BROOKLYN WEEKLY - OCT. 21, 2018 - Issue 42

Oct 6, 2026

BROOKLYN WEEKLY (Oct. 21, 2018) compiles local community reporting and event features across Brooklyn neighborhoods. Coverage includes a debate over a Bergen Beach bus depot’s neighborhood impact, complaints about bus congestion and exhaust, and an update on company changes. Additional stories address a “No” vote against a Coney Island housing rezoning plan, a singer competing on “The Voice,” and Halloween-related entertainment recommendations, including a staged screening of “Nosferatu.”

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time25 min

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News and civic updates

Bergen Beach bus depot controversy

Coney Island housing rezoning vote

Singer competes on “The Voice”

Entertainment and community events

Nights of frights: Halloween parade and screenings

Your Neighborhood — Your News® New dawn Bergen Beach bus depot vows to be better neighbor BY KEVIN DUGGAN This bus depot is making a sharp turn. A representative for a controversial Bergen Beach transit company that operates out of a bus depot on E. 69th Street told locals at a recent civic meeting that the lot’s new owners are working to be better neighbors. “We don’t want to be a disturbance, we want to be more involved in the community,” said Gino Morales, operating manager of New Dawn Transit, which runs a ﬂeet of school buses from its depot between Avenues X and Y, transporting special-needs students all over the city under a contract with the Department of Education. Neighbors have complained for years that New Dawn’s buses overﬂow the lot onto local streets, blocking driveways and double parking for long periods, often belching thick exhaust as the poorly maintained buses idle illegally. But now the company, which was bought by Illinois-based National Express in April 2017, is reducing its ﬂeet to make sure all its Continued on page 14 NIGHTS OF FRIGHTS ANIMAL ATTRACTION: Colorful costumes will be the order of the evening at the Park Slope Halloween Parade. File photo by Jason Speakman Best of the spooky borough BY BILL ROUNDY The season of spooks and spirits is upon us! If you want to survive the upcoming plague of ghoulsand zombies, you need a plan! So consult this list of upcoming eerie events, starting 13 days before Halloween. Vamp it up The creepy 1922 silent horror ﬁlm “Nosferatu” —an unauthorized take on “Dracula” —will get an extra does of drama when it is screened with a live score from the chamber orchestra Tenth Intervention. “Nosferatu” at Videology [308 Bedford Ave. at S. First Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782–3468], [www.videologybarandcinema](www.videologybarandcinema). com.]. Oct. 21 at 9:15 pm. $22. Screen and shout Join the cutting edge of entertainment! Little Cinema presents Continued on page 6 Panel says ‘No’ to Coney housing plan BY JULIANNE MCSHANE It was a vote of nein. The nine members of Coney Island’s Community Board 13’s land use and zoning and housing committees unanimously voted to reject plans for a Surf Avenue rezoning and development that would displace residents of 34 apartments at an Oct. 4 joint meeting at the board’s Surf Continued on page 12 COUNTY OF SINGS: East Flatbush native Zaxai is appearing on “The Voice.” Singer competes on ‘Voice’ BY ALEXANDRA SIMON He’s only a few notes from fame. An East Flatbush singer is now gunning for the top spot on the television vocal competition “The Voice.” Haitian-American performer Zaxai beat out hundreds of other would- be competitors to secure a spot on the show, but says it was luck that led him to audition for the reality show a few months ago. “I just happened to hear about it and showed up to the audition, and I kept getting through and through and ended up at the blind audition,” he said. At that “blind audition,” broadcast on Oct. 8, Zaxai’s powerful rendition of Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love” immediately impressed celebrity judge Jennifer Hudson, who will be his coach Continued on page 14 Vol. 7 No. 42 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM 2 BROOKLYN WEEKLY, OCT. 21, 2018 |

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FAQs

What issue did residents raise about the Bergen Beach bus depot?

Residents complained that the buses overflowed onto local streets, blocking driveways and causing double parking, alongside concerns about thick exhaust from idling buses.

What was the outcome of the Coney Island Community Board 13 committees’ vote?

The nine members unanimously voted to reject the Surf Avenue rezoning and development plan that would displace residents.

Which Halloween-related film screening is highlighted in the issue?

The issue promotes a screening of the 1922 silent horror film “Nosferatu” with a live score from the chamber orchestra Tenth Intervention.

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