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SOYP stands for Summer Outdoor Youth Program. Fun and Food for the whole family -from toddlers through High School. *Cost is only $5.00 per night or $20 for the entire summer. *Parents come in free with child. *Family of more than 2 kids, 3 or more get in for $10 more each more […]
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017Friday Night Fireworks at Coney Island – 2017
Every Friday from June 23rd – September 1 at 9:30 PM there are fireworks at Coney Island. There are also fireworks on the Fourth of July at Coney Island. Plus at 9:30pm after the Cyclones games on these nights: Saturday, June 24 – vs Hudson Valley Renegades (Girl Scout Night) Monday, July 3 – vs […]
Monday, June 26th, 2017Nicole Malliotakis Waved a Rainbow Flag – She Voted Against Same-Sex Marriage
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis voted against same-sex marriage and she wants to be Mayor of NYC. Is she just a hypocrite? Or does Nicole Malliotakis think the people at the Pride event are oblivious to the fact that she didn’t want them to have the opportunity to get married? Pictures here […]
Monday, June 26th, 2017Empire Knife Club Meets in Sunset Park
I had no idea that there was a Knife Club that met in Brooklyn each month. The Empire Knife Club of New York meets once a month at 7pm at the GJOA Sporting Club, 850 62nd Street in Brooklyn. Local knife enthusiasts, dealers, collectors and makers have been gathering for 18 years in […]
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017Bay Ridge is Beautiful
Monday, June 19th, 2017Trinity Korean Methodist Church Brooklyn
718-266-2707 or 2870 – 86th Street
Monday, June 19th, 2017Bladesmithing for Kids in Brooklyn – Amazing Teacher!
If your son or daughter is a fan of Forged in Fire, then they probably wanted to learn to move metal and be a bladesmith. Fortunately for Brooklyn, Theo Nazz teaches classes in Red Hook! Theo is a Forged in Fire Champion! Lee and I took class with him in the Spring and it was […]
Sunday, June 18th, 2017Bay Ridge Residents are Being Told to Put Their Garbage In Front of This Woman’s Home
First a huge apology goes out to Margaret McLaughlin in Bay Ridge. The City of NY told Margaret’s neighbors who live on a private street to put their garbage outside of Margaret’s home. Margaret obviously likes her neighbors as she appeared with them on the news segment. But that’s just soooooooooooo wrong for the […]
Friday, June 16th, 2017Pretzel Cake – Stores that Sell Pretzel Cake in Bay Ridge & Brooklyn
I grew up in Sunset Park and everyone in Sunset Park knew Olsen’s Bakery. Olsen’s was a Norwegian bakery and was very popular. They had a cake called a pretzel cake. My Dad loved that cake. He and I would bring it over to my grandmother’s house on Sundays. The pretzel cake is […]
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017Khader El-Yateem – Is He a Peacemaker?
Today the Kings County Blog ran a story about Reverend Khader El-Yateem. It’s a pretty involved situation that started some time in 2014 involving donations for the The Resource Training Center , a substance abuse, counseling and treatment center located in Bay Ridge at 408 77th Street. The last line really stood out […]
Sunday, June 11th, 2017Bay Ridge Car Incident – Bath Avenue – Shots Fired – No One Hurt
In Bay Ridge, yesterday morning a little after 10 am, a senior citizen drove her car onto the sidewalk. Police were assisting her in getting back on the street. When we saw it, her car was perpendicular to the street. Take it easy out there! Right before 4 pm yesterday, in an apartment on Bay […]
Saturday, June 10th, 2017El-Yateem and The Grant That Didn’t Do Anything
Recently, I found Khader El-Yateem writing about a grant that he secured. Reverend El-Yateem didn’t mention being in a group that “secured the grant,” he wrote that HE SECURED IT. The grant was for HUD housing for Bay Ridge Seniors and Families. El-Yateem said that board members didn’t want that type […]
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