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August 16, 2024
Karaoke Lovers – Arirang Has a Contest For You!
Arirang Restaurant at 8812-14 4th Avenue has a karaoke contest. You can participate up until August 31st. Winners will get cash and a gift card.
See the rules here:
https://www.partyonthegrill.com/arirang-kimono-karaoke-contest-registration
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August 15, 2024
Train Surfing Reported Near Bay Ridge Ave
Right before noon today, train surfing was reported near Bay Ridge Avenue.
Teens are bored and looking for things to do. Remind yours how deadly this can be.
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August 15, 2024
The 18th Avenue Feast Starts Tonight 8/15
The Feast of Saint Rosalie (aka: The 18th Avenue Feast) begins tonight, Thursday, August 15th and continues for tens days until August 25th. This is it’s 50th Year of this Feast!
The Feast takes place on 18th Ave – between 68th Street and 75th Street.
The Feast opens at 6:00 pm and closes at 11:00 pm. On the weekend, it opens at 2:00 pm.
When is everyone going? On the 17th – Saturday Night and next Friday, August 23rd.
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August 14, 2024
Andrew Gounardes Won’t Tell NYC That Lobbyists Win with Justin Brannan
Years ago, Andrew Gounardes spoke out against politicians who were led by lobbyists. Now he is silent because Justin Brannan is his friend.
If we had a better senator, that person would have called out the amount of lobbyists that have won in Brooklyn!
The secret lobbying behind the school at Nathan’s made everyone distrust these men. (See here) And when parents called for safety at the school, both Gounardes and Brannan failed to provide a safety report. They were too busy tweeting.
So no Justin Brannan would not make a good comptroller. He hasn’t been a good representative for his community.
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August 14, 2024
RIP Jerry Fishman – Bay Ridge
We were very sad to hear that Jerry Fishman had died.

