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April 8, 2025
Brownfield Cleanup Proposed for 21 Million Dollar Property at 88th Street and 5th Avenue
I never thought we would hear that there was a need for a Brownfield Cleanup in Bay Ridge. These cleanups are usually for very toxic sites.
Years ago, some people in our community chose 88th Street and 5th Avenue as a location for another school.
This is the Santander Bank location – across the street from the Post Office.
In April 2021, Community Board 10 accepted this location for a school site in a 28 minute online meeting. (Info and video: https://shorturl.at/LU36A)
No one on Community Board 10 mentioned this property in Bay Ridge was going to need a:
This site was tested before the property was purchased, so the politician, Justin Brannan knew this property had a problem. Community Board 10 also knew (Info: https://is.gd/qXF6wG)
Why did NYC purchase the property for 21 Million if it had these problems?
The owner of this property also owned the Nathan’s property. No one from Community Board 10 mentioned that at the meeting- even though that information was available publicly. He made $21 Million here.
Tonight, members of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation were at Community Board 10 Meeting because the property marked Lot 39 in the photo above was a former Giuffre auto site and now there are chemicals underground.
They delivered a speech that talked about chemicals that will be removed from the property, but didn’t discuss what harm these chemicals do. A savvy Community Board 10 Member interjected some information about the chemicals causing autism and ADHD.I have no idea if they do, but this Mom has only made beneficial comments at CB 10 Meetings.
Here’s what the NYS DEC found in the soil:
Here’s what they found in the groundwater:
They want Lot 39 to be the playground or the school. Here’s what they are going to do on Lot 39:
While they remove these toxins from the ground, they will have meters to test the air. If you live around 88th Street and 5th Avenue have you been contacted that this will be happening?
(Side note: No one is going to tell us if the meters registered high numbers of anything. We have lived in Bay Ridge for 15 years – they don’t tell people what is coming out of the Owl’s Head Plant. )
Here’s their proposed work:
Community Board 10 didn’t share this information with the community: The DEC is taking comments from the public from March 27th to April 25th (so you have 16 days to make a comment still).
This was the only contact information offered for the comments:
We sent some questions in. If we get a response, we will share it here.
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April 8, 2025
Bay Ridge Pizza Wars on May 4th – Get Tickets!
This is awesome: The Bay Ridge Merchants organized a Walking Pizza Tour called Pizza Wars for May 4, 2025.
Get your crew together and try 12 slices of the best pizza in Bay Ridge – $36 for a ticket.
Get ticket here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pizza-wars
Prize for the best dressed Star Wars character!
* May 4th is the day for Five Boro Bike Tour that travels through Bay Ridge, so it’s nice to see a special event in the community. Invite your friends to get here early and spend the day in Bay Ridge!
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April 8, 2025
The Post Office in Coney Island is Hiring on 4/9
From 10:30 am to 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 9th they are hiring postal workers at the Coney Island Station at 2727 Mermaid Avenue.
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April 8, 2025
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting for the Family on 84th Street & Dyker Heights
The stabbing on Sunday shook Dyker Heights and some people are gathering to pray on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm.
The Metropolitan Baptist Church at 1624 84th Street invites the community to join them for prayer this family and for Dyker Heights (the home invasion has left people on edge).
Brooklyn, please pray for the 16-year-old daughter – the man who stabbed the children was the father of this young woman and she must be devastated.
We will not be joining you for prayer as we are celebrating someone special in our family.
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April 8, 2025
BayCare Medical Opens on 4th Avenue & 85th St.
Welcome to BayCare Medical. They are opening where Prohealth Podiatry (Dr. Liswood) used to be on the corner of 4th Avenue and 85th Street.
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April 8, 2025
German Shepherd Found in Bklyn – at Precinct
This German Shepherd was found today in Brooklyn. The 62nd Precinct at 1925 Bath Avenue has your dog.
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April 8, 2025
We Need More Police Officers in Brooklyn!
I’m glad Richie Barsamian is talking about crime and the need for more police officers in Brooklyn.
NY also needs to offer young men and women more of an incentive to become police officers. NYPD officers can no longer retire after 20 years. Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton representing Staten Island and Coney Island has a bill to reinstate retirement after twenty years. Steve Chan just started in Albany this January and already he is co-sponsoring the bill!
See the bill: https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S2710
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April 7, 2025
Fire at Super Fresh Supermarket in Bay Ridge

