Bay Ridge Politicians Fail Residents in the Towers – Fires From Homeless Encampments
For almost two years, residents at The Bay Ridge Towers on 3rd Avenue and 65th Street have been calling for help because homeless people are starting fires behind their building and the toxic smoke is filling their apartments and hallways. See Channel 12 News:
Why isn’t Council representative Kayla Santosuoso and Senator Andrew Gounardes helping them?
Why hasn’t Community Board 10 mentioned this? Last night, Community Board 10 had a Police and Public safety meeting and none of the members of the NYPD’s representative spoke about the homeless encampments starting fires.
The residents went to the news because they can’t get help to stop the fires near the Towers. They don’t feel safe outside of the apartment buildings.
The homeless people are burning tires!
Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Bay Ridge | 2 Comments »
May 19th, 2026 at 8:44 pm
I was super sick last winter breathing in the burning tires, resulting in pneumonia.
May 19th, 2026 at 8:45 pm
We could see how awful it was from the news. Are the people still there?