By GerritsenBeach.net, on May 17th, 2008%
Blog Rumors Are Not True? Really?
Just to let everyone know, there are TWO sites in our part of Brooklyn where people can go and get news, GerritsenBeach.net and Sheepshead Bay Civics site and forum at SBPCivic.org.
If you have been following, Councilman Mike Nelson’s former deputy chief of staff Robert Varley recently went public with that Nelson told him to post things on the two area sites.
It was recently picked up by the Brooklyn View. Who ran the story with the title “blog rumors are not trueâ€. What blog are they talking about? SBPBCivic.org in their own article is called a forum, oh that’s right, this is the only “blog†they can be talking about, but let’s not credit this site properly. Let’s continue to STEAL images off the web and now stories. Then lets overuse the word “blog” until it sounds like you don’t know what your talking about. You know what fine, I burnt that bridge by calling you out for stealing images.
The article continues to say that Mike Nelson doesn’t read local blogs(why plural?), WHICH COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Why did he have his people get in touch with me to stop the comments on the original Manhattan Beach post that was bashing him? But I forgot he doesn’t read them because they have zero accountability. Apparently the post had enough credibility for him to want it to stop.
The article continued to say that they tried to contact Varley by email and he did not respond. He didn’t respond? He seemed like a responsive guy when I LOOKED HIM UP AND SPOKE WITH HIM. Nice reporting Brooklyn View. Boy did I learn a lot speaking with him. All of which will come later.
The Brooklyn View then got a MAJOR fact wrong. The user “City Insider†never attacked Nelson or his family. In fact nowhere on the SBPBCivic.org site does anyone ever attack Nelson. There were anonymous comments on GerritsenBeach.net directed at nelson and his wife, but that’s ok lets not credit anyone or get the facts straight.
Hey, Brooklyn View, can I talk to you over here for a second? If you could not get in touch with Robert Varley why even post RUMORS from blogs “with zero accountability�
Mike Nelson, you apparently you still can’t count, you said “…I’m not surprised they hide in blogs seen by 30 of their friendsâ€. That is so funny and clever! However, On my site alone I average 725 unique hits a day, some of which are from CITY HALL. That is alot more than your 30 guess. SBPBCivic.org forum is also very popular.
Ugh.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on May 12th, 2008%
This new gated community is being called The Breakers and is being sold by Wilk Real Estate. It is located right at Emmons Avenue and Ford Street. The original drawings for this development did not show a gated community.
If this 77 unit development is all sold, it will bring in $49,607,500.
Here is what they are saying about the community on The Breakers – Wilk Real Estate Website
Sheepshead Bay Prime Real Estate. New Condominiums in the heart of Brooklyn being built in the heart of Sheapshead Bay, gated community of 77 units. Private boardwalk, pool, and marina.
Brooklyn Real Estate. Beautiful new condo in Sheepshead Bay on Emmons Ave. Gated community (the breakers), private pool, boardwalk, and gym. ocean view apartments and apartments with private roof available. top of the line appliances are installed in all apartments, Liebherr refrigerators which are like sub zero, Jenn Air stoves, and Bosch Shu dishwashers. parking spaces available too.
Update: SB/PBCA is calling upon city officials to investigate whether the extension of Ford St. created has been de-mapped, and therefore made private.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on May 9th, 2008%
Every politician has his enemies; Councilman Mike Nelson apparently has a lot and keeps piling up more.
It recently was exposed on the SBPBCivic.org forums that Councilman Mike Nelson, had his former Deputy Chief of Staff Robert Varley post to various websites including this site under the guise of City Insider. Every post that was ever written by Robert Varley aka “City Insider” was seen and approved by Mike Nelson. The identity was always a secret, which was important, since City Insiders opinions should never be linked back to Mike Nelson.
Varley left his position as Deputy Chief, under good terms in February 2008, and the forum account has been un-used by Varley since. However since February a Norman Chesler, who was a close friend of Mike and his wife Shela Nelson, had began commenting on GerritsenBeach.net. He has been threating that he would reveal things that will be detrimental to the Nelsons and others. However, it should be known that Chelser is someone who who’s admitted making the $56,000 in payoffs to Clarance Norman, the former chairman of the Kings County Democratic Party. Clarance was convicted of three felony counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions during his 2000 and 2002 re-election campaigns for his seat in the New York State Assembly and is currently serving a jail sentence. Chesler although his credibility is close to nil due to his illegal dealings, he still could say some damaging things.
Other than Chesler people have been saying some nasty things about Mike and Sheila Nelson. According to Varley the Nelsons then took action, blaming him for the nasty comments, then outing him as City Insider on the Forum as another poster because according to Varley “maybe that would make those nasty comments go away”.
Varley who attempted for days to get in contact with Mike Nelson took his story public.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on April 30th, 2008%
The Gerritsen Inlet Bridge was built in 1940. It is a nine span structure over Gerritsen Inlet, with a clearance of 35 feet above the Mean High Water mark. It is located within the Gateway National Park Recreation area, DOT is working with the Coast Guard and the US Parks Service and NYC Parks to ensure all construction methods comply with environmental protection laws.
The new structure (pictured above) will be three spans over the Inlet, with the 35 foot clearance maintained. Like Nostrand Avenue, the bridge will be built “on line” so expect lane closures when construction begins in the winter of 2010.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on April 30th, 2008%
Slated to begin in late 2008, the reconstruction of these bridges are slated to take as long as six years, but DOT promises limited disruption of traffic.
Situated in the Sheepshead Bay community, the Nostrand Avenue Bridge was built in 1940, and is a three span structure with vehicular traffic under the center span. The proposed new structure will result in several improvements according to DOT. The new structure will consist of a single span, eliminating the need for support piers (the columns underneath the bridge), resulting in better sightlines for Nostrand Avenue. Nostrand Avenue will be widened and realigned. ON the Belt Parkway itself, the bridge will be widened in order to provide new safety shoulders in both directions, and there will be a new reinforced concrete median  Nostrand Avenue is slated to begin construction in the fall of 2011.
Nostrand Avenue will be built “on line” meaning piece-by-piece reconstruction with lane closures to accommodate construction activity.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on April 30th, 2008%
The Mill Basin Bridge is adjacent to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and the Gateway National Recreation Area. It is a movable draw bridge on the Belt Parkway with a clearance over mean high water of 35 feet. The new structure will not be a draw bridge, but a fixed structure with a 60 foot clearance over mean high water. The new construction will result in increased sight distances, wider lanes, and the inclusion of safety shoulders in both directions. A new fender system will be installed to protect the bridge substructure from marine traffic.
The Mill Basin Inlet Bridge (pictured above)will be built “off line”, meaning that new structures will be built adjacent to the existing bridges. Traffic will remain on the existing bridges until the new structures are complete. According to DOT, minimal impacts will occur when the approach roadways are configured to move traffic to the new bridges. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2010.
Other bridges included in the reconstruction project include the Fresh Creek, Rockaway Parkway, Bay Ridge and Paerdegat Basin bridges.
When construction starts, Expect the following schedule for weekday lane closures: all lanes will be open from 5 AM to 10 AM and from 2 PM to 10 PM. One lane will be closed from 10 AM to 2 PM, and from 10 AM to 5 AM, and two lanes will be closed from 1 AM to 5 AM. For weekends, expect one lane closed from 11 PM to 6 AM on Fri-Sat., and two lanes closed from 1 AM to 5 AM Saturday.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on April 30th, 2008%
Over at the SSJ Development Riviera Suites the blue construction fence has gone up. Real construction will start soon.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on April 23rd, 2008%
Via SBPB Civic Message Board
The SSJ Development on Knapp Street now has all the permits needed to continue with constructions of their boat slips. A few months back there was letters of protest sent by hundreds of Gerritsen Beach residents to the Army Corps, but the Army Corps feels they addressed the community’s concerns with the new plans.
The new plans will still have the 18 slips but it will no longer have the L shape.
Mr. Jemal was recently quoted as saying: “I’m not changing anything. I’m revitalizing and redeveloping the waterfront, which has been abandoned in these areas,†says Stephen S. Jemal, founder and president of SSJ Development LLC. “The development keeps to the fabric and synergistically harmonizes with the existing community.â€
From Terry:
As everyone knows Community Board 15 was notified in May 2007 that an application was filed with the Army Corps of Engineers for a marina at the Jamal Knapp Street project.
Last week I was contacted by a reporter for a Real Estate journal, the reporter claimed Mr. Jamal had all his permits in place. After several days of trying the Army Corps leaving several messages to confirm the reporter, I did find out that the State DEC and the Coast Guard have issued the permits needed.
The plans were changed but there still are 18 slips. I was told that the Army Corps saw no reason to hold a Public Hearing. They felt they received enough information with the letters of objection sent. The Army Corps claims they addressed all the Community concerns. The final permit from the Army Corps should be issued shortly.
This is not the outcome I expected.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on March 25th, 2008%
[Mill Basin Bridge/ Flickr]
With a cost of over $500 million dollars, the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin reconstruction of seven bridges and their approaches to the parkway over the next coming years.
- Bay Ridge Avenue
- Fresh Creek
- Gerritsen Inlet
- Mill Basin
- Nostrand Avenue
- Paerdegat Basin
- Rockaway Parkway
The new Mill Basin and Paerdegat Basin bridges will be built along side the existing bridges, while the other ones will be built piece by piece with construction lane closures. The Gerritsen Inlet and Mill Basin bridges will start in 2010.
The Mill Basin Drawbridge will no longer be a drawbridge, rather a fixed bridge with a clearance of 60 feet a huge change from the existing 35 feet.
By GerritsenBeach.net, on March 3rd, 2008%
Community Board 15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo started off the Board’s March 2007 meeting with guns blazing. In a report regarding the Board’s budget, Scavo called the lack of funding of park, specifically Brigham Street Park, “ludicrous.â€
We are a community comprised of many parks.â€, said Scavo. “Our number one priority is the money for Brigham Park. It is time for the Parks Department to get adequate funds. 
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Mike Nelson and Brooklyn View say “Blog Rumors are not true”
Blog Rumors Are Not True? Really?
Just to let everyone know, there are TWO sites in our part of Brooklyn where people can go and get news, GerritsenBeach.net and Sheepshead Bay Civics site and forum at SBPCivic.org.
If you have been following, Councilman Mike Nelson’s former deputy chief of staff Robert Varley recently went public with that Nelson told him to post things on the two area sites.
It was recently picked up by the Brooklyn View. Who ran the story with the title “blog rumors are not trueâ€. What blog are they talking about? SBPBCivic.org in their own article is called a forum, oh that’s right, this is the only “blog†they can be talking about, but let’s not credit this site properly. Let’s continue to STEAL images off the web and now stories. Then lets overuse the word “blog” until it sounds like you don’t know what your talking about. You know what fine, I burnt that bridge by calling you out for stealing images.
The article continues to say that Mike Nelson doesn’t read local blogs(why plural?), WHICH COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Why did he have his people get in touch with me to stop the comments on the original Manhattan Beach post that was bashing him? But I forgot he doesn’t read them because they have zero accountability. Apparently the post had enough credibility for him to want it to stop.
The article continued to say that they tried to contact Varley by email and he did not respond. He didn’t respond? He seemed like a responsive guy when I LOOKED HIM UP AND SPOKE WITH HIM. Nice reporting Brooklyn View. Boy did I learn a lot speaking with him. All of which will come later.
The Brooklyn View then got a MAJOR fact wrong. The user “City Insider†never attacked Nelson or his family. In fact nowhere on the SBPBCivic.org site does anyone ever attack Nelson. There were anonymous comments on GerritsenBeach.net directed at nelson and his wife, but that’s ok lets not credit anyone or get the facts straight.
Hey, Brooklyn View, can I talk to you over here for a second? If you could not get in touch with Robert Varley why even post RUMORS from blogs “with zero accountability�
Mike Nelson, you apparently you still can’t count, you said “…I’m not surprised they hide in blogs seen by 30 of their friendsâ€. That is so funny and clever! However, On my site alone I average 725 unique hits a day, some of which are from CITY HALL. That is alot more than your 30 guess. SBPBCivic.org forum is also very popular.
Ugh.