Attempted Rape – 59 Yr. Old Bensonhurst Woman
A man followed an Asian woman into her Bensonhurst apartment on Saturday, February 17th around 1:30 pm. He pushed his way inside her place and and exposed himself before forcing her onto a couch. The woman managed to fight off her attacker, though she was slapped in the face repeatedly. The woman got away and ran out of her apartment. Story
This happened in an apartment building near 17th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway.
Anyone with information on the case should contact the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-8477, or text CRIMES and then enter TIP577 or going to the website.
Suspect: Man in his 20’s, around 6 feet tall
Topics: Brooklyn | No Comments »
February 19, 2018Wagging Tails Pet Store – Bay Ridge
Wagging Tails opened on 9508 – 4th Avenue. It’s across the street from Saint Pat’s Church and next door to Mike’s Deli. This storefront was empty for awhile. There was an employment/realty office here prior to the pet store.
These koi fish are the first thing you see when you walk in.
It’s good to see small local stores like this in the area.
The bird below is beautiful, but he is very loud.
They sell small live animals such as fish, birds, hamsters.rats and other reptiles. No kittens or puppies as this store as it is a lot smaller store.
They sell food for: dogs, cats, birds and reptiles; plus supplies for those pets.
There is a grooming room in the back.
These are the owners of Fins, Furs and Feathers Pet Shop from 93rd Street, so hopefully they will have good luck in this new location.
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
February 19, 2018Relief for Bay Ridge Property Owners Soon? Maybe.
2020 Update: Brannan is writing press releases that get printed on the weekend so it looks like he is doing something. Andrew Gounardes is waiting for de Blasio to do something. de Blasio isn’t doing anything.
Staten Island Councilman, Joe Borelli tweeted the above story earlier today.
Bill deBlasio and his wife own two homes in Park Slope. Although their homes are worth quite a bit more than homes in Bay Ridge, they pay less property tax for their two homes than we do for our one home.
Borelli also linked to the resolution that he put through in NYC Council.
Our Councilman, Justin Brannan was the second name on the resolution. When he ran for office, this was one of the things Brannan promised to work on. I am glad to see him so active in City Council so quickly. Brannan already knew all the aspects of the job so he was able to take the position and start working, rather than having to take a few months to get accustomed to the job.
On Tuesday, February 22nd, Councilman Brannan posted this:
Our state politicians aren’t doing to much:
a) Senator Golden and Assemblywoman Malliotakis are on one cheap bill (info here)
b) Pam Harris has been indicted and isn’t doing anything.
Topics: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn | No Comments »
February 18, 2018Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits 9901 – 3rd Avenue
The storefront looks great at 9901 – 3rd Avenue.
The storefront used to look like this:
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
February 18, 2018The 68th & 62nd Precincts Fail to Communicate
1) On February 15th, the NYPD released these pictures and story about an incident that happened in Bay Ridge OVER THREE MONTHS AGO – This man groped at a woman on November 5, 2017.
The NY Post published the story. Local politicians shared the story on 2/15/18 as if it happened yesterday. No one said, “WOW 68th Precinct this happened several months ago. Why did we wait so long?”
2) A Bay Ridge man sexually allegedly assaulted 12-year-old twin girls repeatedly on the B1 bus from September to November. On January 31, 2018, the police shared the information and on February 2, 2018, the man was arrested.
Why didn’t the 62nd Precinct share this right away with communities? The NYPD knew which bus it happened on and should have alerted parents. Parents have the right to know and should decide if they want their child to be on the B1 bus.
3) On February 7, 2018, this poster was released for an incident that happened on January 12, 2018 at 7423 Ridge Blvd. in Bay Ridge. The man is suspected of displaying a knife while he delivered food.
4) This one was released on February 12th for a January 12th incident. The men in the picture pretended they were electrical company workers and went into 8201 – 19th Avenue. Then they robbed the senior citizen who lived there.
STRANGELY WHEN A CRIME IS A LOT LESS SEVERE, THE NYPD RUSHES TO RELEASE IT! Such as this one:
On January 29th, the 68th Precinct released this poster of a man who stole cough and cold medicine on January 23rd from Duane Reade Drugstore at 436 – 86th Street in Bay Ridge.
Here’s another one that was shared RIGHT AWAY on February 12th for a February 11th robbery of scratch off lottery tickets from 310 – 86th Street.
