R Train This Morning at 95th Street in Bay Ridge

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Adopt Boogie at Sean Casey Animal Rescue

Boogie is an affectionate one-year-old cat. Stop by Sean Casey Animal Rescue at 153 East 3rd Street in Brooklyn to meet him if you are looking for a furry friend to add to your home!

Adoptions from 11:00 am until 5:30 pm.

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Deno’s Wonderland in Coney Island Opens 3/24

On Sunday, March 24th, Deno’s Wonderland opens in Coney Island. Free rides for the first 104 visitors at 10:00 am.

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CB 10 Meeting Tonight….Agenda Shows No Answers About High School or Homeless Shelter

Bring all of your community problems to tonight’s Community Board 10 Meeting at 7:00 pm at 15 Bay Ridge Avenue – the new senior center in Bay Ridge!

Whatever you aren’t receiving help for, come and share it with the community. The pickleball lovers will probably be there asking for pickleball courts again.

Community Board 10 put out an agenda that does not discuss the high school or provide any information about the homeless shelter being planned for 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

Community Board 10 does not do a good job providing the community with real information. They like to talk about easy things like where to get free recycling bags.

Has 10th Avenue in Dyker Heights received an upgrade the sewer system so the water stops backing up and flooding our neighbor’s basements? We have terrible political leaders who have let that problem go for too long.

Last Spring, Community Board 10 voted against the high school on Ovington Avenue and Councilman Brannan overode them and proceeded with the high school. One person should not be deciding the location of a school! In September, Community Board 10 did not get any answers for the community on why other locations were not pursued. Isn’t there at least one parent on CB 10 that thinks parents deserve answers?

In November, Josephine said one sentence about the homeless shelter and then failed to provide any updates. Why did Josephine not tell the community more? Why didn’t any members of CB 10 ask questions or seemed surprised about the news of a homeless shelter? The homeless shelter’s plans were filed with NYC last Spring – what was the delay to share the information with the community? (Info here)

The agenda for tonight’s meetings has a lot of simple things that don’t need to be discussed – they are dates that have already been determined and can just be provided in a list or on a graphic.

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Two People Died – Fire in Bath Beach…Homocide?

A fire in an apartment building on Bay 29th Street in Bath Beach took the lives of two Brooklynites around 7:00 pm. (See videos here)

Update 3/18/24: The news is saying it is a homicide. Someone killed them and set the fire! (See here)

Two firefighters were injured putting out the fire. (Story here)

RIP.

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RIP Samyia Spain – Killed in Park Slope – Veo Kelly Turned Himself In

Twin sisters, Samyia and Saniya Spain were stabbed outside of Natural Plus Deli on 4th Avenue and St. Marks Place in Park Slope at 2:20 am this morning.

The Daily News reported that a drunk man was hitting on the women inside the deli before they were stabbed. (Source)

“One of them guys complemented two girls, walked in with their friends, and they said, no, we’re not attracted so he called them names. They called him names back.” (CBS News)

I DON’T CARE WHAT THE SISTERS AID BACK TO HIM – NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN STABBED!

Other papers reported that Samyia gave the guy her name instagram.

Samyia was stabbed in the chest and neck and died. Saniya was stabbed in the arm and is alright. After her sister was stabbed, Saniya called their grandfather and said, “‘Granddaddy, Samyia got stabbed and she died.” (Source) How awful!

Update: Veo Kelly turned himself in for the murder of Samyia and for stabbing her sister. (Update here) He’s twenty years old and this mistake is going to affect his whole life. Friends of Samyia were spreading his photo on social media for days! They want #JusticeForSamyia and weren’t going to stop under the man was arrested.

The killer ran away and has not been arrested. They have a picture of him and the store must have video as well. I don’t want to hear about his mental health – he killed a young woman, whose life was just beginning!

Samyia was only 19 years old. She had her whole life ahead of her. Her sister will be haunted by this day for the rest of her life. Please pray for Saniya and her family. RIP Samyia.

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Councilmember Zhuang and Thousands of People Protested the Homeless Shelter – 86th St.

Councilwoman Zhuang and thousands of Brooklyn residents protested the shelter on 86th Street. The people do not want a homeless shelter here – they want real housing.

The building they are making here is a 32-room hotel for 150 men. (Story here)

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Bishop Kearney 50th Reunion – Class of 1974

Class of 1974 – go celebrate 50 years later!

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RIP Debbie Stevens…Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

We were sad to hear that Debbie Stevens, a community activist in Bay Ridge died suddenly at home today.

Wake: McLaughlin & Sons Funeral Home on 3rd Avenue and 96th Street. Thursday, March 21st, 2024 2:00pm – 5:00pm and 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

Funeral mass on Friday, March 22nd at 9:30 am at Our Lady of Angels Church at 7320 4th Avenue

Debbie would help anyone she could. Whenever she heard that animals were not being cared for, she called for people to help. She didn‘t hesitate to contact politicians or wanna-be politicians to assist those in need. I remember two Brooklyn residents were homeless and she called on many people to assist them and take care of their cats, which were in carriers in the St. Anselm’s parking lot. Debbie didn’t rest until the animals were taken care of.

Debbie loved all animals. She started the Bay Ridge Animal Lovers Group on Facebook. (Here) Debbie wrote this during the Summer near her birthday:

Debbie Stevens loved Bay Ridge and the people in this community.

She fought for seniors because she wanted them to have healthy food. She also wanted all of them to be able to go on day trips with the Senior Center and enjoy life. In 2019, I wrote about her here.

Debbie wanted people in the community to be safe:

She was a good neighbor who cared about people in Bay Ridge:

While she may have been at odds with politicians at times, she cared about their health too:

A GoFundMe was set up to help with the funeral expenses. (See here)

Prayers for her children.

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Rally Against the Homeless Shelter – 86th St.

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Applesauce the Dog is Living Well in Bay Ridge

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Class to Learn About Irish Whiskey & Gin 3/22

On Friday, March 22nd, Henry Harde’s Liquor Store on 3rd Avenue is having a class at 6:40 pm for people to learn all about how Irish Whiskey and Gin are made at the Glendalough Distillery in Wicklow, Ireland! Call 718-748-3686 to reserve a spot!

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