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October 16, 2016Pollution in Coney Island and No One Cares
Coney Island has become so polluted because no one cares about it. There’s dumping right outside the MTA.
This is right off the street.
Tires all over the place.
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October 13, 2016Bay Ridge October 15, 2016
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October 12, 2016Grace is All You Need.
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October 9, 2016Halloween in Bay Ridge 2016
I love the Fall in Bay Ridge! Painted store front windows, falling leaves and wind gusting up the blocks!
All month long – Paint a pumpkin at Norma’s Craft Store – $12 – Get Norma’s dirty instead of your own house :)
October 15th – Healthy Path Foundation Fall Festival from 12 -4 pm in the Park
October 16th – Harvest Festival in the Park and Pet Costume Contest was rained out on October 9th – so it is rescheduled to October 16th (see details here)
October 22nd – Fall Fest – North Flatbush Bid 12-4 – free
October 23 – 12:30 – -2:30 Kids Halloween Party at Pacos Tacos 1504 86th Street $10 a Child – Get tickets here
October 23rd – Kids Dance Party at Lincoln Center $30
October 23rd – Sean Casey Howl-o-ween 12-5 pm
October 26th – 30th – Free Haunted Halloween Basement in the basement of a NYPD Precinct – see here
October 28th – Halloween Party at Shipwrecked Miniature Golf 4-8 pm $25
October 28th – Visit the 78th Precinct
October 29th – NIA’s Halloween Celebration on the Street (around 12 – 3pm) – 11th Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets. Last year they had activity stations, performances, a photo booth, games & music.
October 29 – Visit the 78th Precinct
October 29th – Playdays and Parties in Bay Ridge – Halloween SPOOKFEST! 12:30 TO 3:30 pm Mommy and Me with Miss Darlene – Halloween crafts, pizza, juice, costume contest, dancing, prizes, treat bags, snow cones, cotton candy, face painting. Cost: $35 VIP* adult and child $20 – 1 child and 1 adult $15 additional person *Early access (12pm), limited edition halloween bag, special goodie bag, Commemorative t-shirt for child. Please send t-shirt size to [email protected]
October 29th – Saint Anselm Children and Adult Halloween Party – register here 1-3 pm ($15 a child – $20 an adult)
October 29th – Children’s Halloween Parade in Coney Island – starts at 10 am
October 30th – Kaiser Park Fall Festival October 30th 12-4pm – Pumpkin Patch, Costume Contest, Hay Maze, Bouncy House Face Painting & games – free (was rescheduled to the 30th due to bad weather)
October 29th and 30th – Museum of Play
October 30th – Los Lobos Brunch with Elmo 11:00 am Costume Contest Prizes to the Best Costume! Reservations (718) 921-1234
October 30th – Free Halloween Music Recital – 3 pm and 4:30 pm – Good Shepherd Church – 7420 – 4th Avenue
October 30th – Magic at Coney Island 12:00 pm – more info here
October 30th –Queens County Children’s Farm Festival
October 30th – Visit the 78th Precinct
October 31st – Halloween is on a Monday this year. Haunted Walk & Fairytale Forest in Owls Head Park – 3:30 pm – 8:30 pm 68th Street and Colonial Road
There is a waiting line to get in as hundreds of kids and parents attend, but it moves pretty fast. ($1.00 donation)
- Inexpensive used costumes for sale in this Bay Ridge FB Group
- Stores that sell costumes in Bay Ridge
Halloween Decorations
Dyker Heights beats Bay Ridge in decorations this year (and last too).
- Dyker Frights is located at 1123 – 79th Street. You don’t go into their house, but they have a scary scene set up. Dyker Frights doesn’t cost anything, although they do sell items to raise money for a charity. It’s open everyday and it’s great to drive by, but on Halloween or the weekend before Halloween, it’s worth a stop to walk around because the owners are a bit more interactive with the audience. It’s best seen at night because they have Halloween lights and some of their items glow. There is a small house in front of the staircase that you can stop by and look into. See here:
Smaller displays to drive by and see in Bay Ridge:
- Corner of 97th Street and Marine Avenue
- 223 – 96th Street
- Corner of 88th and Colonial Road
- 81st between Colonial and Narrows
- Small blow up Snoopy on 75th Street off Colonial Road
- 70th Street to 72nd Street and Colonial a few homes were lit up
- 7711 Ridge Avenue
- 8019 Ridge Avenue
Dyker Heights Displays:
- 15th Avenue and 78th Street and 81st Street
- 75th Street between 18th and 19th Avenue
- Corner of 11th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue had a nice display
- One house on 72nd Street between 11th and 12th Avenue
- Corner of 11th Avenue and 73rd Street
- 81st Street and 12th Avenue – nice
- 82nd Street and 12th Avenue – * cool glowing demon * – worth seeing
- 80th Street between 7th and 10th Avenue
- 79th Street and 80th Street and 10th Avenue
- Corner of 81st Street and 10th Avenue
- Blow ups on 82nd Street and 10th Avenue
- Last year:
- Ovington Avenue between 3rd and 4th Avenues
- 71st Street between Ridge and 3rd Avenue
- 76th Street and 6th Avenue
- 77th or 78th Street between Narrows and Colonial Avenue
Stores that sell decorations in Bay Ridge
Halloween Movies – we love scary movies and there are some a lot on here that I haven’t seen!
