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May 3, 2022
Bay 8th Street – Dyker Beach Park – Mechanical Bull?! CB 10 and 11 Want to Eliminate BBQ Areas
Over the last two years, the Dyker Beach Park at Bay 8th Street has changed. Community Board 10 and Community Board 11 had a meeting about the park.
Before Covid, there were families who to the park to barbecue on the weekends. Now there are large groups using the park with amplified sounds. People use strobe lights at night because the park does not have lights late at night.
The park is open until 1:00 am. Last weekend, Josephine said there was a mechanical bull at the park! (Who got that crazy?)
Neighbors of the park complained about fireworks, amplified sound and a non-family atmosphere.
People talked about the open fires because people are having children’s birthday parties in the park.
Bill Colton was present at the meeting, but didn’t have any solutions. Andrew Gounardes staffer was present – she didn’t offer any solutions from Gounardes. Why didn’t he attend? This was about public safety and Gounardes has been very weak in that area.
These are the solutions that CB 10 and CB 11 gave:
1. Add the NYPDs lights to the area, so the people don’t have to use the strobe lights
2. Hand out a list of the rules of the park – educate the people and have these papers in multiple languages. Sonia offered to speak in Spanish to people.
3. Give tickets for noise (officers have to be trained to use the sound meter)
4. Captain Tolson said he was going to send his community affairs officers and auxiliary officers. Lori Willis was glad there will be more of a presence in the park. She wants residents to tell her if the police presence has helped changed the park.
5. Dan wanted the Parks to update their signage in the park and have a link to the permits needed.
6. Both CB 10 and CB 11 voted to write a letter to eliminate the BBQ area in the park. WOW….that’s not good. I don’t BBQ there, but families who live in apartments love having that. Many people have a BBQ for children’s birthday parties.
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May 2, 2022
Sunset Park Jewelry Store Was Robbed
Dorian’s Jewelry Store at 5507 5th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was robbed today.
It’s very sad to see this.
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Dorian’s Jewelry Store at 5507 5th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was robbed today.
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May 2, 2022
Little Cafe Opened on 3rd Avenue
A new coffee shop named Little Cafe opened at 6817 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.
This used to be a jewelry story. It is near Sarvara Restaurant.
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May 2, 2022
Why Would Kamillah Hanks Allow Brad Lander to Play Her District – Lander Has Low Property Taxes on His Home
Kamillah Hanks knows that her constituents have been overcharged for years in property taxes. Brad Lander has been in politics for many years and underpaying property taxes for years.
Why would should allow him to come to her district and give lip service to her constituents when she knows he isn’t going to do anything about it?
The property tax commission came back with their recommendations and not one politician did the right thing.
Brad wants to keep his low taxes, so this is a new type of socialism where politicians pretend they are going to do something but keep their tax breaks.
Mayor de Blasio did it for many years because my senator (Gounardes) was afraid to do anything.
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May 2, 2022
Andrew Gounardes Voted To Change the Law For His Friends In Speedy Votes This Spring
Governor Hochul made a bad choice with Brian Benjamin as her Lieutenant Governor. She should have done a better job vetting the candidate. Hochul wanted to remove Benjamin from the ballot, but NYS Election law stated that his name could not be removed unless he moved out of state.
A bill was written by Senator Liz Kruger to help Kathy Hochul. (See bill)
An immediate vote for the bill was done today.
Our community has been waiting for over three years for a bill about property taxes to be heard and these politicians can leap over the law. Andrew Gounardes said property taxes was going to be done this year, but he hasn’t made any move to have the bill heard (Gounardes hasn’t rallied or done anything, but campaigned.)
Andrew Gounardes voted YES so that the law to will be changed for Hochul.
The bill to remove Brian Benjamin passed the New York State Senate by a vote of 33-29. A lot of senators voted against the bill because they know the NYS Senate should not be using the law to bail out Kathy Hochul.
The bill also passed in the Assembly with a 82-57 vote, but the votes for the Assembly have not been published online, so we can’t see Frontus or Tannousis’ votes. They will be here
Changing election laws before an election says that the law isn’t valid and that those who voted YES don’t feel they need to uphold the law. Andrea Stewart Cousins, the head of the NYS Senate, said in an interview: “I really, really have difficulty changing things in the middle of the process, whatever that process is.” (Source) Stewart-Cousins voted in favor of the bill today because rules aren’t for politicians.
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Last month, Gounardes voted YES to a bill to help his friend, Brad Lander. Lander failed to file a bond and by law school have been made to leave office because he didn’t follow procedures. A bill was drawn up and passed both the Senate and House. See bill here (More info here)
Here’s Andrew Gounardes’ vote:
Again, the Assembly vote was not published, but should be here.
Andrew Gounardes is part of the broken government, where regular people can’t get any help from their elected leaders because the politicians are sitting around making laws for themselves and their staff members.
GOUNARDES FAILED TO INCLUDE THIS VOTE IN HIS NEWSLETTER BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW.
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May 2, 2022
Summer Swim Lessons For Children in Bay Ridge
Summer swim lessons through BRAINS for children in Bay Ridge – pool at Fort Hamilton High School.
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May 2, 2022
Learn Italian on Thursdays in Gravesend
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May 2, 2022
Huge Fire on 54th Street and 7th Avenue in Sunset Park
Photo from NY1 News on Television
This morning around 7:00 am, there was a serious three-alarm fire at 5401 Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park (corner of 54th Street).
As usual, very little is written about this neighborhood – only this one story has been published. See Citizen App videos.
Citizen App
While the fire started around 7 am, right before 9:00 am, the firefighters were calling for more fire trucks to help fight the fire.
The fire started on the first floor. The news said they are still investigating what caused the fire.
Photo from NY1 News on Television
There is a supermarket is on part of the first floor and apartments are on the other side.
See street view map
NY 1 said that one person was treated for injuries at the scene – the Citizen App said that two firefighters were injured as well.

Photo from NY1 News on Television
Thirty-nine families were displaced. Thankfully, the Red Cross is assisting these families.
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May 2, 2022
NYC’s Covid Alert Level Was Raised to Medium
Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bath Beach are in dark red on the map. (See full map here)
On the positive side – hospitalizations for our area haven’t been high in the last 14 days (compared to Coney Island which has 25 per 10000 people)
And deaths have been down as well.

Why did NYC they raise the level? A new subvariant called BA2121 is 25% more contagious, but is not more deadly. In Upstate NY, this variant is common. NY 1 reported that there are 50 Covid patients in 11 hospitals. Only 5 people are in the ICU’s.
Transmission rates have increased in our area, so that is the reason for the raised level.
Yellow – NYC is encouraging people to wear masks indoors.
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May 2, 2022
Narrows Botanical Garden
Nice video by South Brooklyn Songwriters
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May 2, 2022
Amuni Restaurant in Bay Ridge – Great Backyard
Amuni Restaurant at 7217 3rd Avenue has a great backyard for Spring and Summer parties in Bay Ridge.
Beautiful!
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May 2, 2022
Gorgeous Flowers Blooming in Bay Ridge
Spring time in #BayRidge. pic.twitter.com/dxYoNi6Vxm
— Heidi Chan-Sarantopoulos ????? (@heidi4brooklyn) May 2, 2022

Heidi shared this picture of beautiful flowers in Bay Ridge.
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Over the last two years, the Dyker Beach Park at Bay 8th Street has changed. Community Board 10 and Community Board 11 had a meeting about the park.

Before Covid, there were families who to the park to barbecue on the weekends. Now there are large groups using the park with amplified sounds. People use strobe lights at night because the park does not have lights late at night.

The park is open until 1:00 am. Last weekend, Josephine said there was a mechanical bull at the park! (Who got that crazy?)

Neighbors of the park complained about fireworks, amplified sound and a non-family atmosphere.

People talked about the open fires because people are having children’s birthday parties in the park.

Bill Colton was present at the meeting, but didn’t have any solutions. Andrew Gounardes staffer was present – she didn’t offer any solutions from Gounardes. Why didn’t he attend? This was about public safety and Gounardes has been very weak in that area.

These are the solutions that CB 10 and CB 11 gave:

1. Add the NYPDs lights to the area, so the people don’t have to use the strobe lights

2. Hand out a list of the rules of the park – educate the people and have these papers in multiple languages. Sonia offered to speak in Spanish to people.

