Cheap Apartments in Bay Ridge

 

Where can I rent an apartment for cheap in Bay Ridge? You can’t. The rents are high all over. If you are looking in Bay Ridge and it’s too high, just move over a bit to another neighborhood like Dyker Heights, Gravesend or Borough Park.

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Bay Ridge Brooklyn Restaurants with Christmas Eve Menus 2015

We do the Christmas Eve dinner with a lot of friends who are (not) Italian. Many people enjoy going out to dinner on Christmas Eve. What restaurants in Bay Ridge have a Christmas Eve Dinner – Menu? 

See 2019 Restaurants that are open in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve – click here

See 2019 Restaurants that are open in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve – click here

See 2019 Restaurants that are open in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve – click here

See 2019 Restaurants that are open in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve – click here

See 2019 Restaurants that are open in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve – click here

See 2019 Restaurants that are open in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve – click here

Ginos is closed – it used to be open on Christmas Eve.

1) Greenhouse Cafe – $38 adults/$16.95 children   7717 – 3rd Avenue   Make Reservation 718-833-8200

2) The Pearl Room – $52 a person – see menu 

3) Vesuvio 7305 3rd Avenue     will be open and delivering Christmas Eve – prix fixe  $45 a person and an al la carte menu.  See Menu Here

4) La Sorrentina on 11th Avenue and 66th Street

The Pour House of Bay Ridge will be open for their annual celebration!

Christmas Eve Cruise in Manhattan  6:00PM  -9:00 PM  Info here

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Chanukah Wonderland and Donut Making

I was always curious if people who celebrated Hanukkah had as much fun as people who celebrate Christmas because we see the menorah and the dreidel, but I didn’t know there was  Chanukah Wonderland!  November 29:  10:30 AM  for ages 0-3   AND  1:30 PM   for ages 4+

$15 per child       $25 per family         (No charge for adults.)

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Things to Pick Up in Bay Ridge to Bring to Someone’s House

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Santa in Bay Ridge – Christmas 2015 – Christmas Sales

* New 2017 List of Events – Go Here *

See Santa in Bay Ridge – Take Pictures with Santa – Tree Lighting – Free Holiday Events 11209 or Nearby in Brooklyn

*If you have an event that isn’t listed, leave a comment and I’ll add it.

November 22nd  – New York Hall of Science in Queens 2pm- gingerbread workshop. The NY Hall of Science has 1000+ gingerbread houses on display made by John Lovich, a baker (see his creations) who likes to break the world record for gingerbread houses. It takes him 4 months to make all of these houses. $10 for NY Hall of Science Members only  Info here

November 27th, 28th and 29th – Santa will be riding the free Sunset Park Trolley from 1-5 PM. Trolley stops at all bus stops. 

November 28th – Santa will be in Park Slope at the tree lighting 6:30 PM – Corner of 5th Avenue and 4th Street in Brooklyn – Ornament making, puppetry performance and puppet making, singing, hot chocolate and sugar cookies.  More Info here  

November 29th – St. Pats Breakfast with Santa – pics and crafts (no link yet). Mass at 9:30 AM followed by breakfast with Santa.   $12  per child  includes pictures, breakfast and crafts   Register here – prepay because this fills up!  (Make a team-you can name the team whatever name you want)  [email protected]. You can also send a text message to 646-580-7287 

November 29th – Parent and Child Ceramic ornaments workshop – $30 for Parent and Child – $5 for each additional child  (Santa will not be at the event)

December 1st – Owls Head Park Tree Lighting – 7:00 pm (see pic of Santa last year)

December 2nd – 6:30 pm – Shore Roads Parks Conservancy Tree Lighting 90th Street and Shore Road. Gifts for all kids from Santa – Confirm you are going here

December 3rd – Santa will be in Sunset Park in front of OLPH Church – 60th Street & 5th Avenue – Free Santa pictures and goody bags from 3pm – 5pm. Live free entertainment from 4pm – 6pm (music by local school & church groups) and the tree will be lit at 6 PM. Held by the Sunset Park Business Improvement District.

December 3rd – 6:30 PM tree lighting ceremony at McKinley Park- Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Dyker Heights. All welcome.

