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Neighborhood News
Quality of Life Issues:
New Traffic Signals Coming
Bay News, August 26, 2002
Brooklyn City Councilman
Marty Golden secured two transportation safety enhancements for
the Bensonhurst section of the Council District that he represents.
Following a block petition drive
and a letter dated May 23 to the Department of Transportation (DOT),
the installation of a traffic control signal has been approved for
the intersection of 17th Avenue and 81st
Street. The traffic signal will be installed before January 31,
2003.
“On behalf of the senior citizens,
the children and the pedestrian and vehicular traffic that travels
this intersection at 17th Avenue and 81st
Street, I commend the DOT for their approval. With a petition in my
hand, you can see that there is a strong desire for such a signal to
be installed and I am pleased that I could be part of this safety
enhancement,” said Golden.
Furthermore, Golden received
word that in conjunction with the request put forth by the Narrows
Senior Center, 7907 New Utrecht Avenue, the traffic lights at the
corners of 79th and 80th Streets on New
Utrecht Avenue will now stay red for an additional five seconds
each.
Remembering Russell: Renovated Playground
Reopens:
The Brooklyn Skyline, August 20, 2002
Marty surrounded by
young parkgoers at the Russell Pedersen Playground ribbon-cutting
ceremony.
Introducing a fish-shaped hopscotch
board, bronze flounder spouting water six feet into the air, a sea
of steel drums, a maritime xylophone and chimes that play music when
jumped upon. The newly renovated, nautical-themed Russell Pedersen
Playground in Bay Ridge officially opened on August 14 with a host
of dignitaries, U.S. veterans, and of course, delighted children.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty
Markowitz, City Councilman Marty Golden, Brooklyn Parks
Commissioner Julius Spiegel and Community Board Chairman Stephen
Harrison joined Benepe to introduce the addition of new swing sets,
plants, trees, an irrigation system, an adult exercise area,
basketball courts and diaper changing stations (which were added to
both men’s and women’s bathrooms).
…The man everyone was looking up to
Wednesday afternoon was Golden, who was responsible for
making the renovation happen with his City Council allocation of
$1.3 million to transform the park.
“We are surrounded by 25 percent
parks here in Bay Ridge,” said Golden, who also set aside
over $2 million to fix the Fort Hamilton Field, adjacent to Russell
Pedersen Playground. “If you look around you can see that it was
money well spent.”
“If we maintain our parks, our
parks will stay. If we allow them to deteriorate it will cost us
millions and millions of dollars to get them back to where they
should be,” Golden added.
Park Refurb and Vet’s Life Celebrated
New York Daily News, August 15, 2002
City Councilman Martin Golden and Parks Commissioner Adrian
Benepe joined forces yesterday in Bay Ridge to celebrate a $1.3
million playground project – and pay homage to the fallen veteran
for whom it is named.
Russell Pedersen Playground, on Colonial Road behind Fort Hamilton
High School, received a one-year top-to-bottom makeover this winter
thanks to money set aside by Golden (R-Bay Ridge).
Named
after a former Fort Hamilton student killed serving in the Vietnam
War, the 1-acre playground had become worn and outdated from years
of neglect, parkgoers said.
Throw Graffiti Vandals in Jail
Home Reporter and Sunset News, July 26, 2002
A Democrat and a Republican are
teaming up to declare war on graffiti.
Councilmen Mike Nelson and Marty
Golden are the co-sponsors of a bill aimed at convincing the
State Legislature to take the crime more seriously.
The Nelson-Golden bill calls on the Assembly and
Senate to upgrade the crime of graffiti form a misdemeanor to a
felony.
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