Goodfellas star Joe Pesci warring with Jersey Shore neighbors due to dock plans that would block his boat
JOE Pesci is warring with his neighbors over plans to extend private boat docks in his exclusive waterfront enclave.
The Goodfellas star, 77, penned a letter opposing plans by some of his Jersey Shore neighbors to lengthen their boat docks by 300 feet, the New York Post reported.
Pesci, a 30-year resident of West Point Island, argued in the letter that longer boat docks posed environmental and human safety risks.
“More than doubling the length of these docks undoubtedly would block views of [Barengat] Bay currently enjoyed by other area homeowners,” Pesci wrote in the missive, dated October 2019.
Pesci also fears longer docks will inhibit access within the bay for himself and other residents.
“More importantly, these extensions would force boaters, kayakers and paddlers in this area — which include children in addition to adults — to operate in waters far from land, and accordingly in the wakes of large watercraft.”
The Hollywood icon notes in the letter that one of his neighbors was allowed to build a 315-foot dock, and that it has “made the bay less safe”.
“As a 30-year resident of West Point Island, I respectfully ask the department to take this opportunity to stop this trend now by denying the pending applications before it is too late,” it concludes.
The My Cousin Vinny star is one of more than 30 locals opposing the plans.
Pesci’s West Point Island home is a sprawling 7,200-square-foot, eight-bed, eight-bath property listed last year for $6.5 million, according to .
Pesci’s big screen career had slowed in recent years, until 2019 when he made a heroic comeback with his role in The Irishman.
He is best known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995) and The Irishman.