Gentile helps residents move electrical wires off their sidewalk
A potentially dangerous situation that had been festering for months on a Bensonhurst street was finally resolved, thanks to, of all things, a block party.
Councilman Vincent Gentile was visiting with residents of a block 79th Street between 17th and 18th Aves for their annual block party on a recent Saturday when he noticed what appeared to be live electrical wires running from a manhole in the street, along the sidewalk, and into a nearby apartment building.
People were stepping over black wires as they walked along the sidewalk munching on barbequed hamburgers during the festive block party.