Car on Fire – 16th Avenue & 84th Street
Car on fire on the corner of 16th Avenue and 84th Street at 11:00 am today. The firefighters came to put it out. Hopefully, everyone is alright.
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February 21, 2026Topps RIP Night at E & J is Tonight – Free Event
Topps RIP Night at E and J at 6906 Fort Hamilton Parkway from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
This is a free event (with free food, giveaways and prizes). Card collectors of all ages attend this event. 718-775-8471.
See more events in Bay Ridge this weekend:
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February 21, 2026BINGO Lovers Do You Know About This?
Cafe by the Pier at 35 Bay Ridge Avenue has BINGO at 5:00 pm on Saturdays. The place looks nice:
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February 21, 2026Get Paid to Train to Be a Lifeguard
Lifeguards ear $22 an hour. Must be 16+ to apply.
Qualifying Test: Swim 50 yards in 50 seconds or less. Info:
https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-lifeguard-training-certification
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February 20, 2026Bill Colton Mentions 30 Mistakenly Accepted Contributions?
A few years ago, Assemblyman Bill Colton was leading the charge against homeless shelters.
Colton has been pretty quiet for the past two years as Brooklyn has become a lot dirtier. Brooklynites have complained over and over about 86th Street in Colton’s district, but the area is not being taken care of.
Today, Colton wrote about 30 Mistakenly Accepted Contributions. I have no idea what that means, but 30 is a lot. Three or four would be an accident, but 30 isn’t.
When I have more on these contributions or the origin of this story, I will update.
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February 20, 2026Sherwin Williams in Bay Ridge Closed
Photo: John L.
The Sherwin Williams paint store on the corner of 79th Street and 5th Avenue closed. Many Ridgites will be sad to see the empty storefront and that their local paint store is gone.
This large space will make a nice sunny cafe.
Photo: John L.
On 11th Avenue between 64th and 65th Street is Mike’s Paint Store and he mixes Benjamin Moore Paint.
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February 20, 2026We Are Going to Be Gerrymandered Out of District 11 and Forced Into District 10
The Democrats claimed that Hispanic and black voters are disenfranchised in District 11. Nicole Malliotakis, a Latino, leads that district right now.
Democrats want Dan Goldman, a white man to be the Congressman of District 11. News:
Dan Goldman is not a good leader. He was placed in charge of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Project. Then Goldman accepted donations from a member of the EDC. I attended meetings in the beginning and Dan Goldman was not present. The meetings were superficial. The staff read the slides with repetitive general information that everyone knew.
It looks like Bay Ridge will be gerrymandered into District 10.
Democrats want Brad Lander to lead that district. Brad Lander has not been an honest leader or good to Bay Ridge. Lander held property tax meetings around NYC and told people he was going to help them. Lander lives in Park Slope and pays far less in property taxes – if he changed the property taxes, he would need to pay more. Lander has supported corrupt politicians in Bay Ridge.
There isn’t a decent Democrat leader who will speak up and say to stop the gerrymandering.
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February 20, 2026Flickering Lights in Bay Ridge Today?
Citizen App on 2/20/26
If you have flickering lights in Bay Ridge, it may be caused by the manhole fire on Fort Hamilton Parkway and Battery Avenue.
Con Edison’s map is showing a small amount of outages outside of Bay Ridge (around 40)
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February 20, 202619-Year-Old Woman Robbed on 8th Avenue and 58th Street in Sunset Park
Last Friday, February 13th at 12:40 pm, a 19-year-old woman was followed into a building by the man.
He made verbal threats and pushed a gun into her stomach. Then he took her cell phone, purse and other items. He fled on a scooter.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)
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February 19, 202693rd Street Residents Told CB 10 About the Problems Happening at The Bay Ridge Hotel
Tonight, at the Community Board 10 meeting, parents spoke about the problem they had with The Bay Ridge Hotel and the unruly transient guests. These parents tried dealing with the two managers of the hotel, but they were unhelpful.
The hotel guests are leaving drug paraphernalia on 93rd Street and fighting outside the hotel repeatedly. This is supposed to be a hotel with guests that stay for a short time, but the guests are staying a long time and being unruly, arguing and throwing bottles at each other. Other residents have called the police in the middle of the night about these guests.
Josephine, the manager of CB 10 referred to this as transient hotel use.
The Bay Ridge parents reported the issue to 311 and 911. This couple said the 68th Precinct was excellent at responding to their calls, but the problem continued days later over and over (they have been dealing with this since late 2024, but it has been terrible since last Summer).
The parents said at tonight’s CB 10 meeting that they asked Justin Brannan for help when he was Councilman, but he didn’t take care of the problem. They also contacted the current NYC Council representative, Kayla Santosuosso. Santosuosso has not respond to these Ridgites (while she has only been in office for a short time, we shouldn’t see her ignoring resident’s issues).
The Prince Hotel is gone, but 93rd Street residents can’t get peace.
We were all rooting for the new owner. We are disappointed that he hasn’t had these unruly people removed to keep the peace with his neighbors. Many families live on that block (or walk on that block to get to go to the Pre-K at 369 – 93rd Street).
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February 19, 2026Bay Ridge Showed Up for Schnitzel Haus!
Community Board 10 met tonight. Most of the people in the room were there to show support for Fred and Amber, the owners of Schnitzel Haus opening at their new location at 114 Bay Ridge Avenue (Casa Pepe’s location).
In addition, there were Ridgites on Zoom and over 60 people sent emails to support the the Schnizel Haus. Nicely done, Bay Ridge!
CB 10 gave a sneak peek of the new place:
A few neighbors behind Schnitzel Haus objected to the liquor license because they are parents and don’t want the noise. They purchased the home after Casa Pepe was closed so they are concerned because their kids need to be able to sleep. Fred and Amber had sound-proofing installed in the building, so hopefully that will help.
One person objecting to the liquor license pointed out that there was an illegal extension on that property. The property owner is removing the extension this week (Fred and Amber don’t own this property). As a side note: Lee and I loved that extension because it was always sunny at Casa Pepe in the afternoon.
Community Board 10’s committee voted positively for Schnitzel Haus’ liquor license. On Monday, the vote will go before the whole board.
May God bless Fred and Amber at their new location!
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February 19, 2026165 Apartments For This 86th Street Lot?
Senator Steve Chan shared that 2601- 86 Street is zoned R-5B and there is a lot of chatter about this lot mainly because people love this Petco store.
A developer wants it to be rezoned to R7A because he wants to build a 12 story 165 unit apartment building with community space.
This area already has enough enough traffic and congestion.
This building has not gone to vote with the community board yet. Senator Chan wrote that he would keep the community posted.
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