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open and the fi re’s right
there,” said Marine
Parker Weinert, who
attended with his wife
Heather. “I found the
child down there and I
pulled the child out.”
And a Boy in Blue who
has patrolled the streets
of Brooklyn for almost
four decades took home
the Community Leadership
award for his work
protecting the community,
whose residents he
said inspire him to put
on his uniform each day.
“I get to help people I
interact with on a daily
basis, it may be a person
I’ve know for 40 years,
or maybe a person I met
10 minutes ago,” said 39-
year Police Department
veteran and Executive
Offi cer of Patrol Borough
Brooklyn South
Charles Scholl.
The ceremony also
recognized Dr. Erich
Anderer, chief of neurosurgery
at Sunset Park’s
NYU Langone Hospital
Brooklyn, who said
moving from the distant
isle of Manhattan to the
County of Kings allowed
him to better appreciate
the borough’s diverse
and ever-evolving neighborhoods.
“Some of the other
neighborhoods have
changed so much they almost
feel more like Manhattan,
but I actually
love Bay Ridge because
it’s got a lot of old world
Brooklyn, so it still feels
like Brooklyn,” said Anderer,
who lives with his
wife and two children
in Clinton Hill.
The event also held a
raffl e with all proceeds going
to the DSNY Columbia
Association, which helps
children with disabilities.
And, of course, organizers
gave special
thanks to its sponsors:
Flushing Bank, Chase
Bank, Ferrantino Fuel,
Investors Bank, The
Run NYC Team, Freedom
Mortgage, Berger,
Bischoff, Shumer, Weller
& Goodman LLP, The
Americans Dreams
Foundation, Medcast
Plus, and the DSNY Columbia
Association.
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KINGS OF KINGS 2018
ROYAL FAMILY: 1. Dimitri Venekas, left, an associate director of retail sales for CPEX Real
Estate who has been recognized as a rising star in the real-estate business by Real Estate
Weekly, was one of the honorees at this year’s Kings of Kings. 2. SCNG President and Publisher
Victoria Schneps-Yunis, left, presented the Community Leadership award to 39-year
Police Department veteran and Executive Offi cer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South Charles
Scholl. 3. World War II veteran and Coney Islander Albert Goldberg, 96, was all smiles after
he received this year’s Living Legend award. 4. Dr. Erich Anderer, chief of neurosurgery
at Sunset Park’s NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, was also crowned as one of this year’s
Kings of Kings. 5. Schneps-Yunis, far left, celebrated with the more than two dozen Kings
of Kings honorees during the annual gala and networking event on Nov. 14 at Mill Basin’s El
Caribe, where honorees and attendees hobnobbed while enjoying cocktails and light bites.
6. Veteran New York Jets athlete and CBS New York sports analyst Erik Coleman, right,
received the Man of the Year award from Schneps-Yunis. 7. New York City fi refi ghter James
Weinert, right, who earned the Community Hero award for saving a child from a burning
Bensonhurst building in August, attended the ceremony with his wife, Heather. 8. SCNG CEO
and co-publisher Joshua Schneps, left, celebrated with Andrew Manicone, Jr., who won the
Community Service award. Photos by Arthur DeGaeta