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COURIER L 12 IFE, JAN. 11–17, 2019 G
DANGEROUS: The city sent inspectors to check out the tent after a 311 tipster claimed the
structure obstructed the views of motorists and pedestrians on streets surrounding the
Brighton Beach Avenue store. Photo by Kevin Duggan
TENT
But weeks before, inspectors with
the Department of Buildings on Dec.
11 slapped the grocer with a violation
for illegally erecting the roughly 12-
foot burgundy tent, according to city
records, after a 311 caller claimed it
obstructed the views’ of motorists and
pedestrians on nearby streets.
That fi ne comes with a minimum
fi nancial penalty of $6,000, according
to Kunitz, who said her colleagues
deemed the tent structurally unsafe
following a Jan. 3 inspection, and that
the city could take the grocer to court if
the structure isn’t promptly removed.
“If the owners fail to comply with
this order, they may be subject to additional
enforcement actions,” she said.
The agency’s ruling will surely
come as a relief to those locals who
worried the illegal tent — which the
store owners used as a storage space
before making it shoppable, city records
show — could lead to a catastrophe
if left unmoved.
“It’s crazy, because last year we had
a big snowstorm, and what will happen
if we have weather like that again
this year?” Hazel LeBlanc, who works
in the neighborhood, told this reporter
when he visited the site last week.
My Mandarin’s lease-holder refused
to tell this newspaper why store
operators chose to use the tent as an
al-fresco produce section following the
fi rst violation.
He instead emphasized how the
new grocer — and its illicit extension
— are an improvement over the building’s
past tenants, who allegedly let
trash pile up on the pavement where
the tent now stands.
“As soon as I started renting the
property, I saw how much garbage was
there. I took four containers of trash
out,” said lease-holder Roma, who refused
to provide his last name, but
said he previously ran now-shuttered
grocer Mama Liza on Kings Highway
at E. 18th Street.
And when asked about the tent’s
purported visibility issues, Roma said
he could have simply repositioned it if
people just asked him to.
“I would be willing to change it if
they came to me like normal people,
not like animals,” he said.
Not all shoppers will be happy to see
the tent go, however — one My Mandarin
customer praised the grocer’s inventive
use of the outdoor space.
“It’s convenient,” said Alex, who
lives in Brighton Beach, and also refused
to provide his last name.
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BREWERY
Driver hits, kills senior
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
A driver hit and killed a senior in Gravesend
on Jan. 2, police said.
The motorist at the wheel of a
2019 Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling
on Cropsey Avenue towards Bay 31st
Street, and fatally struck the 77-yearold
woman at 6:10 pm near Bay 32nd
Street, as she tried to cross Cropsey
Avenue outside of a crosswalk, authorities
said.
The victim, whose identity cops
are withholding until they notify her
family, sustained severe trauma to her
head and torso, according to offi cials,
who said paramedics rushed her to
Coney Island Hospital, where doctors
pronounced her dead.
The driver remained at the scene,
and was not immediately arrested, according
to police, who said their investigation
is ongoing.
to raise Surf Avenue between W. 16th
and W. 21st in three phases, which began
last September.
But the brief closure is a small price
to pay for the promise of a bigger brewery,
according to Telesca, who said the
staff hopes to reopen the spot on Feb. 8,
and to break ground on the expansion
that same month.
“It’s a tough situation right now,
but it’s all going to be worth it in the
summer,” she said.
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