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July 24, 2019
3rd Avenue BID – Everyone Not in Support

WOW. #SomethingIsNotRightHere
The 3rd Avenue Merchants have been meeting to make a Business Improvement District (BID), which is going to cost a lot of money. Some business owners are not happy about this and they made a website to explain what’s not right about the new bid. See here.
The person who made the site is an insider. How do we know? Because he/she registered the domain on September 10, 2018 – that’s long before most people knew about it (when Brannan gave the group $37,000 and the story was in the newspaper).

I knew this was going to happen because if people looked into the fees and what they are getting, it doesn’t add up!
They compared the 5th Avenue merchants costs – here. WOW 5th Avenue is wayyyy too dirty and should look A LOT better if they are using all of that money!

I’m surprised Councilman Brannan put the small business owners on 3rd Avenue in this position. They are taxed and nickel-ed and dime-d like crazy by the city. They don’t need another fee.

It’s sad Councilman Brannan isn’t hearing the merchants. One of them had to go take the time to buy the domain nobidon3rdave.com and build that site!  That’s pretty serious that someone had to go THAT far to let people know what is going on! I imagine they are going to push this BID through…with or without the community’s support. If they really wanted people to support the BID, they wouldn’t be having the information meeting in July. They would have waited until after Summer vacation and had the meeting in mid-September.
I’m surprised Justin Brannan threw money at creating a BID when he knew that many merchants weren’t paying their dues. (This merchant says only 30% were paying the fee.) Either the store owners don’t find the merchants group to be beneficial or they don’t have the money to spare. Now Brannan and this “steering committee group” want to force them to pay by making them pay mor property tax….yikes!
Councilman Brannan will say that the steering committee worked on this for months…that’s how he pushed the bike lane through and overrode Community Board 10’s decision (See here).
It says that Senator Gounardes also has a representative on this committee, but we are unsure who it is….so Andrew Gounardes knows that a non-diverse steering committee exists.
The steering committee to the 3rd Avenue BID has problems that should have been addressed by now.

The steering committee stated that most properties are going to pay $895.00 a year. Why can’t the merchants get together and do this without the government? The government will see all of this money going into this Avenue and raise resident’s property taxes in the coming years….we all know how it works.

Why haven’t  local papers reported about those opposed to the BID….because someone from the local papers is on the steering committee!

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July 24, 2019
Kiddy Picasso Painting Party in Bay Ridge 7/29

On Monday, July 29, 2019 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, there will be a Kiddy Picaso Painting Party at The South Brooklyn Foundry at 6909 – 3rd Avenue.

Let your child express their inner artist while learning to paint a Picasso!

$30 includes all lesson and professional instruction with Painter, Lauren Lombardo.

Must book in advance online here, Zelle 646-637-3262 or Venmo to Artwithlauren

Minimum purchase of $10 from South Brooklyn Foundry’s menu.

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July 24, 2019
Fire on the Verrazzano Bridge

BREAKING: Car fire on the Verrazzano Bridge blocking ALL upper level E/B lanes into Brooklyn. W/B has one lane closed. Delays building. Lower level in both directions is best option pic.twitter.com/DNL2Xw5IDN
— MARISSA TORRES PIX11 (@MarissaTorresTV) July 24, 2019

Fire fighters hard at work. On the #VerrazanoBridge – heading to Brooklyn on the upper level – car fire being extinguished. #abc7NY @FlyJohnnyD pic.twitter.com/aNNcybnmHM
— Heather O’Rourke (@heatherorourke7) July 24, 2019

#CommuterAlert: Truck fire on Verrazzano Bridge causing heavy delays into Staten Island. https://t.co/eoVEhtIKEs
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) July 24, 2019
A few hours ago, a car went on fire on the Brooklyn bound Verrazzano Bridge. It’s still sitting up there on the Upper Level of the bridge smoking!

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July 24, 2019
Slime Expo in Brooklyn This Weekend

If you have someone in your home who loves slime, this is fantastic. We did the last one and it was fun!
Tickets are $20 for kids and $10 for adults. Get here

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July 23, 2019
17-Year-Old Cyclist Dies in Staten Island

Same story….a different child.  See here

Someone else’s son.