Around 8:20 pm, the Citizen App showed that there was a fire at Super Fresh Supermarket at 242 Bay Ridge Avenue.
Ridgites said the fire was in the freezer aisle.
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April 7, 2025
Brooklyn Grandmother is Missing – West 13th St.
UPDATE: She has been found at 1515 Surf in Coney Island. Thank God!
The 85-year-old woman in the photo above is missing. She was last seen on Bay 50th Street and Stillwell Avenue at 3:48 pm. She has dementia.
The missing woman was wearing a blue hoodie and grey sweatpants. She only speaks Cantonese.
If you see her, please call the police.
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April 7, 2025
Thieves Break Into Dyker Heights Home 3:40 am
Dyker Heights residents in the 80’s between 11th and 12th Avenue shared that thieves broke into their home at 3:40 am. The thieves walked around in their home, but did not go to the bedrooms. Thankfully, they are alright and were not harmed.
The Dyker residents encouraged the community to lock their windows and put on their house alarms overnight.
The thieves used a crowbar and hammer to open the window. It took them awhile to open the window. The thieves were young.
They home owners believe the thieves were looking for car keys.
Ironically, Councilman Justin Brannan, the politician who has ignored Dyker Heights for years wrote online that he asked the NYPD to patrol the area late at night. Brannan is running for election in June, so he wants to look like he is doing something.
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April 7, 2025
Stop By at the New Peace By Piece Thrift Store
Peace by Piece Thrift Store has a second shop at 8418 – 5th Avenue – stop by and get the deals.
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April 6, 2025
Sisters Stabbed By Their Uncle on 84th Street
This morning around 10:00 am, some children were attacked by their relative with a knife at their home on 84th Street between 16th and 17th Avenue. Three of the girls are sisters and the man is their uncle. It was later reported that the 16-year-old girl is the daughter of the man who stabbed the girls – how awful!
Thankfully, all these children are alive and were taken to the hospital.
The NY Post has pictures of people covered in blood (they are awful): https://is.gd/JKcjcR
The NY Post’s article stated that the sisters were ages 8 to 13 and their older cousin was 16. Their Mother was not at home when this happened The 11-year-old sister called the police and saved her family. The police arrived at the home and an uninjured male child let them in. They kicked down a door where they heard screaming.
Also: https://is.gd/glNWiT
The police shot Longqian Chen when he refused to put down the meat cleaver. Two officers shot seven rounds. They recovered two knives. The news reported that the man is in critical condition at the hospital.
Thank God for these quick-thinking and acting police officers in the 62nd Precinct!
CBS News shared: “Police identified the suspect as a 49-year-old man with a history of mental illness.”
From AM NY: “I saw a guy come out on a stretcher. he wasn’t moving, his shirt was all bloody and he was handcuffed to the stretcher. His eyes were rolling back in his head,” said eyewitness Humberto Hureta, 23. “I never saw anything like it.”
Photo in NY Post article: https://is.gd/JKcjcR
The paper reported that two police officers were also being treated for tinnitus.
Senator Steve Chan went to 84th Street to make sure that the area is safe for the community.
Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny shared this statement:
One of the first reports shared by News 12 was that one of the children had died – thankfully that was not true.
Story: https://brooklyn.news12.com/fdny-1-dead-4-hospitalized-after-reported-stabbing-in-bensonhurst
On Monday, April 7th after 9:00 pm, the City Council Representative finally communicated:
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I never thought we would hear that there was a need for a Brownfield Cleanup in Bay Ridge. These cleanups are usually for very toxic sites.

Years ago, some people in our community chose 88th Street and 5th Avenue as a location for another school.

This is the Santander Bank location – across the street from the Post Office.

In April 2021, Community Board 10 accepted this location for a school site in a 28 minute online meeting. (Info and video: https://shorturl.at/LU36A)

No one on Community Board 10 mentioned this property in Bay Ridge was going to need a:

This site was tested before the property was purchased, so the politician, Justin Brannan knew this property had a problem. Community Board 10 also knew (Info: https://is.gd/qXF6wG)

Why did NYC purchase the property for 21 Million if it had these problems?

The owner of this property also owned the Nathan’s property. No one from Community Board 10 mentioned that at the meeting- even though that information was available publicly. He made $21 Million here.

Tonight, members of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation were at Community Board 10 Meeting because the property marked Lot 39 in the photo above was a former Giuffre auto site and now there are chemicals underground.