We understand that the precinct is busy and cases need to be investigated (like this) before any information can be released. But in situations where suspected criminals have more protection from the police than the community does in protecting children, this is a problem! Information about perverts and criminals entering people’s homes needs to be released right away,
Please do not tell us there is a shortage of officers because the 68th Precinct has a lot of staff working in the precinct offices and anyone can write up one of these posters.
Please don’t tell us that the NYPD wants help with these old cases either. If they wanted help, they would have released the information in a timely way.
There must be a legal aspect that the precinct is required to fulfill in informing the public about so many cases each year. Newspapers print the outdated stories from the NYPD because there is no news to print and it’s alsp easy to write up a story from a crime report.
But why are politicians sharing these stories and making them look current when they have happened several weeks or months ago? That isn’t okay. Politicians should be asking the NYPD for better communication and timely releases of information.
The 62nd and 68th Precincts need to better manage their social media accounts. Their social media accounts are filled with pictures of drug pickups or well wishes to other precincts where there was crime committed – even out of state.
If you read all the way down here, you are interested in crime in Bay Ridge. Did you know that NYPD Detectives from another precinct came to Bay Ridge and allegedly raped or has sex with an 18 year old woman while they were on the job? Why did NYPD officers choose Bay Ridge? Because they knew they could scam here. Story here
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
February 18, 2018Free Afterschool Sports at Saint A’s for Students
Free afterschool for children in grades 5-8. Homework help and then basketball, soccer or dance teams at Saint Anthanasius – 2154 61st Street.
Anyone can sign up – just stop by the program Monday through Friday from 3:00 – 6:00 pm and speak to Dana.
Topics: Brooklyn | No Comments »
February 18, 2018Catholic Pilgrimage – March 3rd – $89
Topics: Brooklyn | No Comments »
February 17, 2018Bay Ridge Boom – Explosion on Saturdays 2:45 pm in Bay Ridge – Dyker Heights
On Saturday afternoons around 2:30- 2:50 pm, residents are hearing a loud sound but they can’t figure it out.
We were out shopping this Saturday and we pulled over at 77th Street to listen. We heard the explosion at 2:46 pm – just like people said! It didn’t happen on 77th Street and sounded like it came from 75th Street.
BOOM!
It was louder than a manhole explosion…..maybe huge fireworks leftover from Chinese New Year? But that doesn’t explain the last weeks/months of this loud Saturday afternoon sound.
March 4, 2018 Update: Councilman Brannan said that his Chief of Staff, Chris McCreight heard it when he was on 83rd between 7th and 10th Avenue (when he was here)
March 10th – Residents heard the boom at 2:30 pm today.
Today 3/17/18 – the explosion sound was right before 2 pm (around 1:45 pm)
Someone said it was the King Fook funeral parlor at 6920 Fort Hamilton Parkway (it’s on the corner at 70th Street). They set off fireworks to ward off the bad spirits during funerals. BUT Strangely, I called the funeral parlor last week and I spoke to the manager. He said they don’t have any fireworks or explosions and he has never heard any noise on Saturday afternoon. BTW, he was extremely nice as well. The manager said he never heard the sound, but was interested in the story just as many of us are interested in the mysterious noise.
Could there be another Asian funeral parlor in the area?
Futher…..someone contacted the funeral home and they said they didn’t have any funerals at the time that these loud explosions are heard.
4/14 – Loud sound like M80’s exploding between 12:45 pm- 12:50 pm. Then again 3 booms at 9:18, 9:19 and 9:20 pm.
1/26/19 – Its back – The boom happened right before 2:00 today.
We need to do a neighborhood thing stand on different corners and see where this M80 like explosion is coming from. LOL.
Topics: Bay Ridge | 1 Comment »
February 17, 2018Ladies’ Night at Garguilo’s – March 16th – Raffles
Ladies Night Raffles on March 16th at Garguilo’s
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
February 16, 20182 for 1 Off Broadway Tickets
Shows such as The Blue Man Group and Avenue Q are included in this deal.
Topics: deal | No Comments »
February 16, 2018Saint Patrick’s Day in Bay Ridge 2018
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Click here to see St. Patty’s Day 2019
Saturday, March 3rd – OLA Pot of Gold Dinner Dance – ticket: $100
Sunday. March 4th – Staten Island’s St. Patty’s Parade
Friday, March 9th
Sunday, March 11th at St. Pat’s Church
Sunday, March 11th – Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph Celebration at Our Lady of Angels Church – Info
Friday, March 15th or 16th – 4-6 pm Cooking Class for children. $30
March 16th – St. Patrick School’s Celebration starting at 12:00 pm – all welcome!
Friday, March 16th – Claddagh at Kingsborough College.