December 4th – Fort Hamilton Tree Lighting and Holiday Market – must register   Market 4:00 – 9:00 pm. Santa and his sleigh will be there for pictures. Tree lighting at 5:30 pm

December 5th Holy Angels Breakfast with Santa  [email protected]   (Around children and parents went) – nice looking Santa – yup it’s JB –  (lux outfit and beard) and great background too! 

December 5th – 11 to 1 or 2 to 4 Breakfast with Santa at The Hom Store is doing brunch with Santa  $25 for kids/$35 for adults. Call for reservations 718-238-4466

December 5th -Good Shepard Church Holiday Fair  7420 4th Avenue    10am to 5pm   NEW items. Crafts, baked goods, pampered chef, jewelry, chocolates and toys. Tables available for rent $35, must call for or pick up a vendor contract. Call asap, to rent a tables for the holiday sale! Good Shepherd Church Soul Café, 718-745-8520 Donna   (No Santa)

December 5th – St. Mary’s Christmas Boutique  9:30 – 4:30 pmn  – 81st Street and Ridge Boulevard   (No Santa)

December 5th – Santa will be at the Hit Factory Gym from 4-6 pm  –  Come on in Meet and Take a picture with Santa!  7914 3rd Avenue   718-833-9000

December 5th – Christ Church Winter Bazaar – antiques, plants, jewelry, knit and crochet items. white elephant, baked goods  11-4 pm  (No Santa)

December 5th and 6th – St. Andrew’s Christmas Craft Sale  12/5  10 AM TO 6 PM   and   12/6  10 AM TO 2:30 PM  (No Santa)  

December 5th – St. Brendan’s Church 1525 East 12 Street Lunch with Santa 12 pm – 3 pm  $7.00 a person – They are serving hotdogs, chicken nuggets and mac and cheese.

December 6th –  St. Anselm make a wreath, centerpiece or table top tree 1 pm – 5pm  $20   Register here for the workshop  (No Santa)  

December 6th – 68th Precinct Explorers Group will be having a Christmas Fair at 333 5th Street – crafts, candy, police apparel and gifts. Noon to 4 pm. GIft wrapping – $2 a gift

December 6th – Historic Richmond Town in Staten Island – I hate Staten Island but this is one event worth going for. 11 AM – 7 PM $2.00 a person Under 6 – free.    Santa (there was a Mrs. Clause here as well – see pic) will be here.  Rain or shine. There are a lot of small houses to go into.

December 6th – Manhattan – NYC Firehouse Santa Rescue – tickets here $5 for adults – $1 for kids – tickets here 

December 10th – Take pics with your dogs and Santa on at Paws Truly 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Also  available on Friday December 11 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m and  Saturday December 12th from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  See pic here

December 11th – Gingerbread House Making at the Art Room 6-8 pm  – pizza dinner. Reserve your spot  https://goo.gl/JnNbMl  – includes materials and pizza party. The pics on the right were taken during the party – see here

December 11th – Bay Ridge Library Stuffed Animal Sleepover – (for 1.5 -5 year olds) Drop off on Friday afternoon and pick up your stuffed animal on Saturday. Your stuffed animals are invited for a sleepover at the library! Drop them off at the second floor Children’s Room desk for their overnight adventure*. Make sure you stick around long enough to get them their nametag and tell us what they need to have a good night’s sleep. In the morning, you’re invited for a storytime and snack when you pick up your fuzzy loved ones.

December 11th – Play “Charlie Brown’s Christmas 8pm   55 – 9th Street  $12 tickets – buy here

December 12th – Bay Ridge Santa Trolley in Bay Ridge 12-4 pm – ride the trolley on 5th Avenue from 65th Street to 86th Street. This trolley stops at all the bus stops on 5th Avenue. Bring your camera and take pictures with Santa and his elf. Then get off and shop on the Avenue. Free. Also runs on December 19th. Nice Santa click here to see last year’s pic

December 12th – Open Casting for Junior Chef television show – ages 8-13   info here *This is for Sophia*

December 12th – Santa will be at the Hit Factory Gym from 4-6 pm  –  Come on in Meet and Take a picture with Santa!  7914 3rd Avenue   718-833-9000

December 12th – Breakfast with Santa at OLPH Catholic Academy. 9:30 AM – 11:00 Tickets will be available in the Rectory and at the school office starting on November 23rd.