Here’s what the NYS DEC found in the soil:

Here’s what they found in the groundwater:

They want Lot 39 to be the playground or the school. Here’s what they are going to do on Lot 39:

While they remove these toxins from the ground, they will have meters to test the air. If you live around 88th Street and 5th Avenue have you been contacted that this will be happening?

(Side note: No one is going to tell us if the meters registered high numbers of anything. We have lived in Bay Ridge for 15 years – they don’t tell people what is coming out of the Owl’s Head Plant. )

Here’s their proposed work:

Community Board 10 didn’t share this information with the community: The DEC is taking comments from the public from March 27th to April 25th (so you have 16 days to make a comment still).

This was the only contact information offered for the comments:

We sent some questions in. If we get a response, we will share it here.

This is awesome: The Bay Ridge Merchants organized a Walking Pizza Tour called Pizza Wars for May 4, 2025.

Get your crew together and try 12 slices of the best pizza in Bay Ridge – $36 for a ticket.

Get ticket here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pizza-wars

Prize for the best dressed Star Wars character!

* May 4th is the day for Five Boro Bike Tour that travels through Bay Ridge, so it’s nice to see a special event in the community. Invite your friends to get here early and spend the day in Bay Ridge!

From 10:30 am to 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 9th they are hiring postal workers at the Coney Island Station at 2727 Mermaid Avenue.

The stabbing on Sunday shook Dyker Heights and some people are gathering to pray on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm.

The Metropolitan Baptist Church at 1624 84th Street invites the community to join them for prayer this family and for Dyker Heights (the home invasion has left people on edge).

Brooklyn, please pray for the 16-year-old daughter – the man who stabbed the children was the father of this young woman and she must be devastated.

Welcome to BayCare Medical. They are opening where Prohealth Podiatry (Dr. Liswood) used to be on the corner of 4th Avenue and 85th Street.

This German Shepherd was found today in Brooklyn. The 62nd Precinct at 1925 Bath Avenue has your dog.

I’m glad Richie Barsamian is talking about crime and the need for more police officers in Brooklyn.

Around 8:20 pm, the Citizen App showed that there was a fire at Super Fresh Supermarket at 242 Bay Ridge Avenue.

Ridgites said the fire was in the freezer aisle.

UPDATE: She has been found at 1515 Surf in Coney Island. Thank God!

The 85-year-old woman in the photo above is missing. She was last seen on Bay 50th Street and Stillwell Avenue at 3:48 pm. She has dementia.

The missing woman was wearing a blue hoodie and grey sweatpants. She only speaks Cantonese.

If you see her, please call the police.

Dyker Heights residents in the 80’s between 11th and 12th Avenue shared that thieves broke into their home at 3:40 am. The thieves walked around in their home, but did not go to the bedrooms. Thankfully, they are alright and were not harmed.

The Dyker residents encouraged the community to lock their windows and put on their house alarms overnight.

The thieves used a crowbar and hammer to open the window. It took them awhile to open the window. The thieves were young.

They home owners believe the thieves were looking for car keys.

Ironically, Councilman Justin Brannan, the politician who has ignored Dyker Heights for years wrote online that he asked the NYPD to patrol the area late at night. Brannan is running for election in June, so he wants to look like he is doing something.

Peace by Piece Thrift Store has a second shop at 8418 – 5th Avenue – stop by and get the deals.

Thankfully, all these children are alive and were taken to the hospital.

The NY Post has pictures of people covered in blood (they are awful): https://is.gd/JKcjcR

Also: https://is.gd/glNWiT

The police shot Longqian Chen when he refused to put down the meat cleaver. Two officers shot seven rounds. They recovered two knives. The news reported that the man is in critical condition at the hospital.

Thank God for these quick-thinking and acting police officers in the 62nd Precinct!

CBS News shared: “Police identified the suspect as a 49-year-old man with a history of mental illness.”

From AM NY: “I saw a guy come out on a stretcher. he wasn’t moving, his shirt was all bloody and he was handcuffed to the stretcher. His eyes were rolling back in his head,” said eyewitness Humberto Hureta, 23. “I never saw anything like it.”

Photo in NY Post article: https://is.gd/JKcjcR

The paper reported that two police officers were also being treated for tinnitus.

Senator Steve Chan went to 84th Street to make sure that the area is safe for the community.

Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny shared this statement:

One of the first reports shared by News 12 was that one of the children had died – thankfully that was not true.

On Monday, April 7th after 9:00 pm, the City Council Representative finally communicated: