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‘THIS IS ABSURD’
Rose claims locals are unsafe without guardrails near Belt Parkway
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Talk about railing against terrorism!
An unprotected stretch of
Bath Beach sidewalk bordering
the Belt Parkway is an
open invitation for reckless
drivers and terrorists to commit
mayhem, according to a
Kings County congressman,
who said the city must install
heavy-duty guardrails to safeguard
pedestrians against attacks.
“We have seen over, and
over, and over again how either
drunk drivers, or — god
forbid — terrorists, can kill
people by driving onto pathways
just like this,” said freshman
Congressman Max Rose
D–Bay Ridge.
Rose joined Bath Beach
Councilman Justin Brennan
at a May 31 press conference
off the Belt Parkway to demand
the city install protective
devices along the highway
between Bay Eighth Street
and 21st Avenue, where pedestrians
are separated from traffi
c by just a few feet of grass.
The coastal stretch of sidewalk
is a densely populated
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Farming without soil
Jennifer Prescott explaining to IS 281 students how the process works in the school’s new hydroponics lab. For more, see page 36.
Photo By Steve Solomonson
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