December 12th and 13th  Saint Anselm Winter Wonderland  11:00 – 5:00 pm – Pictures with Santa, train, mail station to sent Santa a letter, a small play and arts and crafts, boutique – Admission is $5 – you can take your own pics. Santa gives out small toys. Good for small children 2-8

December 12th 11:00 AM Boy Scouts Troop 20 Annual Breakfast with Santa at New Utrecht Reformed Church 18th Avenue and 84th Street. All welcome (sent to me on 11/29). Must purchase tickets before event. Serving French toast breakfast with sausage, juice and fresh fruit. Each child will have their picture taken as they sit with Santa and receive a gift. We will have crafts, face painting and lots of activities.  Tickets are: $10.00 for adults . $15.00 for children includes color picture with Santa and free gift.   For tickets please contact: Elaine Delaney  (917) 715-2548  or Frank Maddalena (917) 605-8334

December 12th – Cookie Decorating Class  11 am – 12 pm  Choc Oh Lot Plus  7911 – 5th Avenue  718-748-2100 – Children 12 and up because this is an adult class. Register early – If you are seeing this on December 12th, the class is probably sold out.   You can ask them to do small classes for groups of children on another date for $20 per child.  No Santa.

December 12th Kettle Black 8622 -3rd Avenue – 2-4 pm. See Santa. Bring a gift and get a free pint.

December 12th – New York Hall of Science in Queens 2pm- gingerbread workshop. The NY Hall of Science has 1000+ gingerbread houses on display made by John Lovich, a baker  http://gingerbread-lane.org/ who likes to break the world record for gingerbread houses. It takes him 4 months to make all of these houses. $10 for NY Hall of Science Members only  Info here

December 12th and 13th – Cocoa & Cannolis with Santa.  DiFara Folce FATTS – 1012 E. 15th street   12-2 pm  – Santa will take pics, kids fill their own cannoli, holiday music,games and more.  $20 a child and includes the cocoa, cannoli and pizza from Di Fara! [email protected]

December 13th – Dyker Beach Golf Course 9:00 – 1:00 PM  – Breakfast with Santa – crafts and pics with Santa –  Pics from  Last year’s event  Call 718-836-9722 ext 261 to make reservations

December 13th – 12 – 3 pm – Fort Hamilton Community Club (Army Base) Brunch with Santa $32 Adults, $15 Kids. Make reservations by November 28th 718-765-7368 ext 3

December 13th  Santa Run in Prospect Park 11:00 AM – great event for older kids to see.  To run in the Santa Suit 5K , you have to register $50  Farrell’s Bar has post run fun

December 13th – St. Athanasius Nativity and Tree Lighting after the 6PM Mass

December 13th  Children’s Chorus of Bay Ridge performs Imagine Peace Concert 3:00 PM at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 7420 4th Avenue 718-745-8520   $10 per family. Refreshments after the concert and then arts and crafts and face painting for kids.  No Santa.

December 13th – St. Athanasius Church and Tree Lighting (see here – it’s cool)

December 13, 2015 – Nutcracker performed by Triple Threat Performing Arts Company (a Bay Ridge Dance School)  at Bishop Ford   500 – 19th Street  718-232-3022 for tickets

December 15th –   The Bay Ridge Kids After School program is putting on a Christmas Show at Christ Church Bay Ridge Upper Hall, 7301 Ridge Blvd.  6:30 p.m. at    Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door,

December 15th – Pizzeria Unos Holiday Party  9201 – 4th Avenue. (718) 748-8667 One children’s item (or a gluten free personal size pizza) is free with an adult item.  Decorate a craft and receive a goody bag.

December 15th and 16th – Paper Bag Players show Popcorn Long Island University in Brooklyn  10 AM and 12PM both days – tickets are $8 each  see here

December 17th – Bus going to Radio City Music Hall leaves from the front of St. Patrick Academy at 3:30 pm.

December 19th – Bay Ridge Santa Trolley in Bay Ridge 12-4 pm – ride the trolley on 5th Avenue from 65th Street to 86th Street. This trolley stops at all the bus stops on 5th Avenue. Bring your camera and take pictures with Santa and his elf. Then get off and shop on the Avenue. Free. Nice Santa click here to see last year’s pic

December 19th, 20th and 21st – Santa will be riding the free Sunset Park Trolley from 1-5 PM. Trolley stops at all bus stops on 5th Avenue in Sunset Park (From 35th to 64th Street approximately)

December 19th – Bay Ridge Santa Social at Cebu Restaurant – 8801 3rd Avenue 347-560-6572    11:00 AM – 1 pm   Reserve here  Arts & Crafts for the kids and bloody marys and mimosas for the Moms.