Jerry was what they call a ‘Bay Ridginal’. He was a wonderful man, who would talk with us about everything in the neighborhood. He was so funny!
Jerry loved Bay Ridge and the people in this community!
Animal lovers know Jerry as the owner of Brooklyn Pet Supply on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge. When Petland Discount went out of business, Jerry opened his own pet store.
If you don’t know Jerry, then you probably know his famous house – The Gingerbread House on Narrows Avenue. Jerry admired the house when he was a student at Ft. Hamilton High School. And when he went on his first date with his wife, the past it and he told Diane that one day he was going to buy that house!
Many people remembered Jerry as a man who stood up for what was right!
Prayers for Jerry’s wife and his family!
RIP Jerry – Bay Ridge is going to miss you!
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August 14, 2024
Man Forcibly Touched a Woman at the 95th Street Train Station in Bay Ridge Around 3:00 am
Today, the police shared that the man in the photo above forcibly touched a 29-year-old woman near the staircase in the 95th Street train station around 3:00 am on Saturday, August 10th. (Source)
On August 16th, the Bay Ridge woman shared what happened and warned women to be careful at night at the 95th Street train station:
Not one politician in Bay Ridge spoke up for the woman OR did anything to make the 95th Street station safer. But some kind soul in Bay Ridge printed the police’s crime stopper sign and posted it in Bay Ridge to give woman a heads up. Thank you for caring!
If you know this man, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or go to crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.
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August 14, 2024
Crime in the 68th Precinct – A Lot of Stealing
Grand Larceny, Grand Larceny Auto and Petit Larceny are the only crimes which are up in the 68th Precinct.
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August 14, 2024
Parents Spoke Out Against Afterschool Being Canceled at Some Schools in Bay Ridge/Dyker
Community Education Council (CEC) 20 held a meeting this evening.
Goals for the new school year were shared by Superintendent, Dr. David Pretto:
Dr. Pretto introduced Ryan Li, the first high school student who was added to the CEC to give student input.
This year students will be given an Omnicard for transportation on the train or bus, instead of a Metrocard.
Then school representatives and parents spoke out against afterschool being cancelled at these six schools: PS 104, PS 112, IS 30, PS 185, PS 247 and PS 939.
Elected state representatives, such as Senator Andrew Gounardes and Iwen Chu knew that these afterschool programs were cut by New York State in June!
Why didn’t Senators Gournardes and Chu share that information with the community and city representatives in June? Justin Brannan had extra money to have parties in the park that could have been used for afterschool.
What’s worse is that these state representatives were not able to explain why some schools programs were cut!
Assemblyman Lester Chang was the only elected representative present at the CEC 20 Meeting.
Every CEC meeting is shared on Zoom, so elected leaders could have attended remotely and spoke to families. The CEC meetings are scheduled for the year and the schedule can be seen here: https://www.cec20.org/meeting-schedule
Every leader who cares about education should be at the CEC meetings – even if they are just there listening!
Two politicians sent someone from their office to attend and speak. A representative from Senator Iwen Chu’s office and Assemblyman Michael Tannousis’ office were present. Both said that letters were sent to a state office, but neither receive a response. That’s a long time to wait for a response and not take action!
Neither Senator Andrew Gounardes or Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny sent a representative. Elect people who want to attend CEC and community meetings!
Parents who attended the CEC meeting and the CEC leaders called on politicians to work together and get the funding restored for the afterschool programs and families.
Afterschool programs at schools provide children with tutoring, as well as fun activities they like to do.
One parent, who had four children, spoke said that none of her children have ever been picked for the afterschool lottery. She said that she and other parents are prepared to do whatever they need to do to get the afterschool program reinstated.
CEC 20 made a Resolution about the Afterschool program funding. Read the resolution:
Resolution 1 – After-school funding.docx
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August 14, 2024
The President of Columbia U. Stepped Down
Nemat Shafik stepped down from her position as President of Columbia University.
Our Congress representative, Nicole Malliotakis shared some of the background on Facebook today, which is interesting:
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August 14, 2024
Volunteer in Bay Ridge
Volunteering in Bay Ridge or Around Brooklyn
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August 13, 2024
RIP Paul Randazzo
Edit 2025: Happy Heavenly Anniversary. We miss you! This guy loved everyone.
Paul Randazzo, owner of Randazzo’s Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay died. He was 66-years-old. (Read obituary)
Paulie always gave people a huge welcome when they entered his restaurant. He walked around to each table and talked with patrons.
The more people went there, the more they got to know Paul and his family. We’ve been going there for about 30 years. Everyone loved Paulie!
RIP Paulie. He’s with his Wife and Mom again.
Even the Daily News knew Paul Randazzo was someone special – they did a nice write up about him. (Read it here)
Wake: Sunday, August 18 from 2:00 – 7:00 PM at Marine Park Funeral Home, 3024 Quentin Road.
Mass on August 19th at St. Mark R.C. Church, 2609 East 19th Street at 10:30 am.
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August 13, 2024
Justin Brannan is Running for NYC Comptroller
The NY Post shared that Justin Brannan is running for NYC Comptroller. (See article)
Justin Brannan has more than a year left to his current position.
Remember when Justin Brannan made (this bill) for the current comptroller? And NYC Campaign Finance showed this and this.
NYS Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar from Queens (See here) and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine are also running for Comptroller.
On August 14th, Justin Brannan wrote an email to ask for donations. EWW….his election is not until next year!
Then on Facebook:
Update: And again on August 16th:
August 19th Update –
Justin Brannan is headed to the DNC so he wrote an email asking for donations before he goes:
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Arirang Restaurant at 8812-14 4th Avenue has a karaoke contest. You can participate up until August 31st. Winners will get cash and a gift card.

See the rules here:

Right before noon today, train surfing was reported near Bay Ridge Avenue.

Teens are bored and looking for things to do. Remind yours how deadly this can be.

The Feast of Saint Rosalie (aka: The 18th Avenue Feast) begins tonight, Thursday, August 15th and continues for tens days until August 25th. This is it’s 50th Year of this Feast!

The Feast takes place on 18th Ave – between 68th Street and 75th Street.

The Feast opens at 6:00 pm and closes at 11:00 pm. On the weekend, it opens at 2:00 pm.

When is everyone going? On the 17th – Saturday Night and next Friday, August 23rd.

Years ago, Andrew Gounardes spoke out against politicians who were led by lobbyists. Now he is silent because Justin Brannan is his friend.

If we had a better senator, that person would have called out the amount of lobbyists that have won in Brooklyn!

The secret lobbying behind the school at Nathan’s made everyone distrust these men. (See here) And when parents called for safety at the school, both Gounardes and Brannan failed to provide a safety report. They were too busy tweeting.

So no Justin Brannan would not make a good comptroller. He hasn’t been a good representative for his community.