3. Give tickets for noise (officers have to be trained to use the sound meter)

4. Captain Tolson said he was going to send his community affairs officers and auxiliary officers. Lori Willis was glad there will be more of a presence in the park. She wants residents to tell her if the police presence has helped changed the park.

5. Dan wanted the Parks to update their signage in the park and have a link to the permits needed.

6. Both CB 10 and CB 11 voted to write a letter to eliminate the BBQ area in the park. WOW….that’s not good. I don’t BBQ there, but families who live in apartments love having that. Many people have a BBQ for children’s birthday parties.

Dorian’s Jewelry Store at 5507 5th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was robbed today.

It’s very sad to see this.

Dorian’s Jewelry Store at 5507 5th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was robbed today.

A new coffee shop named Little Cafe opened at 6817 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.

This used to be a jewelry story. It is near Sarvara Restaurant.

Kamillah Hanks knows that her constituents have been overcharged for years in property taxes. Brad Lander has been in politics for many years and underpaying property taxes for years.

Why would should allow him to come to her district and give lip service to her constituents when she knows he isn’t going to do anything about it?

The property tax commission came back with their recommendations and not one politician did the right thing.

Brad wants to keep his low taxes, so this is a new type of socialism where politicians pretend they are going to do something but keep their tax breaks.

Mayor de Blasio did it for many years because my senator (Gounardes) was afraid to do anything.

Governor Hochul made a bad choice with Brian Benjamin as her Lieutenant Governor. She should have done a better job vetting the candidate. Hochul wanted to remove Benjamin from the ballot, but NYS Election law stated that his name could not be removed unless he moved out of state.

A bill was written by Senator Liz Kruger to help Kathy Hochul. (See bill)

An immediate vote for the bill was done today.

Andrew Gounardes voted YES so that the law to will be changed for Hochul.

The bill to remove Brian Benjamin passed the New York State Senate by a vote of 33-29. A lot of senators voted against the bill because they know the NYS Senate should not be using the law to bail out Kathy Hochul.

The bill also passed in the Assembly with a 82-57 vote, but the votes for the Assembly have not been published online, so we can’t see Frontus or Tannousis’ votes. They will be here

Last month, Gounardes voted YES to a bill to help his friend, Brad Lander. Lander failed to file a bond and by law school have been made to leave office because he didn’t follow procedures. A bill was drawn up and passed both the Senate and House. See bill here (More info here)

Here’s Andrew Gounardes’ vote:

Again, the Assembly vote was not published, but should be here.

Andrew Gounardes is part of the broken government, where regular people can’t get any help from their elected leaders because the politicians are sitting around making laws for themselves and their staff members.

GOUNARDES FAILED TO INCLUDE THIS VOTE IN HIS NEWSLETTER BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW.

Summer swim lessons through BRAINS for children in Bay Ridge – pool at Fort Hamilton High School.

This morning around 7:00 am, there was a serious three-alarm fire at 5401 Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park (corner of 54th Street).

As usual, very little is written about this neighborhood – only this one story has been published. See Citizen App videos.

While the fire started around 7 am, right before 9:00 am, the firefighters were calling for more fire trucks to help fight the fire.

The fire started on the first floor. The news said they are still investigating what caused the fire.

There is a supermarket is on part of the first floor and apartments are on the other side.

NY 1 said that one person was treated for injuries at the scene – the Citizen App said that two firefighters were injured as well.

Thirty-nine families were displaced. Thankfully, the Red Cross is assisting these families.

Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bath Beach are in dark red on the map. (See full map here)

On the positive side – hospitalizations for our area haven’t been high in the last 14 days (compared to Coney Island which has 25 per 10000 people)

And deaths have been down as well.

Why did NYC they raise the level? A new subvariant called BA2121 is 25% more contagious, but is not more deadly. In Upstate NY, this variant is common. NY 1 reported that there are 50 Covid patients in 11 hospitals. Only 5 people are in the ICU’s.

Transmission rates have increased in our area, so that is the reason for the raised level.

Yellow – NYC is encouraging people to wear masks indoors.

Nice video by South Brooklyn Songwriters

Amuni Restaurant at 7217 3rd Avenue has a great backyard for Spring and Summer parties in Bay Ridge.

Beautiful!

Heidi shared this picture of beautiful flowers in Bay Ridge.