HOLD THE MAYO:
PB DINER SOLD
Major investor Jeff Sutton
pays millions for the property
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The award-winning 37-yearold
Pelham Bay Diner at 1920 E.
Gun Hill Road shut off its fryers
for the last time at the end of January,
According to Real Deal, New
York commercial real estate
mogul Jeff Sutton acquired the
29,800 square foot property along
I-95 that owner Jerry Stefanitsis
and his wife labored at for almost
four decades.
Sutton’s group, Wharton
Properties acquired the Pelham
Bay Diner and its surrounding
parking lot for $10.25 million.
Sutton did so after selling
four downtown Brooklyn properties
worth $22 million to United
American Land, the report also
indicated.
Wharton is best known for its
vibrant, high-ceiling commercial
properties scattered throughout
Midtown such as the Swarovski
in Times Square or the famed
Crown Building property at 730
Fifth Avenue.
However, Sutton has been
growing a Bronx portfolio as
well.
The fi rm’s holdings are scattered
throughout the borough.
Sutton owns the Westchester
Hit ‘n run
leaves man
in coma
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A tragic ‘hit and run’ that left
a man in critical condition has
brought the community together
to help police fi nd the driver.
The parents of Jared D’Amico,
a 27-year-old man who was crossing
East Tremont Avenue near
Milton Place when he was run
over at approximately 8 p.m on
Monday, February 11, gathered
with community residents to call
on the driver of the SUV or truck
that ran him down to turn himself
or herself in.
As of press time, a police
source said that cops believe that
they are looking for the driver of
a red Jeep. There was no arrest or
further update as of press time.
Parents Kim and Noel D’Amico
attended a press conference on
Friday, February 15 with Councilman
Mark Gjonaj, Throggs Neck
Merchants Association members,
traffi c safety advocates, friends
and neighbors to ask anyone with
information to contact the 45th
Precinct.
Councilman Gjonaj offered a
$10,000 reward leading to the arrest
and apprehension of the responsible
individual.
“This community doesn’t
tolerate leaving the scene of a
crime,” said Gjonaj, before announcing
the reward.
He added: “I call on the driver
of that vehicle and anyone in the
vehicle to turn himself in before
it gets worse.”
Gjonaj said he felt Jared’s parents
anguish.
“This is a parent’s worst
nightmare and a community’s
worst nightmare that someone is
run over and left for dead (and the
driver shows) no remorse,” said
Gjonaj.
The incident along with a
death of an elderly woman on
Street co-named for slain
police offi cer Thomas Rutolo
BY ALEX MITCHELL
One of New York’s fi nest fi nally
received the recognition he so long
deserved.
The corner of Southern Boulevard
and Intervale Avenue will
now carry the name of fallen
NYPD police offi cer Thomas Ruotolo
for generations to come.
That section of the boulevard,
which sits next to the current 41st
Precinct police house was shut
down for the parade of NYPD
honor guard, Chief of Department
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Terrence Monahan, along with
Councilman Rafael Salamanca,
Jr. and family and friends of police
offi cer Ruotolo, whom all endured
the cold weather to pay the warmest
of respects.
The street was co-named on
Valentine’s Day, marking the 35th
anniversary of police offi cer Rutolo’s
brutal killing at a gas station
on Bruckner Boulevard and East
149th Street in 1984.
The tragic incident occurred
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Service With A Smile
The legendary Guardian Angels were honored for their four decades
of community service on Sunday, February 10 at a McDonald’s on 2505
Southern Boulevard. Curtis Sliwa, Guardian Angels founder and CEO, was
awarded a t-shirt by his former employer McDonald’s. See story on page
12 and spread on page 15. Photo by Edward Watkins
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