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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
ROUGH RIDE
City from South Carolina
about a year ago, and
had taken up working as
a delivery man for Uber
Eats to make ends meet.
It’s unclear if he was delivering
food at the time
of the incident.
Police could not immediately
comment regarding
that collision,
but provided information
regarding another
crash in Fort Greene at
6:33 p.m. on Sept. 5, when
a 36-year-old cyclist
smashed into a 55-yearold
woman’s 2010 Ford on
Navy Street near Park
Avenue.
Paramedics rushed
the cyclist to Methodist
Hospital in stable condition,
cops said.
Police did not issue
any summonses related
to the crash, according
to a spokeswoman for the
police department.
Additional reporting
by Paul Martinka and
Kevin Duggan.
CLEANUP
for their event, although
the agency still refused
to provide supplies for
the cleanup, and Windsor
and Patzer were
forced to reach into their
own pockets for necessities
including gloves
and garbage bags.
After hanging flyers
around the neighborhood
encouraging
locals to join them, the
effort quickly gained
traction, inspiring between
25 and 30 natureloving
locals to show up
for the big day on Sept.
8, when volunteers spent
three hours cleaning
about half the beach between
W. 33rd to W. 37th
streets — where they
discovered no less than
26 syringes, according
to the 22-year-olds.
“A lot of us worked
together,” Patzer said.
“This was a collaborative
effort.”
The friends are
now planning a second
cleanup day on Sept. 15,
and have written to local
pols urging them to
implement a permanent
clean-up plan for the
filthy beach.
“Nothing permanent
has been done about it,”
Patzer said.
A spokesman for
the Parks Department
claimed that agency staff
already maintain the
area on a regular basis,
and that natural areas
like Coney Island Creek
Park aren’t typically
equipped with amenities
such as garbage cans,
lights, or benches.
“Coney Island Creek
Park is a nature area
and is maintained by
staff weekly,” said Dan
Kastanis. “We will inspect
the park for cleanliness,
and address any
issues accordingly.”
A 26-year-old sustained serious injuries after colliding with a silver Nissan Rogue at the intersection
of Atlantic and Vanderbilt avenues in Prospect Heights on Thursday. Paul Martinka
FILTHY: Cleanup volunteers blasted the Parks Deptartment for
failing to clean the beach in Coney Island Creek Park, where they
spent three hours pikcing up garbage on Sept. 8. Steven Patzer
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