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FOUND DEAD: Parks Department patrolmen found the unidentifi ed man dead and lying shirtless in an open muddy area off the Salt Marsh Trail
in Marine Park on Feb. 24. Photo by Jon Farina
DEAD IN THE MUD
Man’s body pulled from marsh near Marine Park trail
patrolmen found the body
shirtless, wearing only pants,
according to a Police Department
spokesman, who said
the agency workers then notifi
ed cops about the body.
Offi cers from the 63rd Precinct
and paramedics subsequently
rushed to the park,
and pronounced the man
dead at the scene.
The city’s Medical Examiner
could not confi rm the
man’s cause of death by press
time on Wednesday evening,
according to a spokeswoman
for the offi ce.
And authorities’ investigation
remains ongoing, offi -
cials said.
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
City workers found a dead
man’s half-clothed body in
the marshes alongside a Marine
Park hiking trail on
Feb. 23, police said.
Offi cers with the Department
of Parks and Recreation’s
Parks Enforcement
Patrol found the man
— whom cops have yet to
identify — lying in an open
muddy area off the meadow’s
Salt Marsh Trail,
which runs along the Gerritson
Beach–side of the
green space near Avenue U
and Burnett Street, authorities
said.
The Parks Department
It’s sail
la vie!
Party boats
can’t ship off
from Bay pier
under new ban
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
They’re lost at sea!
Party boats will offi cially
be banned from operating out
of Sheepshead Bay piers starting
this summer, a local pol
announced.
Starting May 1, the boats
will be prohibited from picking
up and dropping off passengers
at the neighborhood’s Emmons
Avenue pier, where they will
only be allowed to dock while
not in use, according to Assemblyman
Steven Cymbrowitz
(D–Sheepshead Bay), who said
the ban will alleviate qualityof
life issues caused by the controversial
vessels.
“This is a fair and reasonable
resolution that will help
restore Sheepshead Bay’s quality
of life during the summer
months, and bring in weekend
visitors who were reluctant
to come here because of
the crowds and backed-up traffi
c on Emmons Avenue,” Cymbrowitz
said in a Feb. 19 statement.
For years, several booze
cruises set sail from the Emmons
Avenue pier, with some
boats welcoming as many as
600 passengers at a time —
some of whom would return
drunk, leading residents to
complain of noise, littering,
and fi ghts in the otherwise
sleepy seaside community.
Last April, Mayor DeBla-
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