BP ADAMS AWARDS MIDWOOD AMBULANCE SERVICE AS FIRST OF BROOKLYN’S COMMUNITY BUSINESSES
Contributor: Monique Nolan
BROOKLYN, NY, February 7, 2015: Today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams launched Brooklyn’s Community Businesses, a series where he will honor local businesses with a commitment to their communities, and named Midwood Ambulance Service as the first such honoree. After touring their main dispatch facility and corporate office in Gravesend, he presented members of the Rapisarda family, who now operate the business 59 years after their grandfather Benny started the company out of his home, with a citation recognizing their dedication to serving patients in need throughout the borough. Borough President Adams applauded Midwood Ambulance Service as a great enterprise to launch Brooklyn’s Community Businesses.
“Brooklyn’s Community Businesses show that the business of making our borough great can truly be a community affair,” said Borough President Adams. “I am excited to celebrate companies big and small, old and new, which are giving back to the borough through their daily operations or other charitable acts. Businesses like Midwood Ambulance Service set a great example for all Brooklynites, and they show that serving others truly pays off.”
Midwood Ambulance Service is the oldest, private family-owned medical transportation business in Brooklyn. They have about 350 employees, all of whom are members of the Teamsters, with emergency medical technicians, paramedics, drivers, dispatchers, and medical directors that serve patients in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Midwood Ambulance Service has about 90 vehicles which provide response to hospital discharges, private residence calls, clinical appointments, standby for special events, and city emergencies; they assisted in evacuating Coney Island Hospital during Superstorm Sandy and helped out during recent snowstorms.
“We are honored to have Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams come down to our base and see the operations of Midwood Ambulance Service,” said Mallory Rapisarda, executive director of marketing and PR for Midwood Ambulance Service. “As one of the oldest private ambulance companies in the city, we pride ourselves on delivering nothing but the best service to our clients. To have the Borough President come down and name us as the first of Brooklyn’s Community Businesses really means a lot to us. We pride ourselves on running a family-oriented business the same way we have since our inception in 1956. We are glad to have been able to show the Borough President what we do and what it means to us to be there for our community.”
Borough President Adams said he looks forward to recognizing and publicizing future additions to the list of Brooklyn’s Community Businesses in the months ahead.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams joins some of the employees of Midwood Ambulance Service at their main dispatch facility and corporate office in Gravesend as he recognizes them as the first honoree of Brooklyn’s Community Businesses, a series he launched to honor local businesses with a commitment to their communities.
Brooklyn Borouh President Eric L. Adams presents Anthony Rapisarda (left) and Paul Rapisarda (right) of Midwood Ambulance Service with a citation that recognizes them as the first honoree of Brooklyn’s Community Businesses, a series he launched to honor local businesses with a commitment to their communities.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams tours an ambulance owned and operated by Midwood Ambulance Service at their main dispatch facility and corporate office in Gravesend with paramedic Josue Clement (center) and field supervisor Eddie Larson (right); he recognized the company as the first honoree of Brooklyn’s Community Businesses, a series he launched to honor local businesses with a commitment to their communities.
Photo Credit: George Whylie, Maxine Nolan-Whylie
