18 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP • APRIL 29 - MAY 5, 2016 FORT HAMILTON ARMY BASE COMES UNDER SIMULATED TERROR ATTACK DURING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL BY THEODORE GENERAL [email protected] On Wednesday, April 20, Fort Hamilton staged a full-scale active shooter exercise at the city’s only active military base which is located on the southern tip of New York, and adjacent to the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano Bridge. The two-hour mock drill included emergency responders from both the New York City Fire and Police Departments, as well as base security offi cers. The planned, coordinated scenario BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photos by Theodore General Scenes from Fort Hamilton Army Base’s full-scale active shooter drill. included an active shooter within Building 116, the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS); a suicide bomber activating his explosive device at Building 210, the Joint Task Force Empire Shield Command; and a car bomb detonating at the 101st Street entrance to Fort Hamilton. Evaluators and observers from other military facilities, the NYPD and FDNY were on hand to view preparedness, response and outcome of the exercise. It was later announced that there were four perpetrators involved in the simulated terror attacks. Nine personnel were labeled dead and 21 wounded, including fi ve soldiers who were “shot” during the drill. BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK [email protected] A new mixed-use development is coming to Bay Ridge. According to YIMBY, new building applications have been fi led for a six-story, mixed-use building at 9701 Third Avenue, the former site of Pipin’s Pub – a decades old Ridge mainstay that sat at the corner of 97th Street and Third Avenue for more than 45 years and, late last year, relocated to an interim location to allow for construction. Reports say that, if given the green light, the new development would include 20 apartments across 23,154 square feet of residential space, as well as a 3,200-square-foot restaurant or bar on the ground fl oor with four condo-sized units on the other four fl oors. Pipin’s, a longstanding Ridge watering hole and multi-generational family business poured its fi - nal pints at the end of last summer with the intent to later reopen in the freshly remodeled space. While nothing is set in stone just yet, co-owner Stephen Oliver told this paper that — as of now — that intent is still there. “Things are in place,” said Oliver, who owns and operates the establishment alongside family members Anthony Bartholomeo and Paul Pandolfi . “We still have every intention to bring Pipin’s back there.” The question now, he said, is what will happen to the eatery’s new 91st Street location down the road. “There seems to be a little buzz there,” he said, noting that he and his team are just taking things day by day. “It’s a great location that’s been doing really well, and the vibes have been good overall. We’re going to have to fi gure some things out, but we still have every intent to move back to that corner.” The multi-million dollar development – which would also encompass the space next door to Pipin’s, a long vacant site that once was occupied by J.T.’s Restaurant – would be overseen by Bensonhurst-based developer Adam Friedman The old Pipin’s Pub. of Interboro Management, and Staten Island architect Tony Sayad. “We were offered a good amount of money to leave,” Oliver told this paper last summer, “but my family agreed that Pipin’s should stay there, and that we want to keep it on that corner.” The development BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/fi le photo would also include outdoor parking for two cars and an eight-car garage underground, YIMBY reported, as well as a roof deck and rear yard for residents. Pipin’s is currently operating out of a pop-up location at 9023 Third Avenue. Permits led for six-story development on old Pipin’s site
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