Someone else’s brother.

Someone else’s friend.

Alex owned the green bike in the photo above.

Tonight his mother mourns because she is without him. Can you imagine anyone having a worse day?

How many more kids will we allow to die?

Our Bay Ridge politicians overrode our community board to appease their base…when they should have called for covered bike lanes. See here

Here’s their buddy, Bill de Blasio saying that “he has a plan to make streets safer.”

SMH. That’s just what the teen cyclist’s mother needs to see today as she is making funeral plans for her son.
Why do all of them lack the vision for the future? Here’s Brannan pointing the finger at the driver. It may be the driver’s fault – that part hasn’t come out yet. Brannan’s pointing because he has an article that works with that narrative.

Sometimes it’s the road or just an error in judgment by either vehicle operator. Finger-pointing doesn’t bring anyone back from the dead.
When will we elect visionaries, who aren’t full of themselves and will rely on the expertise of real street experts?
Paint on the street isn’t going to stop a 3,000 pound car from colliding into a cyclist.
RIP Alex Cordero.

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July 23, 2019
Free Legal Help in Bay Ridge

Make an appointment: 718-748-5200 or [email protected] to get free legal help.

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July 23, 2019
Dr. Mark Lebowitz, Well Known Ophthalmologist in Brooklyn Died in a Car Accident
Dr. Lebowitz died in a car accident in Long Island on Monday, July 22nd.

Four unrelated women of different ages and living in different sections of Brooklyn told me that their Brooklyn ophthalmologist died in a car accident. News here
One friend described Dr. Mark Lebowitz as a “miracle worker.”

Lebowitz ran the Brooklyn Eye Surgery Center on Avenue J in Flatbush.
RIP Dr. Lebowitz.

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July 23, 2019
Free Movie in Owls Head Park 7/27

Owls Head Park movie begins at 8:45 pm.

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July 23, 2019
St. Anselm Blood Drive 7/28

Sign up here to donate and get the voucher for the tickets.

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July 23, 2019
Owls Head Pond Returned

#OwlsHeadPark pond is back in #BayRidge. I wish @NYCParks would change the grade instead of trying to drain an entire park with a single storm drain. pic.twitter.com/l6LC18QG7W
— Luke Quinn (@Luke_J_Quinn) July 23, 2019
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July 22, 2019
Power is Out in Dyker Heights

July 23rd: The power is still off in some Dyker Heights homes.
The power went out for a group of blocks in Dyker Heights. For some people it blinked off and came back a few minutes later. The people in the 70’s and early 80’s lost power for a few hours. Most received it back a few hours….but 100 were still out after 12:00 am.
It’s strange the power went out as it is raining and cooler – around 6:35 pm
Update: Lightening hit the transformer box at 72nd Street.

Con Edison is showing on the map that they will have this fixed by 11:00 pm

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July 22, 2019
Ridge Stock – July 27th at The Leif

The First Annual Ridge Stock is on Saturday, July 27th from 3:00 pm – 12:00 am.

An afternoon with six bands along with Free BBQ/Food Compliments of The Leif Bar at 6725 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge!
NO COVER CHARGE.

There will be an All Star Jam at the end of the night with members of Ridge Stock!

Schedule of bands is as follows:

3:00-4:00 PM – Full Disclosure
4:30 -5:30 PM – Out Of The Blue
6:00-7:00 PM – Royal Tea
7:30-8:30 PM – Sha-Doobie
9:00-10:00 PM – Cherry Bomb
10:30-11:30 PM -Rock Farm

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WOW. #SomethingIsNotRightHere

The 3rd Avenue Merchants have been meeting to make a Business Improvement District (BID), which is going to cost a lot of money. Some business owners are not happy about this and they made a website to explain what’s not right about the new bid. See here.

The person who made the site is an insider. How do we know? Because he/she registered the domain on September 10, 2018 – that’s long before most people knew about it (when Brannan gave the group $37,000 and the story was in the newspaper).

I knew this was going to happen because if people looked into the fees and what they are getting, it doesn’t add up!

They compared the 5th Avenue merchants costs – here. WOW 5th Avenue is wayyyy too dirty and should look A LOT better if they are using all of that money!