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October 9, 2016Coney Island Creek is a Toilet Bowl
Coney Island Creek is a toilet bowl. It’s a creek. No one should be fishing or getting in that water for religious reasons.
I saw Coney Island Creek up close 10 years ago and I would compare it to the Gowanas Canal – it was filthy. It’s not a beach or a small lake where children could play in.
When you see Mark Treyger’s finger up, you know he is being disingenuous. Every discussion this man makes can’t involve finger pointing. The water at the Coney Island Creek has been dirty for over 10 years. Treyger is claiming that he is in the dark.
200,000 Pounds of waste was added to the water PER DAY
Is Treyger punishing the culprit? Nope – no talk of fines or anything like that. Just finger pointing and pretending to be concerned. “Fifteen buildings—a total of 990 apartments—were sending 200,000 gallons of sewage per day into a storm sewer that discharges directly into the waterway.” Why isn’t Treyger going after these building owners?
If you are a leader of the area and don’t know this, maybe you should stop playing with the developers and take time to know your area. The theatrics is strange, but something is not right about Treyger’s speech (listen from 1:00 – slurred?)
Treyger shouldn’t be asking what’s been dumped there, he should make sure no one is eating food from there! In 2015, residents complained about the smell and there was a meeting. So why is Treyger complaining like he didn’t know the water was being polluted. Disingenuous
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October 8, 2016RIP Jennifer Cohen, Bay Ridge
2019 Update is below
A woman was murdered in Owls Head Park on September 29, 2016 before 5:00 am. Jennifer Cohen’s body was found beaten to death at the skatepark by a jogger. “She had severe head and face trauma and “multiple lacerations” to her head.” (Source) She was only 35 years old. See here and here.
Jennifer Cohen didn’t have the easiest life. She was addicted to drugs and she was arrested two dozen times (source). Cohen was last arrested on September 26th, two days before she was found dead.
Jennifer Cohen is the mother of two children. Many prayers for her family.
Andrew Lavin, Jennifer’s brother talked about Jennifer here and is raising money for her funeral here
March 2017 – Cohen’s killer still has not been found. No justice for Jennifer.
Jennifer was with the man below. He’s 5’9″ 175 pounds. . More about the suspect is here.
“A video puts the man on 79th Street and Third Avenue in Brooklyn, then traveling more than a mile to 56th Street, before backtracking and connecting with Cohen near 59th Street and 2nd Avenue, then circling back toward the Owl Head Park. Cameras captured the two entering the park together around 2:40 a.m. About an hour later, the man is recorded again exiting alone.“ (Source)
In 2019, Billy Jensen set out to solve her murder. See here Jensen is the host of a true-crime podcast “The Murder Squad” with criminal investigator Paul Holes. He made this Facebook Group – see here
RIP Jennifer Cohen
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1800-577-TIPS – here’s the Facebook page.
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October 8, 2016Four Men Shot in Bay Ridge this Morning
Four men were shot early this morning outside M&S Mini Market (called Deli by the news) on the corner of 73rd Street and Third Avenue around 4 am (one of the men worked at the deli and on the news the cashier said the other three men were customers of the deli). The cashier fell to the floor when he heard the shots so he didn’t see anything else.
Yeah we aren’t immune to things like this in Bay Ridge – it’s still NYC.
The news is saying that the assailants were masked – locals said they didn’t hear about masks – they are not – see pics below. News story here
The news also shared that the assailants came from the bar.
Locals are saying that the cops were searching the flower containers outside the store (the corner store sells cut flowers).
All men are alive and went to the hospital. No one has been arrested for this yet, but there is video and the police are on the hunt!
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October 7, 2016Jesse Watters – Not Funny At All
While O’Reilly Factor Correspondent, Jesse Watters thinks bothering Chinese grandmas and grandpas is funny, I don’t. If you watch the video, every person he spoke to was kind to him even though he was being an obnoxious jerk. .
How is bothering someone’s grandparents funny?
I don’t think too many Asians are offended by Watters because they are busy taking over the world and getting ahead in life. They have no time for a wanna-be comic. In a few years, when Watters tries to work for a network, he will be denied a position because the Asian network president will remember his name :)
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October 4, 2016Pottery Barn Friends and Family Code 2016
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October 3, 2016Pretty Packaging
I ordered a few notebooks from J B Welly and it came packaged so nice that I don’t want to open it. Gotta remember them when I need a pretty gift for someone.
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October 2, 2016Blue Door Souvlakia is Opening in Bay Ridge – 3rd Avenue between 84th and 85th Street
A Greek restaurant called Blue Door Souvlakia is coming to Bay Ridge in the spot where Pig Guy was located. Many people are upset by the closing stores in Bay Ridge, but I am glad to see that news ones are still interested in starting here!
Blue Door Souvlakia opened in December!
If you are looking for a job – Blue Door has openings – see here
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