See a Film About the History of NBG on 11/22

On Friday, November 22nd, there will be a short film about the history of Narrows Botanical Garden shown at 4:00 pm at The Bay Ridge Center at 15 Bay Ridge Avenue. Clayton Rawson created the film.

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Blood Drive at Fort Hamilton High School 11/21

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68th Precinct Community Council Meeting 11/20

Please join us for our next 68th Precinct Community Council meeting on Wednesday, November 20th at 7pm at the Guild for Exceptional Children at 260 68th Street.

Talk about safety and traffic with the 68th Precinct police.

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Arrest on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge

Adam at Loudlabs shared the video taken on 3rd Avenue between 93rd and 94th Street in Bay Ridge. They are outside of Chase Bank.

I’m not sure of the reason for the arrest yet, but it’s not easy being a police officer.

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Front Bumper Grills Stolen – 99th St. Bay Ridge

Both front bumper grills were stolen from this Mercedes SUV. The vehicle was parked on 99th Street and 3rd Avenue.

We need more patrols around Bay Ridge.

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68th Precinct Took Their Drugs and Weapons

When you think you hear gunshots, you may actually be hearing gunshots. It looks like the 68th Precinct police took away a lot this time.

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GoFundMe for 3rd Ave. Merchant – Cue Boutique

Lynn, the owner of Cue Boutique on 3rd Avenue and 92nd Street had a stroke at the end of August. She then had emergency brain surgery and now she is unable to work. A GoFundMe was created (here) to assist Lynn.

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Justin Brannan Fear Mongering & Fundraiser

Thank God for term limits on NYC Council members! Now Brannan is on his way fear mongering everyone on his friend’s list over Trump. If Brannan became Comptroller, REBNY would be happy.

The NYC Comptroaller should have a math finance background – not be a guy “winging it.” Brannan sees Brad Lander does not have a finance background and is able to play on social media all day.

Brannan may think he is doing a good job, but this community is tired of the nonsense rhetoric. Look at the mess Brannan made at Angel Guardian Home (three schools on one block). (Info here) Branna is also doing the same on Ovington Avenue (a new high school on a block with three existing schools. (Info)

When you visit Brannan’s website, you can understand why politicians aren’t working for residents.

While Justin Brannan was head of the Finance Committee, we saw he didn’t do a good job. Schools received money and then some were defunded and teachers had to be transferred to other schools. (See here and here)

Justin Brannan was involved in (this mess) too. We are all tired of lobbyists winning in Bay Ridge!

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New Two-Hour Tour of Bay Ridge – Dec 14th

On Saturday, December 14th from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. James Scully hasa walking tour of Bay Ridge that ends at Three Jolly Pigeons. (Register here)

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Mesa Charter High School 2 is Opening on 63rd Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn

Angel Guardian is on the corner still

A new charter high school called Mesa 2 High School is opening at 1222 – 63rd Street. It was announced at the District 20 Community Education Council Meeting this week. MESA stands for Math Engineering Science Academy.

This nine-story school will open in August 2025. While the school will be open to everyone by lottery, District 20 students will receive preference. How do you apply to this school? Go to their website (here) You have to apply by April 1, 2025.

The first year, the school will have a little over 125 students in the 9th grade. Every year, they will add another grade. The school is expected to have around 500 students in four years.

Mesa Charter School 1 is in Bushwich and it has a 94% graduation rate. Seventy-three percent of the students Mesa 1 graduate with at least three credits from AP Exams, CLEP tests, Kingsborough College or St. Francis College.

At Mesa 1, they had twelve AP classes. They also have remedial classes for students. Sixty percent of Mesa 1 students participated in an internship in a corporate setting before they graduated.

Ms. Anna Spoden is the principal of this MESA 2.

When the property was sold, Councilman Justin Brannan spoke about a charter school going on this property. Senator Andrew Gounardes failed to show up as the state representative for the landmarking meeting for this property. Instead, he sent Brannan to the meeting (there is a video recording of it).

Community Board 10 said they are not notified that this building was leased. Mesa 2 founding’s staff said they talked about the school with local politicians. Oops that person forgot to share the information with the community and particularly the people across the street from this school.

The people who live on this block must be overwhelmed with this news. The politicians did not share the information with the community.

This block will have three schools:

1) The WenJian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship at 6312 – 13th Avenue

2) This Mesa 2 School will be at 1222 – 63rd Street

3) A Yeshiva on 11th Avenue and 63rd Street (the former Angel Guardian buildings location) (Info here)

Councilman Justin Brannan loves putting a lot of schools on one block! Last Spring, Brannan put a high school on a block with two other schools in Bay Ridge. Community Board 10 rejected the high school location and Brannan proceeded anyway. (Info)

PS 676 is an elementary on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street (See here)

Also there is also an existing middle school on 64th Street and 12th Avenue with almost 1000 students.

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Shots Fired on Parrot Place Last Night -Bay Ridge

At 10:45 pm last night someone fired a gun that shot a bullet through an apartment at 124 Parrot Place in Bay Ridge.

(Freedom News)

Citizen shows that a man baricaded himself on a fire escape at 124 Parrot Place. (Source) The 68th Precinct police were able to get the man off the fire escape and taken into custody.

Freedom News shared this video of a man taken out of 124 Parrot Place by police night.

Video by Diego Luzuriaga (FreedomNewsTV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elVtv8A6Hvw

If Freedom News did not report this, we wouldn’t know because no other news has reported it. What caused this man to be so angry that he shot his gun?

I’ve been writing about crime in Bay Ridge for many years. Sometimes after I write about an incident, the perp will respond with details about the incident in the comments.

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Tanoreen Restaurant is Opening in Dumbo

Congratulations to Tanoreen for opening up another Tanoreen Restaurant in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Starting next weekend you can find Tanoreen on the 5th floor rooftop of the Timeout Market  55 Water Street in Brooklyn. This location is going to have great views of the waterfront. (See their menu)

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