Gourmet Fresh Expands on 86th Street
Gourmet Fresh in Bay Ridge is expanding!
The corner grocery store is extending their store into the empty shop next door (it used to be Broadway Pizza).
That’s great news – especially during this pandemic!
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April 26, 2020Follow Phil Fahey on 4th Avenue
Phil Fahey is a Bayridginal.
Follow Phil’s Facebook page and see who he meets on the Avenue as he exercises and gets his coffee.
Phil runs into a lot of interesting people that many of us know.
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April 26, 2020Face Shields and N95’s at The Beer Store
On the corner of 3rd Avenue and 94th Street is the “Its Not a Beer Store.”
The store’s real name is Organic Girl 9401 – 3rd Avenue.
They sell face shield and N95 masks.
The plastic face shields are $7.00.
The store’s awning has the words “It’s Not a Beer Store” on the 94th Street side to imply they don’t just sell beer.
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April 26, 2020Free Virtual Martial Arts Classes
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April 25, 2020RIP Kristy Shi – Gone Too Soon
Kristy Shi, a 19-year Sunset Park resident jumped from the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge on Saturday, April 25th before 9:00 pm. Story here
NINETEEN.
Whatever was going on in Kristy Shi’s life must have been pretty bad. She got into a cab and she got out of the car on the lower level of the bridge. My heart hurts just thinking about how much pain she must have been in to do that.
UPDATE 4/28: The wife of the driver left the saddest comment below. What was said wasn’t released by newspapers.
NINETEEN.
First responders flooded the bridge and below it in the water. The following day, the news reported they were still looking. Her body was found in NJ the next morning. See here and here
NINETEEN.
Kristy’s home was just three blocks from where I used to live.
Kristy was a college student at Smith College in Massachusetts.
NINETEEN.
RIP Kristy. Gone way too soon.
Prayers for Kristy’s family and friends.
Because the coranavirus pandemic is going on and everything is shutdown, Kristy won’t even receive a regular funeral/wake.
We pray for them tonight:
Give comfort and strength to those who mourn for Kristy.
Keep them in your care and help them
We ask this in faith, through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.
Only 100 feet of fencing was added to the Verrazzano Bridge this year. They said they were trying out the material to see how it handles in the wind and would do the rest when they were done testing it.
Hopefully, they will close it up soon so more families don’t have to suffer from losing a loved one this way.
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April 25, 2020IS 34 in Staten Island’s Virtual Band
IS 34 in Staten Island lost Anton Updale, the school’s physical education teacher to the coronavirus.
The band did a virtual concert for the teacher,
Amazing idea!
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April 25, 2020Arrested for Robbing the Smoke Shop
THE 68TH PRECINCT ANNOUNCED THAT THE MAN BELOW WAS ARRESTED!
If you know this guy, you can get $2500. Call 1-800-577-TIPS. GET YOUR MONEY!
If you are his brother, sister, mother, child or neighbor and you don’t want him to know that you snitched, but you would like the money – telll me – I’ll get the $2500 for you.
I just want to see him caught because the store owner doesn’t deserve and the guy shouldn’t think he is untouchable.
He robbed a store the smoke shop on 3rd Avenue Bay Ridge on April 21st at 8:00 am.
????WANTED???? for A BURGLARY at Mist Tobacco Shop, located at 8313 3rd Avenue. #Bayridge #Brooklyn @NYPD68pct on 04/21/2020 @ 8:00 AM ????Reward up to $2500????Seen him? Know who he is???Call 1-800-577-TIPS or DM us!????Calls are CONFIDENTIAL! pic.twitter.com/2DYLAItUq7
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) April 24, 2020
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April 25, 2020RIP Marc Lamparello
We knew a 38 year-old New Jersey man jumped from the Verrazzano bridge, but no other information was available. Story here
Marc Lamparello was a CUNY adunct philosophy professor and a PHD candidate. He was arrested in April 2019 for alledgedly bringing four cans of gas and a lighter to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, while off his schizophrenia medications. (Source)
In June 2019, it was revealed that prisoners weren’t being access to ThriveNYC, the mental health initiative that Mayor de Blasio’s wife leads. See source
RIP Professor. This is so sad because this man went through all this work to get a PhD and his life ended so tragically because the courts released him without the proper support.
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April 25, 2020How Can I See the Turtles at Narrows Community Garden – Shore Road in Bay Ridge
Narrows Community Garden has a section that is only open in the weekends in the Spring to early Fall. Even during the pandemic, they are open – just wear a mask!
They have a sign on the gate so you can see when they are open and visitors can stop by.
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April 25, 2020Lucy’s Owner was Located
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April 25, 2020Campania is BACK – Open in Bay Ridge
Welcome Back Campania!
Campania is known for their coal fired pizza.
But if you like chicken wings, you need to try Campania’s wings. Most people don’t know they make the best wings in Bay Ridge. The hot sauce and blue cheese dressing come in containers on the sides, but you could eat these wings without any sauce because they are good.
The dedicated Campania customers were standing outside yesterday in a line – socially distant to get their dinner! The website www.campanianyc.com
Call: 347-517-4868.
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April 25, 2020Joe from Peppino’s Liquor Store
Joe from Peppino’s Liquor Store in Bay Ridge reminds me another ad from years ago – Crazy Eddie. Do you remember Crazy Eddie?
Joe does ads like this on Facebook and I always laugh.
He’s all in and loves being a merchant on 3rd Avenue.
Call 347-517-4706 or go to Peppino’s Liquor Store online to get a delivery during this pandemic!
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