Photo of Cho, 40, killed in a car accident on Sunday (Courtesy of 1010 Wins)
A 40-year-old woman was killed on Sunday when a car reversed too quickly and slammed into her and four others.
The black 2010 Mercedes SUV was driven by a elderly parishioner (reports of his age vary between 62 and 73 years old) of Pyeong AHN Presbyterian Church (2407 McDonald Avenue). He was pulling out of a parking space around 3 p.m. when he accelerated too quickly and plowed into four other parishioners – three women, a 10-year-old and an infant.
Forty-year-old Sung Won Cho died of her injuries at the scene, while the other four received only minor injuries.
No charges were brought against the driver, and no alcohol or drug use is suspected.
[via Daily News, 1010 Wins, and Fox 5]
Remember Alexander Kravitz? We wrote about the Gravesend resident last January, after he was arrested in a Queens motel room where he hoped to make a porn video with a 14-year-old girl. Kravitz’s defenders came scrawling comments on the site back then, talking up what a real hardworking, honest champ the 27-year-old William E. Grady High School teacher is and that we shouldn’t judge him until the jury does.
Well, the jury has. Wait, nix that, Alex Kravitz pleaded guilty to the crime. Kravitz admitted to attempting to disseminate indecent material to a minor, as part of a deal for a 90-day jail term and five years’ probation. The Daily News reports that Kravitz will also have to turn over his computer, forfeit his teaching license, and register as a sex offender.
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Daily News is reporting a weekend almost-shootout in Gravesend’s Marlboro Houses, in which a man was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and unlawful wearing of a bulletproof vest.
The suspect, Angel Rivera, attempted to shoot at pursuing police officers while his mother reportedly screamed, “Shoot the cop! Shoot the cop!” His gun jammed and he, his mother, his sister and some friends were arrested, proving mother doesn’t always know best.
So, how do those luxury condos across the street look now?
Daily News reports:
A gun-toting thug wearing a bulletproof vest tried to shoot at two cops in a Brooklyn housing project, but his gun jammed, police said Sunday.
The officers were on patrol in the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend when they encountered Angel Rivera, 25, and two pals drinking alcohol in a stairwell about 2:30 a.m.
When the officers attempted to question the trio, Rivera bolted, prompting a brief chase.
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Courtesy of NY Daily News
Police and federal regulators are investigating a warehouse accident that left a Gravesend man dead yesterday morning.
Yuquan Chen, 47, was killed instantly when a load of granite tiles toppled on him at First Choice Supply in Borough Park. The kitchen counter tops were stacked on top of each other from floor to ceiling, and struck Chen in the head as they fell. Coworkers attempted to rescue Chen by lifting the slabs with a fork lift, but it was too late.
NYPD and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials are looking to see if the accident was caused by violations of workplace safety standards. A preliminary review by the Daily News didn’t find any prior incidents at the 1339 61st Street location.
[via Daily News]
Carlo Fodera, a.k.a. Coney Island Carlo, is taking tattooing global in a new reality television show, Tattoo Masters Worldwide.
“Over the last couple of years I’ve been watching these reality shows on tattooing,” Fodera said in a trailer for the series. “There’s so much more to the tattoo world. There’s so many different venues, and so many different types of tattooing.”
From a new Gravesend location at 66 Avenue U, Fodera is launching a competition to showcase the explosive dynamism of contemporary tattooing. The new storefront is next door to one of his existing parlors, Studio Enigma. Fodera owns 10 shops in the five boroughs, and according to the website is responsible for about half the tattooing done daily in New York City. Continue Reading »
(Photo courtesy of Property Shark via Brownstoner)
Did somebody say there was a housing slump? Someone forgot to tell the buyers of a Gravesend home that just sold for $10.26 million, an amount topping the charts of 2009 home sales in the borough. The building at 2111 East 2nd Street (near Avenue U) was bought by an unknown party, spurring Brownstoner to scoff, “Holy moly! … It’s definitely the biggest sale of this year, and probably one of the top 10 or so biggest house sales in the borough ever.” Property Shark records say it’s an 8,206-square-foot one-family house that was built in 1998, and racks up nearly $90,000 in property taxes. Yowzers!