December 19th – One 74th Street building, Santa in lobby (free) from 12-3pm (very nice Santa)

December 19th – Trinity Lutheran Church Concert 7:00 PM  -3rd Avenue and 91st Street – no Santa 

December 19th – Photos with Santa at Subaru Car Dealership   1 – 4 pm – all welcome – bring your camera and your pets 1819 Cropsey Avenue

December 20th – Brooklyn Cyclones Breakfast with Santa at  MCU Park 1904 Surf Avenue in Coney Island.  Join the Cyclones  and Santa Claus for breakfast starting at 11:00 AM.  Admission is $10 a person and includes breakfast and a photo op with Santa.  They are collecting new, unwrapped toys to distribute as well.  Contact Gabrielle Spinelli at 718-382-2603 or [email protected]

December 20th – Saint Athanasius Church Breakfast with Santa Clause after 10AM Mass

December 20th – Cocoa, Cannoli and Cookies with Santa   3:30 pm -5:00 pm  at The Kidz Cooking Studio  (7921 – 7th Avenue). Santa will be with the Children for an hour and a half reading “Twas The Night Before Christmas”   Children will be dropped off at 3:30 pm for a fun hour with Santa sipping cocoa, eating cannoli’s and warm cookies while singing Christmas carols. Parents will arrive at 4:30 to take unlimited pics. $25 a child ages 4 to 12. To reserve a seat call  718-688- 5986.

December 20th – New Utrecht Reformed Church in Bensonhurst  on 18th Avenue between 83rd and 84th streets has a live Nativity 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m in front of their church. This event is worth going to because they have real animals – it’s amazing!  See 2013 pictures    (No Santa)

December 20th – Aviator Sports Brunch with Santa 9 to 11 or 12  to 2pm   Kids are $20 and Adults $22  Buy tickets here

December 20th –  5:00 – 6:30 PM Union Church Christmas Concert  7915 Ridge Boulevard- $10 Adults – free for children under 13    See Here for More info

December 20th – The singers of La Forza will be at St. Patrick’s Church – 96th Street and 4th Avenue  at 3:30 pm. Come and listen!

December 22nd  – Fort Hamilton High School Nutcracker Play  7PM  – $5 tickets

Other Places to Take Pictures with Santa:

Portraits by Joann   7404 – 13th Avenue – Wednesday through Saturday – 718-748-3383 (Turn off your sound as her site has music and then go see her work here)

Kings Plaza ($30 package – you can’t take your own pics) 

Staten Island Mall (Thanksgiving weekend is the best because no one ready to do pictures yet and everyone is shopping)

Places in Manhattan:

Macys Hearld Square – go to their site or their app and make an appointment for the early morning – easy to see Santa – $20

November 21 – January 18th – NY Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show

ABC Carpet 888 Broadway in Manhattan has the best and most beautiful Santa on Saturdays and Sundays in December – see here    

Breakfast with Santa on a Water Taxi on December 12th or Dec 19th  – Adults $49   Children $39   Family $160 Reserve here

Stella Trattoria – Breakfast with Macy’s Santa – $55 for adults   $40 children 3 to 10 (2 and under is free) – includes photo  – nice looking Santa  (recommended by a reader because they serve bellini’s)   Good review online   See reviews – they aren’t so good

Breakfast with Santa at Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Rink – Expensive $75 children/$115 adults – see here

Places in Queens:

December 6th – Queens – Little North Pole – 144-03 Neponsit Avenue – A lot of entertainment from school groups and Santa – very lively event – Santa 

December 6th, 13th and 20th – Russo’s on the Bay (now Vetro’s) Brunch with Santa  Call or email for reservations at 718-843-8387   [email protected]  Kids $9-$30 depending on what you choose from the a la carte menu, Adults $30 – it’s the regular brunch menu

 Places in Staten Island:

December 19th- Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Staten Island Breakfast with Santa – $12 children/$10 adults – info here

December 20th  – RAB Bowling in Staten Island Breakfast with Santa and one hour of bowling.   $16 each ($14 each for a family of four)  9AM – 12PM   1600 Hylan Boulevard    Reserve Online

Staten Island South Fin Restaurant – Brunch with Santa every Sunday in December. Call to confirm.

