The pain at the pump is getting worse for drivers across Brooklyn as gas prices continue to climb.<\/p>\n
Many drivers hoped the spike was an April Fools\u2019 joke when they pulled up to gas stations Wednesday, but quickly realized the increases were real.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d said Veronica, a driver filling up in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
Drivers say they haven\u2019t seen relief since the war with Iran began in late February. At one gas station in Canarsie, a sticker of President Donald Trump on a pump read, \u201cI DID THAT,\u201d reflecting frustration over rising costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump gotta chill bro, drop this gas price because the other day, I just hit $3.79. Now it\u2019s $3.93,\u201d said one driver.<\/p>\n
According to AAA, the average price of gas in New York City is now $4.03, up from $3.95 Tuesday and $3.09 last month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s sky high, though, right? We don\u2019t even have money to eat,\u201d said Kettly Simon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s affecting my life right now,\u201d Elvis said. \u201cI can\u2019t afford to pay my bills.\u201d<\/p>\n
At a gas station on Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie, regular gas was listed at $3.93 and super at $4.73. Drivers said the rising costs are forcing them to rethink summer travel plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably going to park up for the summer, hop on the bus,\u201d said Fedora Mayas.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe was planning to go to Orlando driving, we might as well take the airplane now,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n
Jet fuel prices are also rising. The International Air Transport Association says jet fuel costs have more than doubled since the conflict in the Middle East began.<\/p>\n
The cheapest gas News 12 found was at a Shell station at 1152 Utica Ave. in East Flatbush, where regular was $3.69. The same price was also found at 895 Bedford Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant.<\/p>\n
Drivers looking to save money can slow down, use air conditioning sparingly and remove heavy items from their cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pain at the pump is getting worse for drivers across Brooklyn as gas prices continue to climb.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,23556,21845,22875,62890,9,24,63,72859],"class_list":{"0":"post-183152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-canarsie","12":"tag-gas","13":"tag-gas-prices","14":"tag-gas-pump","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-pumping-gas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}