There was a fatal hit and run scooter accident tonight at Gerritsen and Plumb 1st. The victim is said to be a local delivery driver at Lucky Star.
A white Nissan SUV type plate FHV-9034 New York, traveling south on Gerritsen Ave. at a high rate of speed and blew through the red light at Gerritsen Ave. & Avenue V, struck a delivery man from Lucky Star on Knapp St with such force that it threw him out of his shoes and socks and left blood on the plate, the delivery man landed on the hood of the car and was taken half way down the block before falling off. The scooter landed one quarter down the block from the impact. The Vollies arrived at the scene and started CPR on the delivery man due to being in Cardiac Arrest, EMS arrived and they all worked on him for five minutes before taking him to the hospital. I then noticed the Lucky Star menus in the street by the scooter and went and informed the Lucky Star about there man and they went to talk to the NYPD about him.
They have in custody an 18 y/o female in Rockaway Queens.
The Vollies and FDNY were on scene preforming cpr and transportation.
BROOKLYN: *PEDESTRIAN STRUCK* GERRITSEN AVE & AVE ‘V’. AIDED BEING TXP TO NY COMMUNITY HOSP IN TRAUMATIC ARREST, LOOKING FOR A NISSAN ALTIMA, NY TAGS “FHV9034″, THAT FLED THE SCENE. HWY AIS ENRT.
Gerritsen Ave & Ave V
Brooklyn, NY
1/5/2012 8:41 p.m.
It’s not often that you open a novel or short story collection and discover that Gerritsen Beach is the setting. Residents in a lot of other corners of New York City have the same experience. A new anthology by the New York/Tri-State Sisters in Crime, a group of mystery writers, does its best to correct that. Murder New York Style: Fresh Slices includes 22 crime and mystery short stories that take place outside of the city’s tourist zones. The first story, “Tear Down” by Anita Page, is set in Gerritsen Beach. Although Page got some of the local lingo distractingly wrong (her narrator/main character says she’s seen another character “around town” instead of “around the Beach” or “around the neighborhood”), her characters could live here.
Other stories have characters that live (and die) in Brighton Beach, Astoria, Woodside, Greenwich Village and near The High Line. We get peeks inside the Rubin Museum of Art in “Remember You Will Die” by Susan Chalfin and the only still-working gas-powered street lamp in New York in the chilling “He’s the One” by Cynthia Benjamin. One story (“Only People Kill People” by Laura K. Curtis) is narrated by a handgun and another (“A Vampire in Brooklyn” by Leigh Neely) features a vampire/police detective. “A Morbid Case of Identity Theft” by Clare Toohey sees some supernatural action by the Morbid Anatomy Library, and there’s more identity switching in Lois Karlin’s “The Understudy.”
The Back Weeds Facebook is inviting people to walk back weeds for a scavenger hunt to find specially designed T-Shirts hidden back weeds.
The facebook fan page, The Back Weeds, launched the scavenger hunt on Facebook wall last Wednesday and is soon launching a dedicated website. .
To take part in the contest people need to follow the facebook fan page. At least three participants have already found t-shirts already. The fourth and last is supposedly “Más difícil!”
Here were the clues, before they were quickly snagged up.
Shirt#1 “THE 4 TRUNK STUMP” :Traveling up the “Main Trail”, just North of the 8 Track lies The 4 Trunk Stump.The Saint James path also leads directly to it. You can find your easiest treasure there. Find it before a creature of the night does!
Shirt#2 “ONE HEAD LIGHT” : “And I seen the sun up ahead.At the county line bridge” It’s where our profile picture was taken.
Shirt#3 “HORSE SHOE LOUIE”: “Fine little girl waits for me;Catch a ship across the sea;Sail that ship about;all alone
Never know if I make it home.” Tied to Louie’s tail you’ll find your prize. Hurry up and get it before his girl gets there!