We were very sad to hear that Jerry Fishman had died.

Jerry was what they call a ‘Bay Ridginal’. He was a wonderful man, who would talk with us about everything in the neighborhood. He was so funny!

Jerry loved Bay Ridge and the people in this community!

Animal lovers know Jerry as the owner of Brooklyn Pet Supply on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge. When Petland Discount went out of business, Jerry opened his own pet store.

Many people remembered Jerry as a man who stood up for what was right!

Prayers for Jerry’s wife and his family!

RIP Jerry – Bay Ridge is going to miss you!

Today, the police shared that the man in the photo above forcibly touched a 29-year-old woman near the staircase in the 95th Street train station around 3:00 am on Saturday, August 10th. (Source)

On August 16th, the Bay Ridge woman shared what happened and warned women to be careful at night at the 95th Street train station:

Not one politician in Bay Ridge spoke up for the woman OR did anything to make the 95th Street station safer. But some kind soul in Bay Ridge printed the police’s crime stopper sign and posted it in Bay Ridge to give woman a heads up. Thank you for caring!

If you know this man, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or go to crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.

Grand Larceny, Grand Larceny Auto and Petit Larceny are the only crimes which are up in the 68th Precinct.

Community Education Council (CEC) 20 held a meeting this evening.

Goals for the new school year were shared by Superintendent, Dr. David Pretto:

Dr. Pretto introduced Ryan Li, the first high school student who was added to the CEC to give student input.

This year students will be given an Omnicard for transportation on the train or bus, instead of a Metrocard.

Then school representatives and parents spoke out against afterschool being cancelled at these six schools: PS 104, PS 112, IS 30, PS 185, PS 247 and PS 939.

Elected state representatives, such as Senator Andrew Gounardes and Iwen Chu knew that these afterschool programs were cut by New York State in June!

Why didn’t Senators Gournardes and Chu share that information with the community and city representatives in June? Justin Brannan had extra money to have parties in the park that could have been used for afterschool.

What’s worse is that these state representatives were not able to explain why some schools programs were cut!

Assemblyman Lester Chang was the only elected representative present at the CEC 20 Meeting.

Every CEC meeting is shared on Zoom, so elected leaders could have attended remotely and spoke to families. The CEC meetings are scheduled for the year and the schedule can be seen here: https://www.cec20.org/meeting-schedule

Every leader who cares about education should be at the CEC meetings – even if they are just there listening!

Neither Senator Andrew Gounardes or Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny sent a representative. Elect people who want to attend CEC and community meetings!

Parents who attended the CEC meeting and the CEC leaders called on politicians to work together and get the funding restored for the afterschool programs and families.

Afterschool programs at schools provide children with tutoring, as well as fun activities they like to do.

One parent, who had four children, spoke said that none of her children have ever been picked for the afterschool lottery. She said that she and other parents are prepared to do whatever they need to do to get the afterschool program reinstated.

CEC 20 made a Resolution about the Afterschool program funding. Read the resolution:

Nemat Shafik stepped down from her position as President of Columbia University.

Our Congress representative, Nicole Malliotakis shared some of the background on Facebook today, which is interesting:

Edit 2025: Happy Heavenly Anniversary. We miss you! This guy loved everyone.

Paul Randazzo, owner of Randazzo’s Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay died. He was 66-years-old. (Read obituary)

Paulie always gave people a huge welcome when they entered his restaurant. He walked around to each table and talked with patrons.

The more people went there, the more they got to know Paul and his family. We’ve been going there for about 30 years. Everyone loved Paulie!

RIP Paulie. He’s with his Wife and Mom again.

Even the Daily News knew Paul Randazzo was someone special – they did a nice write up about him. (Read it here)

Wake: Sunday, August 18 from 2:00 – 7:00 PM at Marine Park Funeral Home, 3024 Quentin Road.

Mass on August 19th at St. Mark R.C. Church, 2609 East 19th Street at 10:30 am.

The NY Post shared that Justin Brannan is running for NYC Comptroller. (See article)

Justin Brannan has more than a year left to his current position.

Remember when Justin Brannan made (this bill) for the current comptroller? And NYC Campaign Finance showed this and this.

NYS Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar from Queens (See here) and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine are also running for Comptroller.

On August 14th, Justin Brannan wrote an email to ask for donations. EWW….his election is not until next year!

Then on Facebook:

Update: And again on August 16th: