BOROUGHWIDE — Thousands of Brooklyn residents were subjected to nonstop noise from hundreds of helicopter flights ferrying wealthy golf fans to the Ryder Cup golf competition on Long Island during the Sept. 26-28 golf weekend — and companies like BLADE and Zip say they plan to expand these types of flights, which bring in roughly $1,250 a pop.

The number of choppers in the air over Brooklyn that weekend was unprecedented — and more resembled a military exercise than a commuter run, with BLADE telling Vertical Magazine the operation was “one of the largest civilian helicopter movements to a sporting event in U.S. history.”

Under siege, however, were Brooklyn residents. The helicopters buzzed over homes from Park Slope to Carroll Gardens and Brooklyn Heights at all hours — with the

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