Sea ya later!
Boaters mourn the closure of 50-year-old marina
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COURIER L 6 IFE, FEB. 28-MAR. 5, 2020
BY ROSE ADAMS
A half-century-old Gravesend
marina will close its
slips in April, forcing more
than than 200 yachtsmen to
seek out a new port of call.
“It’s a hectic situation,” said
Captain Max, who runs a company
called Cruise NY that
gives private tours of New York
Harbor. “It’s short notice.”
Tenants at the Marine Basin
Marina say they were
given eight to 10 weeks to fi nd
a new spot for their boats, after
the marina’s owners said
they were selling the property
in mid-January. Many boaters
are now scrambling to fi nd
a new slip, and some say that
the shortage of affordable,
Brooklyn marinas makes the
search diffi cult.
“I found out a couple of
weeks ago, and I’ve got to get
it out by April 1st,” said Jim, a
boat owner who didn’t give his
last name. “It’s not their fault,
but it’s gonna cost me a thousand
dollars more to move my
boat somewhere else.”
The Gagliano family —
which has owned and operated
the Marine Basin Marina
for more than 50 years, according
to the marina’s website —
sold the marina and several
adjacent properties in January
to a real estate investment
fi rm for $57.5 million. Insiders
alleged that the new owners,
FBE Limited, plan to build
a strip mall and an Amazon
warehouse on the site, but others
dismissed the claims as
rumors.
Boaters say the marina’s
closure marks a loss for
Brooklyn, which houses only
a few public marinas along
the borough’s western shore.
Some boat owners may be able
to snag a spot at the neighboring
Excelsior Yacht Club, but
the lot is very small, forcing
most tenants to travel to Marine
Park, Sheepshead Bay, or
over by the Brooklyn Bridge
for a pricer slip.
“It’s a huge loss for Brooklyn,”
said a marina tenant,
who spoke on the condition
of anonymity out of fear of
his wife, who doesn’t know he
owns a boat. “There’s a lot of
guys who fi sh out of here, and
it’s nice because you can be in
the ocean very quickly, which
is a huge bonus. And for sailors
its a nice place, because
it’s really deep and, again,
ocean access.”
Photo by Meg Capone
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