Melvin R. Krimko,
P.C.
Real Estate Attorney
Landlord/Tenant
Commercial Leases
Residential/Commercial
Holdovers
Evictions & Non Payments
Prompt
Experienced | Reasonable
592 Pacific Street, Brooklyn
718-789-3410
Downtown Brooklyn
near Atlantic Center & The Barclay Arena
Convenient By Train, Bus & LIRR
COURIER L 12 IFE, JAN. 18–24, 2019 M
NOT DOCKING: Canarsie will not be getting its own city ferry stop at the neighborhood’s
eponymous pier, seen here, any time soon, after the city instead decided to bring the nautical
commuting service to Coney Island. File photo by Steve Solomonson
FERRY
ney Island Beach, and at Coney Island
Creek — where offi cials ultimately
chose to install a dock.
Canarsie missed the boat because
its existing transit options get passengers
where they need to go faster
than a ferry would, and due to the
lack of commuter parking at Canarsie
Pier, according to agency spokeswoman
Stephanie Báez, who said the
dock managed by Feds with the National
Parks Service only permits recreational
parking.
A direct ferry from Canarsie would
make the roughly 22-mile trip to lower
Manhattan in 67 minutes, two minutes
slower than the average time it takes
to get to the distant isle using subways
and buses that currently serve the
neighborhood, according to the study,
which shows the ferry’s travel time
would only increase with additional
stops along its potential route.
And the neighborhood’s councilman
agreed that the pier’s parking
rules made it harder to bring a ferry
stop there, but said the city could have
informed his constituents of its decision
before they heard it in the mayoral
address, especially after their
passionate pleas for the service.
“I understand that the parking may
have been a hurdle too high, but they
should have let us know. We gave them
6,000 signatures and sat down with
them several times, so it would have
been nice to hear about it in advance,”
said Councilman Alan Maisel (D–Canarsie).
Want also admitted the current
parking rules are an obstacle, but
claimed people regularly fl out them,
arguing there are often a lot more vehicles
parked at the pier than the dozen
or so revelers he sees visit the area on
any given day.
“Every day I see more than 100
cars parked there in the middle of
the day, so it’s being used as a commuter
parking lot,” he said, speculating
that some of those cars’ owners
ditch their rides at the pier and catch
the B42 shuttle bus to the Canarsie–
Rockaway Parkway L-train station,
or carpool towards Manhattan via
the nearby Belt Parkway.
The city’s feasibility study, however,
ruled out a Canarsie ferry stop before
Gov. Cuomo pulled the plug on the 15-
month L-train shutdown this month,
Báez said. And now that the new plan
to repair the line includes night and
weekend work, locals are even keener
for another means of getting around,
even if it only shaves minutes — or no
time at all — off their commutes, Want
said.
“I don’t think anyone’s going to
mind fi ve to 10 minutes longer, especially
when we expect the train to shut
down,” he said.
Canarsie’s recent ferry snub does
not rule out the possibility that offi -
cials could again explore sailing there
in the future, Báez said, but she could
not guarantee the Economic Development
Corporation would conduct future
feasibility studies.
And not all Brooklynites are ready
to give up the fi ght — Borough President
Adams promised to continue his
push to bring a nautical-commuting
option to Canarsie, even as he cheered
the decision to create a ferry stop in
Coney Island.
“In the months ahead, I will continue
… my pursuits of ferry service
to Canarsie — a community in true
need of transit equity,” the borough
president said.
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The driver fl ed the scene in a taxi
without calling 911, Gonzalez said,
leaving behind his passenger, 25-yearold
Harleen Grewal, who later died
from injuries sustained in the collision.
Police arrested Ahmed later that
morning, and found his blood-alcohol
level was above the legal limit of .08 at
the time of the crash, according to the
district attorney.
DRUNK DRIVER
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