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October 22, 2024
Iwen Chu Knew Last November About the Homeless Shelter on 86th Street and Failed to Tell the Community
Councilman Brannan and Senator Iwen Chu received notice about the homeless shelter on 86th Street last November and failed to share that information with the community. Who do they represent?
This Summer, Iwen Chu pretended to care, but why didn’t she share the information about the shelter with the people in November 2023 when she received notice?
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October 21, 2024
Changes at Poly Place – An Improvement
We headed home through Poly Place because we heard some changes were made. There is a huge illuminated sign before the turn to warn people about the changes. They sectioned off the corner of the street (the orange barriers pictured above are across from the army base entrance on Poly place).
Poly Place has improved since the changes were made to this street. Hopefully, this will keep people safe.
There are still many commercial trucks that should not be on the street.
PS – Notice the beautiful trees before the season passes!
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October 21, 2024
Serious Accident on Ocean Parkway and Ave. V in Gravesend – Multiple Vehicles
(Photo from article)
Around 12:30 pm today, there was a serious accident on Ocean Parkway and Avenue V. A person ran a red light and hit a vehicle. (News) (See the Citizen App)
Many people were injured including two children under the age of one (some publications are reporting eight, some are reporting 12 or more.)
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October 21, 2024
Speak Out Against the City of Yes, in Person or on Zoom on Tuesday, August 22nd
On Tuesday, October 22nd, NYC Council is taking testimony from people who support or are against the City of Yes.
Register here
You can register to give testimony over Zoom (after 1:00 pm they believe that will start)
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October 21, 2024
Fontbonne Students Featured in Story About NY Liberty’s Tickertape Parade Story
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team in New York.
They won the Woman’s National Basketball WNBA Association, so there will be a parade for them on Thursday, October 24th at 10:00 am in Manhattan. Fontbonne Academy’s basketball team was featured in the video! (See here)
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October 21, 2024
Commercial Signs and Graffiti in Bay Ridge
Vinyl Pro – no one notices this sign?
There’s still a lot of beauty around us:
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October 20, 2024
Wonder is Coming to 75th Street & 5th Avenue
Photo: Jeffrey D.(Source)
Work began on the building on the corner of 75th Street and 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge. Jeffrey shared the photo above. What is this new building going to be?
It’s going to be a food hall restaurant called Wonder. It will the last week of January. They are offering $15 off your meal. (See here)
Mark Lore, former president of Walmart e-commerce purchased recipes from well-known restaurants and chefs, like Bobby Flay. People will be able to get food from 15-25 different restaurants at this one location. (Click here to see the choices at the Wonder in Downtown Bklyn)
(Sign up here) to be alerted when they open for business.
This fast-dining restaurant will allow people to place their orders on an app or at one of the kiosk machines. (See the website)
There is a Wonder Restaurant in Park Slope and one in Downtown Brooklyn as well. People like Wonder because everyone can get the food they like and sit together or get takeout from multiple eateries. Many people like the salads available at Wonder!
For our neighborhood, this is a good addition, especially on that location because Rite Aid closed a long time ago and the building has been vacant.
Good luck to the new owners! *Bay Ridge, when it opens, grab they app because they give specials and rewards. The NY Times wrote that Lore was trying to make “the Amazon of fast food” with his Wonder Restaurants. (Info) Good for him!
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October 20, 2024
CB 10 Meeting – October 21, 2024 – Why Won’t They Discuss the Homeless Shelter?
It’s another Community Board 10 Meeting that we call: See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Local issues are ignored and not resolved.
On Monday, October 21st, there is a Community Board 10 Meeting at 7:00 pm at the Bay Ridge Center at 15 Bay Ridge Avenue at 7:00 pm.
Notice that CB 10’s agenda does not include: the homeless shelter at 6530 – 4th Avenue. Last November, Josephine said one sentence about the shelter and then never spoke about it again. Not one member of CB 10 asked for more information.
Josephine had the information about the shelter since November 9, 2023. Why didn’t Josephine share the information from the letter she received with the community? Josephine was aware that the shelter was for 105 people.
Click the letter to see the entire letter.
While Justin Brannan said the homeless shelter was for Veterans and it won’t open until 2025, the letter says it is for 105 people and will open in late 2024.
Justin Brannan received this letter on November 9, 2023 as well.
Why didn’t Brannan share it with the people who live in The Towers?
Click on the letter to see read the whole document.
Justin Brannan didn’t tell the community because it was election season. Why didn’t Josephine share the letter with the residents that lived in the towers?
This is all that Josephine said:
The details of a shelter at 6530 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn at a future Community Board meeting. pic.twitter.com/NhTT7kP6Gg
— Peter Nooski (@laten_c) November 21, 2023