March 17th Happy St. Patty’s Day! Great Irish food in Bay Ridge click here (green bagels and corned beef and cabbage)
March 17th – The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade 5th Avenue between 44th Street and 79th Street from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Manhattan. Xaverian’s Pipes and Drum band will be there:
March 17th – No Quarter Tavern 8015- 5th Avenue, Bay Ridge
March 17th – Greenhouse Cafe
March 17th – Whiskey Club at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center 8:00 pm at 405 – 81st Street
March 17th – Party at Grand Oaks in Staten Island
March 17th – Irish Haven in Sunset Park 5721 – 4th Avenue
March 18th – Park Slope St. Patty’s Day Parade 1:00
Parade Route: From 15th Street & Prospect Park West -> Down 15th Street to 7th Avenue -> Along 7th Avenue -> To Garfield Place -> Up Garfield Place To Prospect Park West -> And Along Prospect Park West To 15th Street
March 20th – Councilman Brannan invites you to City Hall for the NYC Council Irish Celebration -6:00 pm. Be sure to RSVP.
March 21st – Buy St. Patty’s Day Shirts and hats at the Harp Bar 7710 – 3rd Avenue.
March 25th – Saint Patrick’s Day Mass at St. Patrick’s Church – 3rd Avenue and 95th Street – 9:30 am.
March 25th – Shamrock Run in Bay Ridge 12:30 pm – begins outside the Wicked Monk at 9510 – 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge and goes to Ovington Avenue.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! VISIT http://www.bayridgestpatricksday.com if you have any issues signing up contact: [email protected] Registration is $20 now or $25 at the race.
March 25th – Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Third Avenue in Bay Ridge. Starts at Third Avenue and Marine at 1:00 pm.
After Party at The Wicked Monk 9510 – 3rd Avenue. The bagpipers always find their way back to the Wicked Monk after the parade.
3:00 pm – Shilelagh Law
5:00 pm – The Narrowbacks
March 25th – After Party at St. Ephrem – 3 – 7 pm. ($20 Adults and $15 per child) Includes corned beef sandwiches, Irish Soda bread, soda and BYOB. The Cany Brothers will be playing. (See other places for the Cany Brothers here) Call one of the numbers below to reserve a spot.
March 25th – After Party at St. Anselm – 3 – 7 pm. Info here
March 31, 2018 Geritsen Beach is the last St. Patty’s Day Parade (Easter is the next day)
This hair color from Luca Hair Salon on 13th Avenue is amazing:
FYI, if you are Irish (or love the Irish), the Great Irish Fair in Coney Island is on September 22, 2018.
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
February 16, 2018Lent in Bay Ridge
- Receive e-mail everyday about Lent – sign up here
Stations of the Cross
- Saint Andrew’s – Every Friday morning at 9:30 am, the Stations of the Cross are done at St. Andrew the Apostle Church.
- Saint Anselm – Fridays at 11:30 am and 7:30 pm
- Saint Pat’s – Fridays after the 12:00 mass and at 7:00 pm (Spanish at 7:30 pm)
- Saint Ephrem – 8:45 am and 7:00 pm. The children will be doing the stations on March 15th at 1:30 pm.
Prayer and Reflection
- Saint Pat’s Church on Thursdays – March 8, 15 and 22 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
- Saint Ephrem – March 11th at 1:15 pm.
- Saint Pat’s Rectory Meeting Room on Saturdays February 17, 24; March 3, 10 and 17th 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 14th Lenten Soup Supper at St. Ephrem School at 6:00 p.m at 924 74th Street. There will be a free-will offering. Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, March 9, St. Ephrem Rectory at 718-833-1010.
March 25th – Palm Sunday
March 26th – All churches are having Reconciliation Monday from 3 – 9 pm.
Holy Thursday, March 29th – Need Volunteers at St. Ephrem’s Church
Good Friday, March 30th
Saint Ephrem needs volunteers for the stations of the cross.
Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge
Holy Saturday in Bay Ridge
- St. Patrick’s Church is blessing Easter Baskets at 11:00 am.
Call to Action
Non-Meat Meals in Bay Ridge
Tanoreen
Vegetable empanadas from the Family Store
Positano’s Antipasto – caldo shrimp, clams, eggplant and mozzarella carrozza
Schnitzel Haus – 7319 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge
New Corners – Scrungilli over linguine
Lox and bagels
- Other ideas: Pizza, Eggplant, Shrimp and pasta, Tuna
Fried Calamari from Roccos
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
« Previous Entries <<|>> Next Entries »