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Elf Jr. Musical in Bay Ridge

Elf Jr. Musical in Bay Ridge  – Fri, Nov. 27 @ 7 PM and Saturday, November 28 @ 2 PM and 7 PM brought to Bay Ridge by Ridge Creative Center and Theater on the Go 

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Officer Moira Smith’s Husband Returns Award

Interesting article in the NY Post (Is that really possible?) about Officer Moira Smith’s husband returning an award to Glamour Magazine because Caitlyn Jenner was recently honored.  Police Officer Moira Smith died in the World Trade Center – (see more info here). Her husband, James Smith returned the Woman of the Year Award he accepted in her honor. He sent a letter to Glamour to Magazine – you can see his letter here and here. 

Moira Smith was from Bay Ridge. 74th Street was renamed in her honor – see here.

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Muslims in Bay Ridge Life After Surveillance – November 2015

Slow beginning – no new info from the speeches. Yet,  there is an interesting Question and Answer section at the end of  this video.

Life After Surveillance in Bay Ridge’s Muslim Community

From Brooklyn Historical Society on Vimeo.

Linda Sarsour – interesting video.

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Hinch’s Resaurant becomes Stewarts – Simple Menu

First it was Hinch’s – the ice cream parlor/sandwich shop that we all knew as kids.

A few years ago Logue sold it and the store was renamed Mike’s Hinch’s.

It was sold again and now Hinch’s became Stewarts – a chain ice cream parlor/sandwich shop. See the menu.

Story here

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Comfortable Teacher Shoes

Comfortable shoes are essential for teaching. This year I found Cobb Hill shoes by New Balance. Yup that’s the secret to them – they are made by a sneaker company.

The shoes are priced around $100 – $150. Amazon runs pretty good deals on them, but the best deals at at 6PM .  Newbalance.com sells them at full price too

Cobble Hill shoes are comfortable when you first start wearing them – there is no break in time. Who has time to break in shoes?

This is Cobble Hill’s Darcy which is awesome.

Cobble Hill’s Emma

Oh yeah this is my own review. Newbalance doesn’t know the queenoftheclick and I have to buy my own shoes just like you.

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Moses and Singer

I don’t know if the staff at Moses and Singer check their name online, but I hope they do.

Something was posted on my blog and I noticed that it’s coming from your IP – so you need to monitor what your employees are doing because they obviously aren’t doing your work.

M& S IT dept if you happen to see this, leave me an e-mail address.

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Dan Donovan Robocall Survey Can’t Be Accurate

Dan Donovan robocalled us yesterday with a survey. And we received the same robocall today.  Thanks for calling me on Veteran’s Day, Congressman!

Both days we voted that we are not in favor of Dan Donovan’s work. He is rarely in Brooklyn and sends a representative who lives in Brooklyn to meetings. People didn’t vote for her to be their representative, so Donovan should be showing up for Brooklyn events.

The questions for the survey made it sound like Dan Donovan doesn’t really know the community he represents.

Some questions were skewed towards Donovan such as stating that “Donovan didn’t vote with his party on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” Do you think Donovan should  vote with his party? Most people receiving this call wouldn’t know what the Trans-Pacific Partnership was.

There was a question about abortion – support it, against it or support it with limitations.

There were questions about immigration and education for children of illegal immigrants.

Funniest question: Do you think that Dan Donovan should do his job in Albany OR talk to residents in Staten Island and Brooklyn. God forbid he do both!

The survey gave five topics and asked you to choose the one most important to you. Recession of the Middle Class was not on Donovan’s list, so I chose Transportation (the bridge toll is crazy, everyone hates the R train because it hasn’t been maintained or upgraded and streets in general could use some work).

The survey asked if Senior Citizen issues were important.

Finally, the survey asked if I owned a small business with less than 500 employees (yes or no) my age and sex.

Donovan’s robovallsurvey won’t be accurate because I answered it twice and both times it thanked me for taking the survey.  This woman also got multiple calls from Donovan’s office.

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