Transcribed:
Community board 10 was notified by the Department of Social Services that a homeless shelter will be constructed at 4th Avenue. Um we were just notified by Department of Social Services and we’llbe reaching out to the agent agency and the service provider um at an upcoming committee meeting to learn more information about that location.
Josephine had a lot more information – why did she and Community Board 10 withhold that?
Why didn’t Josephine or the members of Community Board 10 provide that letter (or the contents) to the community?
On the shelter’s document it says that different people will be at the shelter every 30 days:
The Mayor made thirty days is the limit for the migrant shelters:
*If you noticed, construction has been halted at the homeless shelter site. Did they discover something while they demolishing the old building?
Other items Community Board 10 has not shared information on:
1) The high school on Ovington Avenue has not been discussed by Community Board 10. The Community was left with many unanswered questions. CB 10 voted against this location because there were problems. The school construction authority was unable to answer a lot of questions including why that property was chosen over the bank on 4th Avenue. Why didn’t Josephine get answers for the community?
2) Shore Hill – the developer won in NYC Council. How did the developer win when NYC Council usually defers to the Council representative from the area?
3) Was the sewer on 10 Avenue in the 80’s fixed, so that people’s homes aren’t flooded? Why hasn’t a resolution been announced yet?
4) Even the people requesting pickleball courts didn’t receive a response or help.
Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
October 20, 2024
3rd Avenue Merchants Scarecrow Contest
The 3rd Avenue Merchants did something new this year! Fourty-four business owners received brooms and they turned the brooms into scarecrows to display on the avenue.
People can then vote on the scarecrow that they like the best. (See here)
The Bookmark Shoppe’s Scarecrow
This was a great idea and should create some great Instagramable photos on the Avenue.
The Ridge Kids Shop
Good luck to all the shops! We know it isn’t easy to run a business and also make cute scarecrows!
United Hardware put their cute scarecrow, Handy in the window:
Charmed by JLM’s scarecrow knows how to accessorize! This is art:
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October 20, 2024
Shadoobie’s Last Show – Goodbye & Good Luck
Shadoobie has been playing in Bay Ridge for over a decade. On Sunday, October 20th is their last show at The Leif Bar.
Goodbye and good luck Shadoobie! Maybe we will see some of the band members join other artists in the neighborhood.
Topics: Bay Ridge, Uncategorized | No Comments »
October 19, 2024
If You Use the Belt Parkway, You Need a Dashcam
The NY Post shared this story about a car going in reverse and slamming into a car behind them on the Belt Parkway and then blaming the driver they slammed into. (See story) and (Also see here)
Get yourself a dashcam!
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October 19, 2024
Man Stabbed in the Eye at Bay Ridge Ave Station
Nedal Kifayeh, a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the eye at the Bay Ridge Avenue Station on Thursday morning at 4:30 am. (News and here)
Nedal Kifayeh was heading to work on Thursday morning when he was attacked. Nedal Kifayeh did not know the attacker. He dialed 911 with blood gushing from his eye. (Source)
This is a video of the perp jumping the turnstile at Bay Ridge Avenue. He is wearing an Amazon vest, black hoodie, dark colored sweatpants and white sneakers:
Man stabs victim in eye inside Brooklyn subway station ? https://t.co/sPauhsJEX2 pic.twitter.com/xuMaW3OAri
— 1010 WINS (@1010WINS) October 19, 2024

The suspect got on a southbound R train towards 95th Street in Bay Ridge.
Nedal Kifayeh was taken to the hospital. “Nedal had emergency surgery – his orbital was damaged, his optic nerve was severed and his vision was possibly gone for good.” (Source)
Not one Bay Ridge politician gave the community a heads up. Many people leave early for work and should have been made aware of the attack, especially since the man has not been caught.
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Councilman Brannan and Senator Iwen Chu received notice about the homeless shelter on 86th Street last November and failed to share that information with the community. Who do they represent?

This Summer, Iwen Chu pretended to care, but why didn’t she share the information about the shelter with the people in November 2023 when she received notice?

We headed home through Poly Place because we heard some changes were made. There is a huge illuminated sign before the turn to warn people about the changes. They sectioned off the corner of the street (the orange barriers pictured above are across from the army base entrance on Poly place).

Poly Place has improved since the changes were made to this street. Hopefully, this will keep people safe.

There are still many commercial trucks that should not be on the street.

PS – Notice the beautiful trees before the season passes!

Around 12:30 pm today, there was a serious accident on Ocean Parkway and Avenue V. A person ran a red light and hit a vehicle. (News) (See the Citizen App)

Many people were injured including two children under the age of one (some publications are reporting eight, some are reporting 12 or more.)

On Tuesday, October 22nd, NYC Council is taking testimony from people who support or are against the City of Yes.

Register here

You can register to give testimony over Zoom (after 1:00 pm they believe that will start)

The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team in New York.

They won the Woman’s National Basketball WNBA Association, so there will be a parade for them on Thursday, October 24th at 10:00 am in Manhattan. Fontbonne Academy’s basketball team was featured in the video! (See here)

Vinyl Pro – no one notices this sign?

