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Wavy sails resale unit over to Staten Island By JAMES HARNEY Once this was done, several sites were placed under consideration, including Fort Wadsworth and the now-empty. Willowbrook state school on Staten Island; 201 Varick St in Manhattan and the site of the old Gertz department store in Jamaica, Queens. In addition, said a representative of Borough President Golden, "several alternative sites," including the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Bay Ridge and 750 Livingston St in Downtown Brooklyn, were suggested by the borough administration as possible new locations for the facility. "AS FAR BACK AS 2 years ago, we gave them a very carefully thought-out list of potential sites in Brooklyn that provided the necessary office space and mass transit access," the aide said. "But then, for apparently internal reasons at the Department of Defense, the decision was made to move the resale offices to Fort Wadsworth.

Brooklyn has been shortchanged." Golden said he was "outraged at the total insen-sitivity of the Navy Department at the displacement of so many Brooklynites who have worked at the facility for years." But Zeferetti said that while he was "disappointed" that the facility could not remain in Brooklyn, he was "glad it will remain in the city" and said the move to Staten Island represents "only a minor inconvenience" for the 752 civilian employes that work there. HE SAID THAT the GSA settled on now-empty Fort Wadsworth "because of the Defense Department's policy to make use of underutilized facilities wherever possible," and because at $5.35 per square foot the fort's rental rates were the cheapest The naval resale systems facility serves as the management and administrative arm for supplies for the Navy's exchanges, commissaries and ship's stores. The office, which has an annual payroll of about $15 million, has been based in Brooklyn for 33 years, but the present site is located in a heavily industrialized area that the Navy now considers less than conducive to an office operation. After rejecting "several alternative sites" in Brooklyn, the Navy has decided to relocate its resale systems offices from Sunset Park to Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, a move that will pull nearly 800 civilian jobs from the borough. The announcement of the shift was met with mixed reactions from two key Brooklyn politicians Rep.

Leo Zeferetti (D-Bay Ridge) calling it "a disappointment," while Borough President Howard Golden labeled it "an outrage." THE NAVY HAD originally announced its intention to move the resale facility from its aging, deteriorating building at 830 Third Ave. back in 1976. But a contingent of local congressmen led by Zeferetti persuaded the building's landlord the federal General Services Administration not to shift the offices to a naval base at Great Lakes, 111., but to search for an alternate site in the metropolitan area. Stepping up tilhie deaB fthaft'OI bulM this decEi i 4 I 1 4. ax 1947 with the construction of the heavily traveled expressway which recently underwent a major $6.8 million reconstruction.

A spokeswoman for the city's Transportation Department said the Vollmer contract calls for a preliminary feast bility engineering study which will involve consultation with community leaders over a period of 90 days. Eventual construction might take six months and cost an estimated $3 million, she said. Parti wort approved! The Board of Estimate has approved almost $200,000 fcr the rehabilitation of four Parks Department facilities in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden hailed the board's action in approving a $150,000 contract for the supervision of repairs to the Betsy Head. Pool and Park in Community Board 16's district between Dumont and Livonia Strauss St, and Hopkinson Ave.

"Betsy Head Pool and Park is an important resource to the people of Brooklyn, particularly the residents of East New York and Brownsville," Golden said. "I am pleased that construction will get under way so that this park can be fully used and its facilities enjoyed." In other actions taken by the Board of Estimate at its meeting last Friday at City Hall, $49,530 for topographical survey contracts were approved to prepare for eventual repairs to Tompkins Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Lincoln Terrace Park and Leif Ericson Park in Bay Ridge. By OWEN FITZGERALD The Board of Estimate has taken the first step in advancing the proposed construction of a pedestrian deck over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Union St The board, at its City Hall meeting Friday, approved an engineering design contract worth $23,737 with the Vollmer Associates firm for the deck project that is aimed at reuniting the Red Hook and Carroll Gardens communities which are divided by the depressed highway route. Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden said that "this contract is tangible evidence that the BQE deck which will mean so much to the people of those communities will become a reality." THE BOARD'S resolution adopting the engineering contract declared: "This project is necessary to remove the feeling of isolation caused by this depressed section of the BQE. This project in conjunction with the proposed Columbia St Urban Renewal Project will provide a significant step towards the revitalization of the area as well as providing a corridor from one side of the expressway to the other." The decking will link Union St between President and Sackett Sts.

and eventually see the development of a pedestrian mall and an expected rebirth of the area as a thriving commercial and retail shopping center. Golden was generous in his praise for Mayor Koch, Transportation Commissioner Anthony Ameruso of Brooklyn and City Council Majority Leader Thomas J. Cuite (D-Windsor Terrace) for pushing the deck project through the budget process. HE NOTED THAT THE decline of the Red Hook community began in il fr te I EO MOUNAM OMLV NEWS Gamboling on keeping balance Cold weather can't keep lover of scenery and borough's version of the Great Outdoors from taking a slightly precarious stroll near East River old Brooklyn Navy Yard. Temperature in upper 20s and occasiona' bursts of sunshine made yesterday a fine day for outdoor gamboling.

Fracas over loud talking leads to 1 dead, 2 injured Q. By RUBIN ROSARIO being called, one of the men was chased into the basement SHOTS WERE FIRED and one of the men was stabbed in the arm with a knife, police reported. "It was a stupid argument," said Detective Dominick Rippolino. "The fight started when one of them got mad when he was told that he was talking too loud." Storeowner Enrique Hernandez, who arrived at the store minutes after the incident said the three men "almost destroyed the whole place" "Look at this," Hernandez said yesterday as his helpers picked up shattered glass from the floor, upended food shelves and salvaged merchandise. Hernandez said the brawl caused $2,000 In damages.

of 266 60th St, all of Brooklyn, were reported in stable condition in Lutheran Medical Center. Late yesterday police arrested the 27-year-old store manager, who they said, fired shots at the trio as they scuffled and tumbled inside the small store. He was identified as Julio Brito, address unknown. A police report said that Brito apparently got mad when he saw the three men fighting inside the store and picked up a .38 caliber pistol. They also said the three men were arguing Saturday night in front of the El Bohio grocery store at 5624 56th St when one of the men was stabbed and the knife wielder was chased into the store.

Terrified store clerks told police the men engaged in a wild fight, knocking over food shelves and smashing, glass-plated counters. While police were A bitter street dispute over "someone talking too loud" led to a violent brawl inside a Sunset Park grocery store and when it was over yesterday? it left one person shot to death and two others seriously wounded, authorities reported. A store clerk was later charged with murder. Police said the man who was shot in the chest died en route to the hospital. One of his companions was shot in the hand and the other stabbed in the arm during the scuffle.

THE DEAD MAN WAS identified as Angel Concep-cion, 18, of 623 56th St His companions, Geraldo Ortega, 16, of 343 56th St and George Hernandez, 17,.