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« Previous Entries Next Entries » Wednesday, May 25th, 2022Gorillas Delivery Opened on 89th & 4th Avenue
Delivery Gorillas opened on 5th Avenue and 89th Street. A few months ago Gorilla was in the news for raising a billion. (Story) This week, they laid off some of their staff. (Story) In mid-March this year, this location was another rapid delivery service called BuyK. We saw BuyK doing a lot of deliveries in […]
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022McKinley Park Playground Design Meeting 5/26
**This park redesign will take years to begin based on other parks in our area. In October 2020, NYC Parks held a meeting for Owls Head Park redesign. (See here) Kids went to the meeting and told the designers what they wanted in the park. One boy asked for a bridge attached to a board […]
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022How Nathan’s Site Was Chosen for a School in Bay Ridge and Safety Wasn’t Considered – IS 322
In January, journalist, Katie Horan’s from The City Publication told NYC how the Nathan’s site at 650 – 86th Street was chosen for a middle school location in Bay Ridge. You can read it here. Today, Katie Horan published a follow up of the story of how Efthimios Zisimopoulos sold the Nathan’s property for $25 […]
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022New Hardware Store on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge
Stephanie R. shared this photo. Everyone is glad to see a NYC Hardware open at 7403 – 5th Avenue. Local hardware stores are the best because the staff is helpful and they always have what you need. Already Rigites are singing the praises of this new store and the two helpful men working there. Congratulations […]
Tuesday, May 24th, 202294th Street Beer Store Expansion Opened
On the corner of 3rd Avenue and 94th Street is a store that looks like a bodega, but it is actually a specialty beer store. This storefront expanded and recently opened the expansion. There are two entrances to this popular store where people purchase a variety of beer (including craft beers) and scratch off lottery […]
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022Malliotakis & Rose Were Banned From Russia
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis spoke out for Ukraine early on, so I can understand why she is banned from Russia. See the story here.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022Man Robbed on 86th Street in Bay Ridge
Around 10:15 pm last night, a man was robbed by five other men on 86th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue. That’s terrible. See video here .
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022A & S Nail Spa Opened on 3rd Ave. in Bay Ridge
A & S Nail Spa Opened at 9515 – 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. This is a second location for Sally Beauty Nails at 8507 3rd Avenue. 929-425-5780 to make an appointment. This used to be Angel Beauty Nail Salon. .
Monday, May 23rd, 2022Sunset Park Safety Patrol’s Windows Broken
Photo from Video here The windows were broken on the Brooklyn Asian Safety Patrol vehicles on 57th Street off 7th Avenue in Sunset Park. So this happened today. Brooklyn Asian Safety Patrol, an organization working to protect Asians in Sunset Park and Brooklyn had their vehicle window’s broken today. Are our electeds OK with that? […]
Monday, May 23rd, 2022Mittens the Cat is Missing in Brooklyn – 63rd St.
Mittens the cat is missing from 63rd Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Mittens is dark brown with stripes and green eyes. He has an extra thumb on both front paws. . .
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022Exit 1 on the Belt Pkwy Gets Rumble Strips
The NYC DOT added these raised plastic lines to Exit 1 on the Belt Parkway – Wakeman Place. I had no idea that these white lines were called rumble strips (More info about them here) See how they work in the video below: New rumble strips on the Wakeman Pl spur of Exit 1. Nice […]
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022RIP Daniel Enriquez-Brooklynite Killed on the Q Train – Random Attack
Daniel Enriquez, a 48-year-old man from Park Slope was fatally shot in the chest on a Manhattan-bound Q train approaching the Canal Street station around 11:40 am. (Story here) The was an unprovoked and random attack. (Source) The murderer shot the victim as the train was crossing the Manhattan Bridge. The shooter got off the […]
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