There’s still a lot of beauty around us:

Work began on the building on the corner of 75th Street and 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge. Jeffrey shared the photo above. What is this new building going to be?

It’s going to be a food hall restaurant called Wonder. It will the last week of January. They are offering $15 off your meal. (See here)

Mark Lore, former president of Walmart e-commerce purchased recipes from well-known restaurants and chefs, like Bobby Flay. People will be able to get food from 15-25 different restaurants at this one location. (Click here to see the choices at the Wonder in Downtown Bklyn)

(Sign up here) to be alerted when they open for business.

This fast-dining restaurant will allow people to place their orders on an app or at one of the kiosk machines. (See the website)

There is a Wonder Restaurant in Park Slope and one in Downtown Brooklyn as well. People like Wonder because everyone can get the food they like and sit together or get takeout from multiple eateries. Many people like the salads available at Wonder!

For our neighborhood, this is a good addition, especially on that location because Rite Aid closed a long time ago and the building has been vacant.

Good luck to the new owners! *Bay Ridge, when it opens, grab they app because they give specials and rewards. The NY Times wrote that Lore was trying to make “the Amazon of fast food” with his Wonder Restaurants. (Info) Good for him!

It’s another Community Board 10 Meeting that we call: See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Local issues are ignored and not resolved.

On Monday, October 21st, there is a Community Board 10 Meeting at 7:00 pm at the Bay Ridge Center at 15 Bay Ridge Avenue at 7:00 pm.

Notice that CB 10’s agenda does not include: the homeless shelter at 6530 – 4th Avenue. Last November, Josephine said one sentence about the shelter and then never spoke about it again. Not one member of CB 10 asked for more information.

Josephine had the information about the shelter since November 9, 2023. Why didn’t Josephine share the information from the letter she received with the community? Josephine was aware that the shelter was for 105 people.

While Justin Brannan said the homeless shelter was for Veterans and it won’t open until 2025, the letter says it is for 105 people and will open in late 2024.

Justin Brannan received this letter on November 9, 2023 as well.

Why didn’t Brannan share it with the people who live in The Towers?

Justin Brannan didn’t tell the community because it was election season. Why didn’t Josephine share the letter with the residents that lived in the towers?

This is all that Josephine said:

Transcribed:

Josephine had a lot more information – why did she and Community Board 10 withhold that?

Why didn’t Josephine or the members of Community Board 10 provide that letter (or the contents) to the community?

On the shelter’s document it says that different people will be at the shelter every 30 days:

The Mayor made thirty days is the limit for the migrant shelters:

*If you noticed, construction has been halted at the homeless shelter site. Did they discover something while they demolishing the old building?

Other items Community Board 10 has not shared information on:

2) Shore Hill – the developer won in NYC Council. How did the developer win when NYC Council usually defers to the Council representative from the area?

3) Was the sewer on 10 Avenue in the 80’s fixed, so that people’s homes aren’t flooded? Why hasn’t a resolution been announced yet?

4) Even the people requesting pickleball courts didn’t receive a response or help.

The 3rd Avenue Merchants did something new this year! Fourty-four business owners received brooms and they turned the brooms into scarecrows to display on the avenue.

People can then vote on the scarecrow that they like the best. (See here)

This was a great idea and should create some great Instagramable photos on the Avenue.

The Ridge Kids Shop

Good luck to all the shops! We know it isn’t easy to run a business and also make cute scarecrows!

United Hardware put their cute scarecrow, Handy in the window:

Charmed by JLM’s scarecrow knows how to accessorize! This is art:

Shadoobie has been playing in Bay Ridge for over a decade. On Sunday, October 20th is their last show at The Leif Bar.

Goodbye and good luck Shadoobie! Maybe we will see some of the band members join other artists in the neighborhood.

The NY Post shared this story about a car going in reverse and slamming into a car behind them on the Belt Parkway and then blaming the driver they slammed into. (See story) and (Also see here)

Get yourself a dashcam!

Nedal Kifayeh, a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the eye at the Bay Ridge Avenue Station on Thursday morning at 4:30 am. (News and here)

Nedal Kifayeh was heading to work on Thursday morning when he was attacked. Nedal Kifayeh did not know the attacker. He dialed 911 with blood gushing from his eye. (Source)

This is a video of the perp jumping the turnstile at Bay Ridge Avenue. He is wearing an Amazon vest, black hoodie, dark colored sweatpants and white sneakers:

The suspect got on a southbound R train towards 95th Street in Bay Ridge.

Nedal Kifayeh was taken to the hospital. “Nedal had emergency surgery – his orbital was damaged, his optic nerve was severed and his vision was possibly gone for good.” (Source)

Not one Bay Ridge politician gave the community a heads up. Many people leave early for work and should have been made aware of the attack, especially since the man has not been caught.