Veteran salutes Grimm’s idea to extend bus service to VA hospital
An idea that U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Brooklyn-Staten Island) is driving to extend bus service to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Bay Ridge has earned a salute from a local veteran, who said it will be a tremendous help.
“I think it’s a great idea. Anything they can do to make things a little easier for our veterans would be appreciated,” Howard Dunn, a World War II veteran from Bay Ridge, told the Brooklyn Eagle.
Dunn was reacting to a proposal from Grimm to extend the S53 bus, which currently terminates at Fourth Avenue and 86th Street, to the Brooklyn VA Medical Center at 800 Poly Place, about a half a mile away. The bus starts its route on Staten Island and travels on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Brooklyn.