Hells Angels shooting blamed
on councilman’s staffer
The new location of the worldly renowned Hells Angels motorcycle club
sits at 241 Longstreet Ave. According to the Department of Finances, the
building was sold for $1,250,000 back in August.
Photo by Kyle Vuille/Schneps Media
3 newborns at Bronx hospitals mark a new year & decade
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,BTR JANUARY 10-16, 2020 3
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
NYC Health + Hospitals announced
the fi rst births of the new
year and the new decade at three
Bronx facilities.
The fi rst offi cial Bronx baby of the
new year 2020 and the new decade
was Ousmane Camara, a baby boy
born at 12:02 a.m. at Lincoln Hospital
to mother Mamawa Dore and father
Newborn girl Arya Mila Terrero De Los Santos,
born to parents Jennifer De Los Santos
and Mario Terrero at North Central Bronx
Hospital.
Photo courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/North
Central Bronx
Mamawa Dore, mother, and Zakaria Camala with the fi rst baby of the Bronx, Ousmane Camala.
Photo courtesy of Lincoln Hospital
Newborn Nickoy McFarlane with his mother
Julene Bedward.
Photo courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Zakaria Camala.
Both parents, who were accompanied
by their extended family for
the New Years birth, originally come
from Guinea but moved to the south
Bronx, making little Ousmane a fi rst
generation Bronxite.
Ousmane Camara came in at
seven pounds and 14 ounces with a
height of 18.9 inches.
Arya Mila Terrero De Los Santos
was the second baby born in 2020,
born at 2:09 a.m. at North Central
Bronx Hospital.
Mother Jennifer De Los Santos is
from Puerto Rico and father Mario
Terrero is from the Dominican Republic.
Arya came in weighing four
pounds and 15 ounces and measured
out to 19 inches.
The third Bronx baby born in 2020
was Nickoy McFarlane, born at 3:39
a.m. at Jacobi Hospital to parents Julene
Bedward and George McFarlane.
Mother Julene was born in Jamaica
and the family now resides
in Wakefi eld. Baby boy Nickoy, who
came in at nine pounds and 12 ounces
and 21 inches, is mother Julene’s fi rst
child.
BY KYLE VUILLE
Residents are questioning
how the sale and transfer of a
Throggs Neck property to the
Hells Angels came about without
anybody knowing following
last week’s shooting outside
the clubhouse.
On Thursday, January 2,
just before midnight, a caravan
of motorcycles and cars
rode past the newly acquired
property at 241 Longstreet
Avenue and emptied 14 gun
rounds into the side of the
building. Neighbors caught
the incident on video surveillance
cameras.
Following the incident,
neighbors and community
members are wondering if
their worst fears about the
biker gang’s presence in the
neighborhood are now becoming
a reality.
The 45th Precinct police reported
that they observed bullet
damage to the building’s
brick exterior, but reported
no injuries. No suspects have
been identifi ed and the investigation
is ongoing.
According to sources , a rival
gang, the Pagans, are suspected
in launching the late
night fussilage.
A similar situation occurred
in Staten Island about
six years ago whe the Pagans
shoot at a Hells Angels clubhouse,
wounding at least one
individual.
According to the NYPD,
there is now a foot post at the
location and directed patrols
are being conducted by Neighborhood
Coordination Offi -
cers and patrol offi cers.
Residents have lashed out
at Councilman Mark Gjonaj
for the Hells Angels purchase
of the property.
A part-time member of
Gjonaj’s staff was the real estate
broker on the sale. Residents
believe the councilman
should have thwarted the
transaction if he had prior
knowledge of the sale.
“Our offi ce has been in
constant contact with the local
precinct regarding the recent
incident,” Gjonaj’s offi ce
commented in a statement to
the Bronx Times Reporter,
“The councilman and the
owners of the property will
likely meet soon to further
discuss the matter as well as
what can be done to ensure
the safety and well-being of
the community moving forward.”
The blame shifted towards
Gjonaj because his attorney
Edmond ‘Ted’ J. Pryor orchestrated
the sale of the property
to the Hells Angels.
Pryor resigned his position
on Tuesday, January 7,
stating he didn’t want his private
practice interfering with
the councilman’s work in the
community.
“I will not allow my work
as an attorney in private practice
or what I do as a private
citizen to be used as a weapon
against you and all of the positive
work that you have been
doing to make our community
a better to live in for all,”
Pryor wrote to Gjonaj.
Gjonaj contends that he
was not aware of Pryor’s private
work.
A source informed the
Bronx Times Reporter that a
high-ranking member of the
Hells Angels lives on City Island,
one block away from
Pryor’s legal practice.
Bartley J. Dowling, who
resides on Bay Street on City
Island, is the president of the
New York City Chapter of
Hells Angels.
Pryor could not be reached
for comment.
The Hells Angels sold their
property on Third Avenue in
Alphabet City for $7.5 million
and purchased the Longstreet
Avenue property for $1.25 million
according to reports.
The building was constructed
for the Korony American
Legion Post, which then
sold the property to a real estate
fi rm ten years ago.