The Wicked Monk is Celebrating 30 Years!

Happy 30th Anniversary to the Wicked Monk being in Bay Ridge!

The Wicked Monk is on 3rd Avenue and 95th Street.

Today there are cat and kitten adoptions at My Natural Pet on 5th Avenue and 83rd Street in Bay Ridge from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.

See more Bay Ridge events happening today (Here).

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Dirty Streets on 8th Avenue and 86th Street – Susan Zhuang Held a Town Hall

People in Bensonhurst are angry that illegal vending is happening on 86th Street. Councilwoman Susan Zhuang held a town hall meeting.

People complained about 8th Avenue and 86th Street near Bay Parkway are the worst. (Story and video)

Pix News revealed that store owners were illegally renting the space in front of their shop to these vendors! (Info)

People are upset that vendors are cooking on the street. One resident said that the meeting, “Do something about it – don’t talk.”

The amount of garbage is substantial. One woman said she was embarrassed about where she lived because the streets are so dirty.

Years ago, Ari Kagan had the area cleaned up. The vendors returned and he had to have someone clear the area consistently.

Councilwoman Zhuang said that she wants to set up one area where people can sell items. I am surprised she didn’t clear the whole street like Kagan did.

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El Rose’s Foundation’s Sunset Stroll Brought Many Smiles in Bay Ridge!

The El-Rose Foundation hosted Silver Sunsets Stroll on June 29th at the 69th Street Pier. This year’s event was in memory of Edna Mae Lamboy.

Watch this video of the event:

Many Ridgites volunteered to bring residents from the Pope John Paul II Apartments on Ovington Avenue to the Shore Road Pier.

Some restaurants that provided food for the event:

Cebu Restaurant at 8801 3rd Avenue

Leo’s at 8502 3rd Avenue

Olives and Pita 7720 3rd Avenue

Salty Dog at 7509 – 3rd Avenue

Peppino’s at 7708 – 3rd Avenue

It’s so nice to see so many Bay Ridge neighbors coming together and making this event happen!

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Some Justice for Faridun Mavlonov – Arrest Made

Leopoldo Nash Montoya has finally been charged with murder and attempted murder of Faridun Mavlonov. (Info) Thank God!

Leopoldo was in Panama and authorities were able to bring him back. (See news)

Faridun Mavlonov was 15-years-old when he was shot on July 17, 2023 in Bensonhurst. He died on the street. Even Mayor Adams came to his funeral. (See here)

For almost a year, his Faridun’s family had to wait for his killer to be captured. This doesn’t bring back their son, but maybe their healing can begin.

Assemblyman Alex Brook-Krasny wrote:

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Rats at Owls Head Park

Roberto shared a video he took at Owl’s Head Park of six rats running around in the bushes of Owls Head Park during the day. He was calling for help because children play in this park (See video)

This park hasn’t been maintained properly for awhile.

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Next Steps on the City of Yes – July 10th

NYC’s Planning Commission is proceeding with a meeting in the Summer. CB 10 and Justin Brannan said changes would be made to the City of Yes, but we haven’t seen any changes!

While many families are on vacation, they decided to have a City for Yes for Housing Opportunity meeting on Wednesday, July 10th at 10:00 am. (Info on the City of Yes)

If there is a low turnout, they will say people did not care.

You can also join the meeting on the computer. Info (here and here)

The public hearing will be held in person at the Planning Commission Hearing Room, Lower Concourse at 120 Broadway in Manhattan.

In November, there was a meeting about the City of Yes at St. Anselm’s, Senator Andrew Gounardes was present, but he did not speak or offer the community any information at that meeting.

In December, we saw Senator Andrew Gounardes was supporting the City of Yes, even though he never shared that information in his flyers, at the public meeting or at Community Board 10’s Meeting in November. (Info here)

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Article on Thomas Perrone in The Brooklyn Eagle

Journalist, Alice Gilbert wrote a great article about Thomas Perrone, owner of Brooklyn Roots. The article discusses Perrone’s new restaurant called The Corner on the corner of 86th Street and 3rd Avenue. (See article)

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Honda CRV Stolen on 71st and Colonial Road

Last night at 1:48 am, a thief was able to use a key-like device to deactivate a car alarm and start a Honda CRB on 71st Street and Colonial Road.

It took less than five minutes to the thief to get in the car and drive away.

Our neighbor shared this to let others know to take precaution with their vehicle.

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Charmed By JLM Named Best Jewelry Store in Brooklyn

Congratulations to Jeanine, Lisa and Melissa, owners of Charmed by JLM on 3rd Avenue and 83rd Street in Bay Ridge!

Charmed was named the best jewelry store in Brooklyn by Ponce Bank’s Best in Brooklyn list. (See here)

This is a great store for bags and gifts for people who are hard to shop for! (See inside their shop here)

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Teaching Positions Open at Leon Goldstein HS

See other jobs in Bay Ridge here

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Tannousis Spoke Out For Bay Ridge During the MTA’s Meeting

Assemblyman Michael Tannousis submitted this testimony to the MTA’s Congestion Pricing hearing.

Tannousis stated that Congestion Pricing would hurt Bay Ridge and Staten Island while benefitting Manhattan residents.

Tannousis said that he saw six fare evaders getting onto the subway and that by ending fare invasion, the MTA will have enough money for upkeep.

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Andrew Gounardes Stood in His Driveway to Do a Zoom Meeting for Congestion Pricing

Yesterday, our social media Senator, Andrew Gounardes shared a photo of himself on a bus. He wrote that he was on a bus after dropping his kids off at school. Gounardes’ base of anti-car people (Transalt) must have loved that!

Minutes later, Gounardes was standing in his driveway, next to the siding on his home, speaking about why Congestion Pricing is needed.

Gounardes didn’t bother attending the meeting in Manhattan and he didn’t even make a plan to sit down in his office and speak at the meeting. (See video)

Senator Gounardes DID NOT think of any alternate ways for the MTA to raise funds. Gounardes backers, like Transalt want Congestion Pricing!

Assemblyman Mike Tannousis said there are other ways to raise the money. (See here)

Gounardes said he was supporting Brad Lander (Lander says he is a socialist – see here) and Assemblyman Robert Carroll.

Why would a politician from Brooklyn support a plan that will hurt Brooklynites?

In 2023, Andrew Gounardes told Brooklyn that we would have six minute subway service. That never came to Bay Ridge. (See here) Residents are tired of Gounardes’ nonsense. (See here)

(Photo from here)

Yesterday, Gounardes spent the rest of the day welping (his word) about things that couldn’t happen because he didn’t want to think of other ways to fund the MTA.

We need leaders who can easily make new plans. Senator Gounardes would rather play on social media with the anti-car people.

Andrew Gounardes wrote: Laughing out loud so much for this.

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