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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, MARCH 1, 2020
Sea ya later!
Boaters mourn the closure of 50-year-old marina
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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