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Thank you to Alexandra for e-mailing MarineParker concerning this morning’s shooting as well as some other occurrences in our  neighborhood:

I was just reading 1010wins.com and found this article quite alarming:
 
http://www.1010wins.com/Cops–Brooklyn-Woman-Shot-Outside-Marine-Park-Home/6287525
 
I thought you guys may want to research the situation and post it on your site(s).
 
Also, the Kings Courier reported several burglaries in last week’s police blotter, one of which near PS 222 around 10/11 pm.  Supposedly a man was held at gun point.
 
As an avid reader of both GerritsenBeach.net and MarineParker.net, I suggest that you please encourage your readers/viewers to remain alert and vigilant while walking around our neighborhoods.

Great advice!  If anyone has other tips or concerns, please let us know!

Around 8 AM this morning a woman was shot as she was leaving her house on Coleman Street near Quentin Road, on her way to work.  The alleged gunman, wearing camouflage fatigues and a ski mask, was waiting outside her house when he pulled the trigger.  One news report states she was shot in her leg, another states she was shot in the head.  Fortunately, both report that the woman survived.  There are also conflicting stories as to whether he was in his car or fled on foot. 

In addition, a local surveillance video caught this all on tape, which was given to the police.  Kudos, vigilant neighbor. 

For the news reports, check out 1010 Wins , WPIX , ABC and Courier-Life.

Courtesy of Wikipedia

This past weekend’s New York Times Metropolitan section reported that Parks Department negotiations to purchase the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead and turn it into a house museum have stalled.  In 1999, the city offered $2 million for the house and its historic contents, among them a sword etched with the royal crown and initials for George Rex III and windowpanes with the initials of two Hessian soldiers who stayed there during the Revolution.¹  In addition, the current owners, the Monts, would have been able to live there rent-free provided this deal went through.

However, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services has now offered the Monts considerably less than originally promised and a deal is no longer close to being done.  I sincerely hope this deal gets done because this treasure of a house deserves to be a public space for all history buffs to marvel at.

Click here to read the entire article and as well as see fantastic pictures of the house.

¹Blumenthal, Ralph. “A Prewar Home, to Say the Least.”  The New York Times.  29 January 2010.

Follow-up: The Marine Park cricket player who was struck by lightning on July 26, 2009 is making an extraordinary recovery, the New York Daily News reports.  Covered by MarineParker in July, forty one year-old Stephen Gibson was struck by lightning to the left side of his face, causing his brain to bleed, damaging his lungs, kidney and liver.  After being in a three week coma following his injuries, Gibson only recently regained movement in his arms and legs and has begun to speak again.  Now being treated at the Coler-Goldwater Speciality Hospital and Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island, we wish Mr. Gibson best wishes and continued success in his rehabilitation.

For the complete article, click here.