - Not Recommended to BSA

YES voters: Cathy Blundell, Raisa Chernina, Dr. Alan Ditchek (V. Chair), Edmond Dweck, Henni Fisher, William Glassman, Rabbi Eli Greenwald, Morris Harary, Dr. Herb Hedetsky, Al Smaldone, Mitchell Shpelfogel, Leonard Simon.

It now moves on to the BSA (Board of Standards and Appeals), to be approved or not.

This Friday is D-Day in Gerritsen Beach: Halloween! Halloween is trouble for any car, bus, city worker or delivery driver, and of course, any store front on Gerritsen Avenue. Gerrtisen Beach is so notoriously hazardous on Halloween that the MTA refuses to allow the b31 bus to continue past Ave U through the line of fire.

It was interesting to post about last year’s Halloween Mischief and how the 61st precinct responded. The precinct responded by sending patrol cars down Gerritsen Avenue, which were of course pelted with eggs and shaving cream like any other moving object. Not many were arrested last Halloween for the vandalism, and there was significant upset in the community at how little was done by the police to protect property. The former captain of the 61st precinct, Vincent Stella, tried but not hard enough to stop the rambunctious teens.

The new captain of the 61st precinct, Georgios Mastrokostas, took an unusually proactive approach to 4th of July celebrations this year by putting Sky Watch in the middle of Gerritsen Avenue to monitor illegal fireworks. Although I have no official knowledge of how the 61st will deal with Halloween in Gerrtisen beach under the new captian, I’m going to guess they will be equally proactive. If they aren’t agressive in preventing the “mishchief”, then Gerrtisen Avenue will continue to be a mess on Halloween.

Update: the Dog has been found

Coming in Via email, help this person out

MY DOG RAN AWAY LAST NIGHT THE 27TH SHE IS A YORKIE. HER NAME IS DAPHNE. PLEASE IF YOU FIND HER CAN YOU EMAIL info@gerritsenbeach.net . SHE WEIGHS ABOUT 7 POUNDS AND SHE IS TAN AND GRAY.

Coming in via Email (Thanks Janelle!)

I know this site is geared more towards Gerritsen Beach but I figured a lot of people in other areas still read this site.

There’s a guy who considers himself handicapped, when he’s the farthest thing from it. He’s sometimes found by the Kings Hwy train station entrance (on the Rainbow side) in a red motorized wheelchair, begging for money with a cup on the arm rest. Unfortunatley, I don’t have a picture of him as of now, but I sure can describe him.

He’s got grey, thinning, wiry hair, a grey mustache and his face looks sunken in, especially near the eyes.

He lives around the corner from me and has absolutley NO problem walking. I actually saw him one day pulling the chair behind him, I guess because the battery may have died. If that’s not a hack move, then I don’t know what is.

He begs for money to support his drug habit. I am not even joking. He used to deal heroin to one of my neighbors and even had them shacked up in his apartment for a while.

IF YOU SEE THIS GUY- DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GIVE HIM ANY MONEY!!!!

Da pride a Flatbush Louie Valentine Football Tournament

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3523 Avenue S on the corner of E36th a synagogue will be replacing this old cafe/deli

Although I cant confirm this myself because I didn’t see them myself Confirmed, there are alot of people saying that IDT Energy was going door to door in Gerritsen Beach yesterday. They were asking to see Con Ed or Keyspan Bills. DO NOT show them a bill, they will copy down your information and ENROLL you WITHOUT your consent!

These people are working for IDT Energy they are trying to get information from people so they can switch people to IDT without their consent or knowledge. The employees may or may not know what the company is doing. If they say they are from Con Ed or Keyspan call 911 immediately!

If you don’t know about IDT, you need to get out from out of under your rock, and click here, here,  here, and here.

The bad news is that these ESCOs, like IDT, like to target elderly and non-native English speakers who may not realize what’s going on, and could get hit with a hefty bill once their energy costs go from a fixed rate to a variable one subject to the volatility of the spot-energy market.

• How ESCos are supposed to work

If you were planning on attending the Senator Golden Town Hall tomorrow, it just got canceled. Some pesky law got in the way.

Coming in via email: (next time learn to BCC)

Regretfully Senator Golden’s Town Hall Meeting scheduled for tomorrow,
October 23, 2008 at Public School 207 at 7p.m. has been postponed due to
Department of Education regulations regarding facility use by public
officials within sixty days of an election.  The new date will be November
6, 2008 at 7p.m. and it will be held at PS 207 as originally planned, which
is located at 4011 Fillmore Avenue.

If you have any immediate community concerns the district office at 3610
Quentin Road is always available to respond to inquiries via phone at
718-627-3610 or via email at jbyrnes@senate.state.ny.us.  Nevertheless,
community attendance would be appreciated on November 6th so that allof the
issues in the neighborhood can be addressed publicly.

Joan Byrnes
Community Affairs Assistant
State Senator Golden’s Office
3610 Quentin Road
Brooklyn, NY 11234
718-627-3659