Bensonhurst board chairman asks ‘Where’s the gas?’
On the eve of the start of city-imposed gasoline rationing, the chairman of the Bensonhurst community board railed against city and state government for what he charged was the lack of candor from officials about the seriousness of transportation woes in the southern Brooklyn region.
“Where is the gas?” asked Bill Guarinello, chairman of Community Board 11. Speaking at the board’s Nov. 8 meeting, Guarinello expressed the frustrations of many local residents who are facing long lines at gas stations. Motorists are also growing increasingly frustrated by the status of repairs of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which, as of this writing, is still off-limits to cars.
The tunnel, which had been closed completely, reopened Nov. 12, but only to buses. Cars were still not permitted to use the tunnel.