I’m surprised Councilman Brannan put the small business owners on 3rd Avenue in this position. They are taxed and nickel-ed and dime-d like crazy by the city. They don’t need another fee.

Councilman Brannan will say that the steering committee worked on this for months…that’s how he pushed the bike lane through and overrode Community Board 10’s decision (See here).

It says that Senator Gounardes also has a representative on this committee, but we are unsure who it is….so Andrew Gounardes knows that a non-diverse steering committee exists.

The steering committee to the 3rd Avenue BID has problems that should have been addressed by now.

Why haven’t local papers reported about those opposed to the BID….because someone from the local papers is on the steering committee!

On Monday, July 29, 2019 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, there will be a Kiddy Picaso Painting Party at The South Brooklyn Foundry at 6909 – 3rd Avenue.

Let your child express their inner artist while learning to paint a Picasso!

$30 includes all lesson and professional instruction with Painter, Lauren Lombardo.

Must book in advance online here, Zelle 646-637-3262 or Venmo to Artwithlauren

Minimum purchase of $10 from South Brooklyn Foundry’s menu.

A few hours ago, a car went on fire on the Brooklyn bound Verrazzano Bridge. It’s still sitting up there on the Upper Level of the bridge smoking!

If you have someone in your home who loves slime, this is fantastic. We did the last one and it was fun!

Tickets are $20 for kids and $10 for adults. Get here

Same story….a different child. See here

Someone else’s son.

Someone else’s brother.

Someone else’s friend.

Alex owned the green bike in the photo above.

Tonight his mother mourns because she is without him. Can you imagine anyone having a worse day?

How many more kids will we allow to die?

Our Bay Ridge politicians overrode our community board to appease their base…when they should have called for covered bike lanes. See here

Here’s their buddy, Bill de Blasio saying that “he has a plan to make streets safer.”

SMH. That’s just what the teen cyclist’s mother needs to see today as she is making funeral plans for her son.

Why do all of them lack the vision for the future? Here’s Brannan pointing the finger at the driver. It may be the driver’s fault – that part hasn’t come out yet. Brannan’s pointing because he has an article that works with that narrative.

Sometimes it’s the road or just an error in judgment by either vehicle operator. Finger-pointing doesn’t bring anyone back from the dead.

When will we elect visionaries, who aren’t full of themselves and will rely on the expertise of real street experts?

Paint on the street isn’t going to stop a 3,000 pound car from colliding into a cyclist.

RIP Alex Cordero.

Make an appointment: 718-748-5200 or [email protected] to get free legal help.

Dr. Lebowitz died in a car accident in Long Island on Monday, July 22nd.

Four unrelated women of different ages and living in different sections of Brooklyn told me that their Brooklyn ophthalmologist died in a car accident. News here

One friend described Dr. Mark Lebowitz as a “miracle worker.”

Lebowitz ran the Brooklyn Eye Surgery Center on Avenue J in Flatbush.

RIP Dr. Lebowitz.

Owls Head Park movie begins at 8:45 pm.

Sign up here to donate and get the voucher for the tickets.

July 23rd: The power is still off in some Dyker Heights homes.

The power went out for a group of blocks in Dyker Heights. For some people it blinked off and came back a few minutes later. The people in the 70’s and early 80’s lost power for a few hours. Most received it back a few hours….but 100 were still out after 12:00 am.

It’s strange the power went out as it is raining and cooler – around 6:35 pm

Update: Lightening hit the transformer box at 72nd Street.

Con Edison is showing on the map that they will have this fixed by 11:00 pm

The First Annual Ridge Stock is on Saturday, July 27th from 3:00 pm – 12:00 am.

An afternoon with six bands along with Free BBQ/Food Compliments of The Leif Bar at 6725 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge!

NO COVER CHARGE.

There will be an All Star Jam at the end of the night with members of Ridge Stock!

Schedule of bands is as follows:

3:00-4:00 PM – Full Disclosure

4:30 -5:30 PM – Out Of The Blue

6:00-7:00 PM – Royal Tea

7:30-8:30 PM – Sha-Doobie

9:00-10:00 PM – Cherry Bomb

10:30-11:30 PM -Rock Farm