The Bay Ridge Racetrack Opened for 2025
The good weather brought out the speed drivers in Brooklyn. There were accidents all over during the day and the Bay Ridge Racetrack opened at night.
I was sleeping and woke up to the sound of loud screeching from the racetrack riders. You might be thinking, “Hey close your windows and mind your business.” My windows were closed.
As we have said previously, Senator Andrew Gounardes’ Sleep bill is useless. The problem is that there are not enough police officers on our streets at night. If drivers saw one police car, the Bay Ridge racetrack won’t be open here.
The 68th Precinct needs something else to back it up because they can’t respond to calls and deal with the teens/20-somethings on the racetrack.
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March 30, 2025Dance Class for Adults on Tuesday Nights
VSPAC at 7110 – 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge is having dance classes for Adults for four Tuesday evenings in April.
$35 a class or $125 for all.
Sign up here and learn something new:
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March 29, 2025Partially Turned SUV – 66th St. and 13th Avenue
Photo: Lui L.
Today on 66th Street between 13th and 14th Avenue. This SUV drove up the side of parked vehicle.
Is this speeding or something else?
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March 29, 2025Hit and Run on 68th Street and Shore Road
There was a hit and run on 68th Street and Shore Road in Bay Ridge this afternoon.
Photo: Chris C.
Two cars were involved – one vehicle took off. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
There was a lot of crazy driving in Brooklyn on this warm Spring day.
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March 29, 2025Sea Gate, Brooklyn Incident
Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny shared what happened around 3:30 pm today in Sea Gate.
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March 29, 2025Bolt – Large White Dog Missing in Brooklyn
Bolt is a large, white dog that is missing from 66th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues. Bolt has a green collar.
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March 29, 2025RIP Natasha Saada – Mother and Two Daughters Hit on Ocean Parkway in Midwood
A 35-year-old mother and her two daughters, Diana and Deborah (ages 8 and 5) were killed while crossing Ocean Parkway in Gravesend, Brooklyn today.
Natasha’s four-year-old son survived and is in critical condition at the hospital. Prayers for his recovery.
The video of this incident is horrific. I hope this driver goes to prison:
https://www.facebook.com/100008092473528/videos/pcb.24005600082374041/635871479311716
The accident was caused by a 35-year-old woman with a suspended license. See NY Post article:
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March 29, 2025Green Beret Brushes Opened in Bay Ridge
Green Beret Brushes opened at 7402- 4th Avenue. It’s the former Bay Ridge Prep location.
Today, March 28th they are having free face painting, games, snacks and activities for children 4-12 years old.
This will be a nice location for birthday parties for children.
Their website:
Congratulations to Gulia on this new business!
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March 29, 2025Charmed By JLM on 3rd Avenue is Renovating and Expanding This Week!
Charmed by JLM Boutique at 8311 3rd Avenue is renovating this week.
They are expanding the store, which means more beautiful items for Bay Ridge!
Congratulations to the owners!
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March 29, 2025Another Accident on 74th Street & Narrows
Photo: Sara H.
Terrible collision on the corner of 74th Street and Narrows Avenue.
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March 29, 20251605 Mermaid Ave. – Homeless Shelter in Coney Island. Why Didn’t Justin Brannan Tell Brooklyn?
An eight-story homeless shelter is being planned for 1605 Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Residents were blind-sighted by the announcement, which came from an article online, rather than an elected leader.
After Yimby wrote about the homeless shelter, Councilman Justin Brannan shared the article on social media. It sounded like he just heard about this homeless shelter, like the rest of Brooklyn, right?
NYC politicians receive a letter from NYC telling them about the shelter. You can request that letter by filing a FOIL request here:
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doi/contact/foil.page
Justin Brannan talks a good game about affordable housing, but the reality is Councilman Brannan put zero dollars towards housing in Bay Ridge since he has been in office. He could have put some money towards housing to help people in his community!
Strange things about this shelter location:
1) The homeless shelter will be next to a liquor store.
2) Residents shared that Mermaid Avenue and West 16th Street has a history of being where drug dealing, violence and murders have happened for decades so it is an awful location for a shelter.
3) There is a woman’s shelter on Neptune Avenue. Why are they oversaturating a neighborhood that is struggling? When that shelter was planned, Mark Treyger was Councilman and he told the community. (See story below)
4) There is a drug halfway house on Stillwell between Mermaid and Neptune.
5) Parents are upset about the proximity of this location to schools.
6) The article didn’t say what type of shelter this was. Is it a 160 bed shelter for families? I’ve never seen an article leave out the type of shelter.
Gunnveet Sandhu is listed as the owner/developer. He’s the owner of other homeless shelters in NYC. Another Sandhu is opening the homeless shelter on 86th Street and 25th Avenue in Brooklyn.
Community Board 13 wrote this letter to the Commissioner of Social Services. Justin Brannan was cc’ed:
When Justin Brannan failed didn’t tell Coney Island about the homeless shelter, why didn’t Kayla Santosusso, who is running for NYC Council? Or Chris McCreight, who is a Democratic District Leader for the area?
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March 29, 2025Smart Addiction Store on 3rd Avenue is for Sale
Saw this business on sale on Craigslist for $65,000.
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