Ever wondered about those big ol’ houses you pass on your way to the train station? Curious about the famed Sheepshead Bay race tracks? Ever wanted to know how our neighborhood, so unique from the rest of Brooklyn and New York City, came to be the way it is? Joseph Ditta did, too. His curiosity was sparked by strolls through the Gravesend Cemetery and the names dating back to 1650, which also dotted the areas streetnames. Ditta began compiling photographs, postcards, lantern slides, stereoscopic views, engravings, paintings, textiles, artifacts, manuscripts, books, and maps to piece together the early days of the Village of Gravesend, which includes Sheepshead Bay and many of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Now 42 years old, Ditta has turned his research into a book titled Gravesend, Brooklyn. He chronicles Gravesend’s rise from a farming town established in 1645, through its annexation by Brooklyn in 1894, and its present years. He hopes his work will “give the busy residents of Gravesend, Brooklyn, reason to pause and ponder the historical significance of sites they pass each day without truly seeing.” He took a moment from his unending research into Southern Brooklyn’s history to talk to Sheepshead Bites about the past, the present, and the future of Sheepshead Bay. Continue Reading »
Looks like 877 Junk Law (odd name, sounds a little like a telephone number), operating online from their “control address” in Brighton Beach, has made a bold business out of New York State Law Chap. 585, Sec. 1, Paragraph 397-a.
The law was passed in August 15, 2007 to help residents who were tired of the collection of flyers and pamphlets at their front door.
If you don’t want to know what’s on sale at your local supermarket a week ahead of time, you’ll need to inform the person with the bag full of leaflets. To do that, you’ll need a bright, bold sign visible from the street. Without a prominently placed sign, you won’t be able to make a complaint to the city about the businesses that continue to leave their advertisements.
You can make your own sign, but it will have to follow specific guidelines. It’s your choice: would you like to have a bright yellow metal sign blaring its message or would you prefer to have a slew of Marketeers on your front stoop advertising that you’re on your summer vacation? It’s not that Brooklyn push-in robbers really mind if you’re home. Lately, they seem to prefer that someone is there to open the door — saves them the trouble of having to break in.
[This homeowner on East 19 St, where this photo was snapped might also need one of the other frequently ignored signs: No Littering. That's a plastic bag, not snow.]
New York Daily News featured our neighbors in Gravesend for its “Savings in…” column. While we may disagree with them calling “Gravesend … one of the last places in Brooklyn where you can find old-timers sitting at sidewalk tables, sipping espresso and shooting the breeze,” they noted some worthwhile businesses.
The article profiles neighborhood staples including one of our fave’s: L & B Spumoni Gardens (725 86th St.). It also caught A & S Pork Store (361 Avenue X), which has served Italian specialties for 43 years, and Pete’s Family Restaurant (311 Avenue X), which serves up cheeseburger deluxes for $7.70.
What Gravesend joints do you dig?
There seems to be an an increase in accidents. Yesterday, March 27, 2009 there were two serious accidents in our area and nearby.
If anyone has any information of pictures of the accidents, you can send them our way.
There was a child struck on Ave P and East 7 St at about 12:30 p.m in Gravesend. In Sheepshead Bay, there was an overturned auto at Shore Parkway and Sheepshead Bay Rd about an hour earlier.
Here are the original listings as they appeared on the Gothamist:
Overturned Auto | Shore Pkwy @ Sheepshead Bay Rd Brooklyn, NY | 3/27/2009 11:24 a.m.
Unmapped incident
Child Struck | Ave P East And 7th St Brooklyn, NY | 3/27/2009 12:30 p.m.
Warning:
Pedestrians, please exercise caution as you cross the roads. Remember your right-of-way doesn’t always protect you if you’re not obeying the rules of the road.
Drivers, remember you are driving a dangerous motorized vehicle with the potential to hurt people. Don’t selfishly talk on the phone and conduct other unnecessary business while pretending to drive.
