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DAIU News Bureau (718) 87S4455 Fax (718) 875-7795 Horn Delivery 1-80O692-NEWS NEW; a It hi i 14 Bushivicti arson fire is probed BUSHWICK Arsonists lobbed homemade firebombs gasoline-filled jars and M-80 firecrackers into a Bushwick commercial building at 12:30 a.m. yesterday, sparking a blaze. The unidentified suspects started the fire in the vestibule at 467 Troutman St. after attempts to break into the main building failed, cops said. It took firefighters 21 minutes to bring the blaze under control.

the pier between 49th and 50th "-I -1 VIEW of the Manhattan skyline from the waterfront in Sunset Park, along Sts. Qounscsft Pacts a Nabe harbors ideas xkA RED HOOK X7 A There were no injuries in the incident, which was being investigated by police and fire marshals. Williamsburg Five city Housing Authority workers have been arrested at a Williamsburg housing project on charges of drug possession. Cops checking out a complaint of disorderly behavior came upon the suspects, police said. Arrested in a maintenance room of Borinquen Plaza Houses at about 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday were Kenneth Goode, 31; Grant Milton, 40; George Iriszary, 46; Edwin Concepcion, 37; and William Taylor, 43, said 90th Precinct police. When the cops entered, police said, they found marijuana, cocaine and a quantity of crack. Goode and Milton were identified as heating plant technicians; Concepcion and Taylor as caretakers; and Iriszary as a glazier. St. George Staten Island commuters who use private bus service want the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to lower their fares along with public bus and subway levies and have petitioned Borough President Guy Molinari for support.

Riders of Academy and Atlantic Express Bus services delivered petitions carrying more than 1,000 signatures to Borough Hall yesterday. "This surplus has come out of taxpayer subsidies and commuter fares," said Lisa Bennett, one of the leaders of the petition drive. "As commuters on private carriers, we should get our fair share, too." UPPER NEW YORK BAY access to the waterfront is just as important as its industrial uses. "It'll never become a South Street Seaport, but I don't think it's so far-fetched to have something there that people can go and enjoy," said Sister Mary Franciscus, executive director of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit job-training organization. Corridors to access the waterfront across the Gowanus Expressway were proposed at 58th, 43rd and 39th Sts.

"I thought it makes sense to guide people to the waterfront II Sy By CAROLINA OONZALEZ Daily News Staff Writer A new high school and a ballpark are high on a wish list for Sunset Park residents who met last weekend to debate ideas for a waterfront plan being drafted by Community Board 7. Residents, business people and planners, as well as representatives from community-based organizations and city agencies, also supported city-backed proposals for a hub port and cross-harbor freight line, to be included in the plan to be presented to the City Council next year. Since Mayor Giuliani pro-, posed a $4.1 billion plan for a trans-harbor rail freight tunnel and creation of a hub port on the Brooklyn waterfront, concerns have grown in Sunset Park and surrounding neighborhoods that local concerns might be overlooked in such a huge undertaking. "Virtually every community along Brooklyn's waterfront has been developing a 197a plan," said Rob Lane of the Regional Planning Association, referring to the type of large-scale plan Community Board 7 is preparing. "The area has large tracts of underutilized and vacant land and has a tremendous amount of redevelopment potential," said Lane, who has provided technical assistance for the community board's 197a planning committee.

The area, bounded by Third Ave. on the east and stretching from the Gowanus Canal to the unused 65th St rail yard, includes more than 2 miles of Section 197a of the city charter empowers community boards to draw up and present to the city Planning Commission and the City Council broad-based plans "for the development, growth and improvement" of "land located within its community district." waterfront, the largest such stretch contained by a single community board. One group in the meeting focused on turning an 11-acre space between 41st and 51st Sts. into a baseball field and park, while another examined two sites at 39th St and First and 61st St by the water for a high school. There are no high schools within Community Board 7.

Recent projects, such as the opening of ferry service to Manhattan from the Brooklyn Army Terminal at 58th St, have brought activity to the area, but many workshop participants agreed that a comprehensive plan is needed to provide both industrial development and community ac-, cess to the waterfront "Reconstructing the waterfront is worth billions of dollars," said Joseph Longobardi, a local retired businessman who serves as chairman of Community Board 7's 197a planning committee. He added that recreational ww wmj DAILY NEWS through residential blocks, to give people a sense of liveliness and safety," said Lisa Grist, executive director of Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a nonprofit group involved in housing issues. Although many have expressed concern over how the Gowanus Expressway acts as a barrier to the waterfront, some attendees were not too enthusiastic about a proposal to replace it with a tunnel. "They don't even consider us for the tunnel; they just want to put one exit by the Verrazano Bridge and one by downtown," said Longobardi. 1 Hi TW 3'5 UU 1.