The website TheBackWeeds.com will launch in the coming weeks and will most likely pay homage and sell Gerritsen Beach related shirts.
Gerritsen Chamber Institutes June Walking
The first annual June Walk, to be sponsored by the Gerritsen Beach Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with local churches and schools, was held Saturday afternoon. Several hundred local youngsters and mothers took part in the colorful parade, featured by elaborate floats and costumes. Shown are particpants in the line of walk.
Gerritsen Beach Youngsters Hold Annual June Walk
The younger element in Gerritsen Beach had their day on Saturday when the Gerritsen Beach Chamber of Commerce held its annual June Walk. More than 2,500 youngsters, decked out in their finery, took part in the event. Cooperating with the chamber of commerce were various church, veteran, political, and civic organizations of the area.
The line of march was from the foot of Lois Avenue to Gerritsen Avenue, to Whitney Avenue, to Whitney Mansion in Marine Park, where the festivities reached their climax with the serving of refreshments.
Arrangements were in charge of Mrs. John J. Kennedy. Police Inspector Michael T. Ahearn and Deputy Inspector Cornelius O’Leary led the procession. More than 100 floats and decorated baby carriages appeared in the march, adding color to the occasion.
Authorities say they arrested 19 people today following a nine-month investigation into an auto-theft ring originating out of Brooklyn. According to police, $10 million worth of luxury cars were stolen off the streets throughout the borough and then resold to places as far away as Africa. They say the head of the operation is 28-year-old William Cruz, of Brooklyn, who gave orders from behind bars at Rikers Island.
Officials say that workers at a Nostrand Avenue auto plaza and Plaza Toyota in Midwood were among those arrested. They say the dealership employees would get counterfeit keys made for specific cars and within minutes, the vehicles would be off the streets and on a tanker headed overseas.
NYC Parks design is final and has been approved by DEC.
Now beginning in June they will start the actual construction which will take 18 months, completed around fall 2012
Currently there is about 150K cubic yards of sand, which is stockpiled in three locations at the top of the island. Once the contractor spreads the sand around and installs the shoreline elements, the island will be substantially stabilized from its current condition. No new sand is needed for the island. However, they will bringing in additional sand to stabilize the shore.
Parks will also be removing:
The horizontal hazards from the old bridge to the island
Any large debris such as boat shells and boat engines
The goal of the White island project is to create a grassland habitat for about 4 or 5 species of birds that were forced out with the Erksine Street Shopping Center. It was part of the agreement back in 1994 that another habitat would be created on White Island so the birds that were displaced would be able to nest somewhere. $3 million dollars was allocated for White Island according to that plan. Overall ,this is a $15 million dollar project.
Here is what has already happened :
They have already removed the phragmites above the 10 foot contour of the island.
They have clearing of the island of all trees, which was for an accurate survey, as well as to make room for the sand they brought in.
They have brought in 150,000 cubic yards of sand, which is waiting to be spread out onto the island.
The sand was placed into containment zones, and not dumped too high so the wind would not blow the sand into the creek.
The footprint of the island has not been increased.
The Gerritsen Beach Little League is starting up for the start of their 59th season. However, they will be skipping this years parade due to the lack of teams.
JOE GIORDANO should have seen it coming. He should have noticed the evil glint in the young woman’s eyes. She was fixated on her ex-boyfriend’s smart tuxedo and innocent smile.
But there was no time. She picked up her weapon and “all of a sudden she started unloading on this guy,” Mr. Giordano recalled, his eyes wide as he recounted what had unfolded several weeks ago in his shop in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn.
My father lived and boated in Gerritsen Beach and I am writing this is to let people know what has happened to me so that it doesn’t happen to you and your loved ones.
My father passed away exactly one year ago yesterday. My father and I have experienced a lot as a family. My mother and my two sisters passed away in the 90′s. Very unfortunate for us. After the death of my mother and two sisters, our (my father and I) relationship grew much closer.
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