GerritsenBeach.net

I can’t believe it but GerritsenBeach.net has turned two today. Its been two full years since GerritsenBeach.net has been launched. Happy Birthday to Us!

It all started with a knocked down bus shelter, a camera phone and some spare time.

I think the photos have improved. :) First Post

Thanks to everyone who reads this site!

Now for some Technical Info and Stats!

Unique Visits for August 2008 (200% increase from last year. Thanks!)

• 428 Daily Average
• 13,254 Monthly Average
• 37,068 Page Views

Unique Visits Last Year August 2007

• 143 Daily Average
• 4,432 Monthly Average
• 12,511 Page Views

• 6:00 p.m. Marine Park Memorial - Prayers and music at the field house near Fillmore Avenue.
• 7:00 p.m. Larry Veiling Field Memorial

Last Years Posts:

Floyd Bennett Field 9/11 Healing Field

Video: Floyd Bennett Field 9/11 Healing Field

Marine Park 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Gerritsen Beach 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Flood Watch - Be Prepared

UPDATED 4:10 p.m. Friday: Rain from the outer fringes of Tropical Storm Hana is expected to hit Brooklyn, NY tonight. It will continue to be rainy and windy (15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph) during the day Saturday, with highs in the upper 70s.

The wind will get stronger in the afternoon and into the evening — 25 - 35 mph with gusts up to 45 (remove small items from balconies). According to Weather Underground, very heavy rainfall is likely and may result in flooding. The rain should stop by noon Sunday

== ORIGINAL POST==

DEP is anticipating that tomorrows storm will overflow and cause flooding in the Sheepshead Bay and in the Gerritsen Beach Area.

DEP is clearing catch basins in preparation for the storm water but they are asking for your help to sweep the areas around the catch basins and sewers, making sure they are clear.

Catch basins are the drains at the end of the dead ends.

Also a few other tips:
Keep driveways clear, If you have a pump make sure its working, do not use a washing machine or dish washer, secure items in yards.

Also watch out for the high tides:

Saturday

High 12:45 AM - 4.1ft
Low 6:15 AM - 1.1 ft
High 1:11 PM - 4.8 ft
Low 7:18 PM - 1.3 ft

Sunday

High 1:35 AM - 3.9 ft
Low 7:05 AM - 1.4
High 1:59 PM - 4.6 ft
Low 8:24 PM - 1.4

HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROPICAL STORM WILL SPREAD WELL
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT… WITH
THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3
TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

FLASH FLOODING OFTEN LEADS TO IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS THAT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS BUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER AND
CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO
WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

Check out:

• New York Weather Alerts Weather.gov
• New York City’s storm and hurricane guide
• National Weather Service - Brooklyn, NY

Previous Post: Fatal Motorcycle Accident on Gerritsen and Whitney

DATE: August 17 2008

TIME: MEETUP AT 12Pm. KS up at 12:30

START LOCATION: Meetup at Floyd Bennett Field (by fishing spot)

END LOCATION: Tamaqua Bar and Marina (End of Channel Ave in Gerritsen Beach/ off Gerritsen Ave)

DONATION: $10 per rider/ $10 per passenger.

All donations go directly into a trust fund that has been set up for Anthony’s daughter.

DETAILS: The run will start at FBF. It will proceed over the Marine Park Bridge(pay toll). It will than proceed down Beach Channel Drive, to the Cross Bay Bridge(pay toll). From the bridge,to the Belt pkwy(west). Exit at Knapp st(exit 9). After the Belt the run will end at Tamaqua Bar.

There will be 50/50 raffles. Bar does have food and full stocked bar(not included in donation).There is a parking lot. Indoor and outdoor seating area, pool table, etc…

Please RSVP at Reallife4me@msn.com or Roadreapers@msn.com . All vest are welcome and encouraged. Any clubs that plan on riding please email your name or logo so I can try to get them on the t-shirts.

“Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.”
-Sir Winston Churchill

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”
-Albert Einstein

“All wars are fought for money.”
-Socrates

Please Standby

We here at GerritsenBeach.net wish you a happy and safe 4th of July!

The staff here at GerritsenBeach.net have decided that we will be celebrating the 4th with a massive amount of alcohol and a large BBQ so I hope no one is expecting any posts tomorrow.

No drinking or driving, be careful with fireworks and watch for the speed traps on Gerritsen Ave

Coming in via E-Mail

Congratulations! To Annemarie and Andrew Trnka and big brother a.j. on the birth of their new baby girl Ava Rose.

I would like to post more stuff like this. Please send in whatever you want posted.

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.

Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though on June 14, 1937, Michigan became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.

VERY LARGE MANHATTAN BEACH NEWS COMING!

INVOLVES ARRESTS, SENIOR CUT DAY, POLICE-RACISM, UTTER INSANITY, THE CAPTAIN ON A BULL HORN, KIDS BEING FORCED OFF THE BEACH, DISALLOWING “KIDS”, TURNING “SOME” KIDS AWAY AT THE SHEEPSHEAD BRIDGE, WHILE ALLOWING OTHERS.

STORY, PICTURES AND VIDEO TO COME.

Tomorrow, June 4th @ 7:30pm there will be the June Property Owners meeting in the St. James Basement.