Blue Budgie Parakeet Seen – 90th St. Bay Ridge
If you are missing a blue budgie parakeet, he is hanging out with pigeons at the abuilding entrance on Fort Hamilton & 86th Street.
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August 22, 2024Mosquito Spraying in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights & Bensonhurst on Wednesday Night – 8/28
On Wednesday, August 28th from 8:30 pm to the next morning, trucks will spray pesticides to kill mosquitos in Bay Ridge (above 3rd Avenue), part of Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, SeaGate and part of Coney Island. (Info here)
The notices are up:
There have only been six known cases of West Nile Virus in NYC. Dr. Fauci was hospitalized for West Nile Virus. (Info)
A truck will spray low concentrations of Anvil 10+10, Duet or MERUS. NYC’s warning is here – see page 3. Our friend saw the truck several years ago:
In past years, the truck came to our neighborhood between 11:00 pm and 2:00 am. At the top of the block before they begin, they will make an announcement that they are spraying so people go indoors.
Remember to close your windows on Wednesday evening and NYC suggests that you close the vent on your air condition too.
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August 22, 2024Laila Restaurant in Bay Ridge Opens on 8/23
Laila Restaurant will have their grand opening at 8530 – 3rd Avenue on Friday, August 23rd.
This business is glad to be here. They placed trees outside – not just in the front on 3rd Avenue, but also down 86th Street. The planters are overflowing with greenery! Beautiful!
They have authentic Syrian food.
The restaurant is owned by Amal and Alan Dakhlallah and it looks beautiful! (See their menu)
They had a soft opening this past week and people loved their food.
Chicken Shishkebab platter photo: Vladimir C.
They also have a restaurant in Staten Island, so you can see their food on their Instagram (Here).
Congratulations Amal and Alan – Bay Ridge is going to love this place!
This used to be the location for Lobo Loco Mexican Restaurant.
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August 22, 2024Justin Brannan at the DNC in Chicago
Councilman Justin Brannan was on Channel 1 this afternoon. He was speaking from the Democrat National Convention in Chicago.
Yesterday, Brannan (or his staff) posted some strange edited photo on social media, which made people wonder if he was at the convention. (See photo) It’s was just bad editing.
Today, Brannan took a photo with the sanitation in Chicago. (See here)
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August 22, 2024Missing Boy in Midwood Found on Rooftop
A 9-year-old boy was missing in Midwood, Brooklyn this morning. He didn’t go to school.
CBS News’ helicopter, Chopper 2 was flying over the area. The news reporters saw a boy sitting in a chair on his rooftop and called the police. The police went to the house and found the child on the rooftop. (See video here)
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August 22, 2024Angelo Venuto Will Be at the 18th Avenue Feast on Friday Night
@concettavenutodigregorio My dad ?? #angelovenuto #sweetcaroline @Feast?of?Santa?Rosalia #18thavefeast @Angelo Venuto official ? original sound – ?Queen Concetta ?
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August 22, 2024Little Athens Says Goodbye to Bay Ridge
Little Athens Restaurant at 7809 – 3rd Avenue sold their business.
They left a quick message thanking their customers in Bay Ridge and wished the new owners good luck.
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August 22, 2024Gounardes and Lander Grandstand on Employee’s Mistake at a Small Business in Brooklyn
Author, Joshua Leifer was supposed to talk about his new book, Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life on Tuesday, August 20th at POWERHOUSE Arena Bookstore in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Right before the event, an employee at POWERHOUSE Area Bookstore told Leifer that his event was cancelled.
Most of social media was supportive of the author when he shared the cancellation:
One bookstore invited Leifer to have his book event at their bookstore:
Senator Andrew Gounardes saw his friends tweeting about the topic and condoned the bookstore without finding out what actually happened.
Gounardes didn’t take the time to find out what happened and instead grandstanded on an employee’s error at a bookstore because he wanted to play on social media. Andrew Gounardes is in Greece for his brother’s wedding. (See here) If he didn’t have the ability to contact the bookstore, then Gounardes shouldn’t have tweeted until he did.
NYC Comptroller’s Brad Lander was at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Like Gounardes, Brad Lander decided to be a bandwagon jumper and tweet about the cancellation. Lander could have taken ten minutes to call PowerHouse Arena Bookstore and ask them what happened instead of grandstanding on an employees error.
Brad Lander didn’t even know that he has tagged the wrong business in the tweet be. Powerhouse Arena is @POWERHOUSEArena not @PowerhouseBooks
Thousands of people in Brooklyn and New York City saw Senator Gounardes and Comptroller Lander’s tweets. These elected leaders thought this was okay to do to a small business. Playing on social media and hurting a small business over an employee’s mistake is not right.
On August 22nd, Powerhouse Arena Bookstore explained that one of their employees cancelled the event. They quickly fired the employee. (Read Powerhouse Arena’s explanation here)
Update: On August 23rd, the Jewish Book Council announced an event for Joshua Leifer and Rabbi Andy Bachman on Monday, August 26th. (See event)
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August 21, 2024Happy 50 Year Anniversary Maguire Realty!
Happy 50 Years in Business Maguire Realty! Their very friendly and personable office is on the corner of 5th Avenue and 79th Street.
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August 21, 2024Missing Budgie Parakeet in Bay Ridge
This sign on 3rd Avenue and 82nd Street shows that someone is missing their parakeet. The bird is mostly white with a bright blue big. call 718-909-8706 if seen.
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August 21, 2024Bay Ridge Residents Took Care of Archie the Cat
The cat above was seen by a Ridgite on 75th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. She brought him a can of cat food and water, but the cat didn’t eat anything.
She called the ASPCA and then shared his location on Facebook because Bay Ridge has a lot of good people who help animals.
Other animal lovers in Bay Ridge went to look for the cat, but he had moved. Several people checked several times and eventually they were able to trap him.
On August 13th, they brought Archie to Verg. The cat was only 2 pounds. The vet gave Archie fluids because he wasn’t eating. Archie is still at Verg. He is eating, gaining his strength and even playing.
Archie has severe dental disease.
He also has a bad upper respiratory infection, is anemic and his blood markers are indicative of infection and/or cancer (hopefully not cancer).
Many people donated money to pay for Archie’s vet bill. (See GoFundMe)
Thank you to everyone who took care of Archie – from the first person who stopped to give him food and then alerted the community to all who have cared for him. I am so grateful that our community has kind people who would care for of a sick cat they just met.
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August 21, 2024Tanya’s Clean Up on Saturday, August 24th
Tanya is having another cleanup in Brooklyn!
On Saturday, August 24th, meet at 10:30 at Caesar’s Bay to clean the pathway (pasted the soccer field)
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