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Tanker truck collision causes massive oil spill in Gowanus
By Rose Adams
Brooklyn Paper
A tanker truck spilled thousands
of gallons of oil onto Warren
Street and Fourth Avenue after
smashing into a cement barrier
Saturday afternoon.
“Oil started spilling out like
crazy,” said Troy Gilberti, who saw
the incident while he was walking
with his daughter, Faith. “It
was like a waterfall.”
The truck was turning from
Fourth Avenue onto Warren Street
at around noon when it clipped a
cement divider, which punctured
the truck’s tank, according to authorities.
Tankers of that size hold a
maximum 3,000 gallons of gasoline,
and a firefighter at the scene
claimed the rupture had nearly
emptied it.
More than a 60 firefighters and
hazardous materials experts responded
to the scene, closing off
the surrounding blocks and using
vacuums to collect the spill off the
street, although some of it cascaded
into nearby sewers.
The incident caused no injuries,
according to a firefighter.
A spokesman for the Department
of Environmental Protection,
Edward Timbers, claimed that the
spill made its way into nearby man
holes and an adjacent construction
site, and that the trucking
company hired an environmental
cleanup company to cleanup
the remaining fuel.
None of the oil made its way
into the Gowanus Canal, Timbers
said.
This Week’s Special Edition Newspaper
in Recognition of National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month is Sponsored by
Good-Night Bazaar
Greenpoint event space to close in November
By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Night Bazaar is
closing its Greenpoint location
before the end of November,
with owners citing a frustrating
inability to come to terms
with their landlord over a new
lease agreement.
“I guess this is what you
get when you keep convincing
yourself that signing short
term leases are a good idea. We
were naive enough to actually
(foolishly) think that this time
would be different, this time
the landlords would be reasonable,
this time they’d work with
us...but nope, surprise!” read
a statement released by owner
Belvy Klein.
Klein and partner Aaron
Bourdo opened the most recent
Kings County incarnation
of their popular events
venue at the old Polonaise Terrace
Polish banquet hall at 150
Greenpoint Ave. in 2016, offering
three floors of fun and entertainment
that included karaoke,
ping pong, mini golf, an
arcade, and a 400-person live
music and events venue on the
second level.
But Brooklyn Night Bazaar
has struggled to maintain
its lease in the past, and a
former landlord kicked Klein
and Bourdo out of a 23,000-
square foot warehouse on
Banker Street to make way for a
The tanker truck that spilled thousands of gallons of gas on the border of Gowanus and Park Slope. ONE SLICK MESS
Brooklyn Night Bazaar is being forced out of their 150
Greenpoint Avenue location by their landlord, owners
claim.
luxury car company in 2015.
In announcing the sad news,
Klein promised a “killer run” of
shows and events through Nov.
30, and said the 150 Greenpoint
Ave. venue would host a burger
pop-up for the last eight weeks of
the Bazaar’s existence.
And the entrepreneurs are still
pursuing plans to open a restaurant
in nearby McCarren Park sometime
in the coming years.
File photo by Stefano Giovannini
PINK and proud!
We’re thrilled once again to bring you our annual
“Pink Paper,” printed on this beautiful,
bubble gum background in honor of Breast
Cancer Awareness Month.
In our business, whenever you want to highlight
an issue critical to the lives of our readers, you try
to do something special, like a special front page
cover or a dynamic headline. In this case, we’re
printing in all pink because this paper contains
vital information that will help you save someone
you love — or even yourself.
Great advances have been made over the
last few decades to help more breast cancer
survivors live longer and healthier
lives. Even so, the incidence rate of
invasive female breast cancer increased
slightly between 2006
and 2015, by 0.45 percent.
And that number is expected
to rise again this
year. The American Cancer
Society projects that
the United States will see
268,600 new cases of invasive
breast cancer diagnosed in
women this year. Another 62,930
women can expect to be diagnosed
with in situ breast lesions.
A common misconception is that
breast cancer only affects women. But in fact, the
American Cancer Society estimates that 2,670 men
in the U.S. will also be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Sadly, there will be more deaths related to breast
cancer. The ACS estimated that 42,260 Americans
(41,760 women and 500 men) will likely succumb
to the disease this year. More than 2,000 of these
deaths will occur here in New York.
Despite these grim statistics, there remains plenty
of hope.
The five-year survival rate for women with invasive
breast cancer is projected to be 91% in 2019;
that’s far higher than the 75% five-year survival rate
recorded between 1975 and 1977. That means more
mothers, daughters, wives and aunts have had a second
chance at life thanks to advances in detection
and treatment.
The earlier breast cancer is detected, the better
your odds are at beating it. This is especially true
for women who have a family history of breast cancer
cases — and as a result, are twice as likely to
develop it.
Women between 45 and 54 should get annual
mammograms, the American Cancer Society advises.
Women as young as 40 have the option of getting
a mammogram every year, and women older
than 54 should have the test performed at least every
other year.
Mammograms, along with ultrasound checks, are
critical toward finding cancer in the earliest stages,
and treating it before it metastasizes into something
more serious.
Beyond clinical tests, women should also conduct
self-tests for any possible lumps. If you feel
that something isn’t right, visit your doctor right
away for a more professional opinion.
For those who’ve survived breast cancer, and for
those who are battling it today, you should know
that you’re not alone in the battle — and that all of
us in this community will do whatever we can to
support you.
Everyone knows someone affected by this terrible
illness, and everyone can do their part to help
fight it. This month, across the city, the American
Cancer Society will host “Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer” walks raising funds for cancer treatment
and research. The thousands who participate
in this effort will literally take steps to help eradicate
breast cancer once and for all.
Someday, we pray, breast cancer will become a
thing of the past. We hope that this “Pink Paper”
informs, inspires and empowers all of us to commit
ourselves to that effort, however great or small
the contribution.
Keep up the fight!
The Editors
Photo by Rose Adams
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