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June 25, 2023
South Brooklyn Foundry’s Pride Drink

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I love that South Brooklyn Foundry is celebrating Pride and they even have a Pride Drink. They make great drinks there!
South Brooklyn Foundry is at 6909 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.

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June 25, 2023
MESA Charter High School Wants to Know If Parents Are Interested in It Opening Here
MESA charter high school is looking to open another location in the Fall of 2025. They want to know if there is an interest in South Brooklyn. If you are interested, take this survey.
Info on the school’s current location is Bushwick:
MESA Charter High School opened its doors on August 19, 2013, and for the past ten years has been, as the New York Post put it, “just might be the best charter high school in the state.” MESA’s admissions is by lottery, and 84% of its students live in the surrounding neighborhood. In a community where the graduation rate has hovered around 70%, MESA has graduated 94% of its students on time. Graduates matriculate to top SUNY and CUNY schools as well as elite private colleges such as Brown, Cornell, Syracuse, NYU, Boston College, and Boston University.
Some key features of MESA’s model are:
– Small school (500 students total, 125 per grade) and advisory model that create a “family-like” atmosphere.
– Successful track record of staff retention–MESA has averaged 77% year-to-year staff retention over its lifetime and 83% over the past five years.
– Ten AP courses including AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Language, AP Literature, AP US History, and AP Government
– Partnership with St. Francis College allowing students to take college-level classes for credit on campus during the school day.
– 3 dedicated college/career counselors for a senior class of 125, a ratio similar to that found at elite private schools.
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June 24, 2023
Do You Recognize These Doors, Bay Ridge?
They are the doors to the former Prince Hotel on 93rd Street (off 3rd Avenue) in Bay Ridge.
If you don’t recognize the doors, it’s because they were covered by an ugly awning. (See here) The new owners of the Prince Hotel removed the awning right away.
There are a lot of papers on the doors, but there is a stop work order on the building.
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June 24, 2023
Brannan, Gounardes and Brook-Krasny Failed to Have 93rd Street Cleaned of Graffiti
Some residents drew rainbow chalk drawings outside of Alec Brook-Krasny’s office on 93rd Street after his rant at the Community 10 Board Meeting on June 15th. (Info)
On June 20th, someone took spray paint and put graffiti over the message “Love is Love,” as well as the rainbows.

Community leaders should have had the graffiti cleaned off the street with paint thinner or painted over. Four days later, the black paint is still there.
On Wednesday morning, Justin Brannan tweeted against Brook-Krasny. Brannan likes to go back and forth against the Republicans on social media.
Later on that day, Justin Brannan called Charlie Ragusa, instead of taking care of the graffiti on 93rd Street. Ragusa reported Brannan’s rant to NYC Council. (See here)
The following day (Thursday), Andrew Gounardes tweeted about the graffiti, but did nothing about it. Senator Gounardes said he stood with the LGBTQ community, but he didn’t have the hate removed from the street.
Chris McCreight, a Democratic District Leader, also played politi8cs on Twitter. He shared some word soup about standing with the LGBTQ community, but he didn’t clear the graffiti. There are enough people in the world tweeting, Bay Ridge needs new leaders, who don’t mind working locally.
On Friday, Senator Andrew Gounardes was taking pictures with Transportation Alternatives (they lobby NYC & NYS politicians), instead of taking care of the hate put on 93rd Street. (See here)
The residents on 93rd Street need politicians who are willing to take action, not play on Twitter.
In November 2021, we saw Gounardes and Brannan ignore (this graffiti) in Dyker Heights. Children attending PS 201 and St. Bernadette’s have been walking on that for two years. They just don’t care!
Those in the LGBTQ+ family should have seen the politicians move to remove the hate – not share it on and beat up the Republicans with it. Hate wins when people fail to take action.

It’s Brook-Krasny’s office so he could have had it cleaned as well. The politician’s office is only open two days of the week, but Alec should have made a trip over to clean or have one of his staffer’s clean it.
Jada Camille, journalist for The Brooklyn Paper, doesn’t live in Bay Ridge, but she wants to write partial stories about our community. A journalist’s job isn’t to take pictures from Twitter and comment on them. Jada Camille should have come to the area, taken photos and spoke to the residents on the block. Jada Camille failed to share that Brannan and Gounardes did not have the graffiti cleaned up. Hate lives on because no one took action!

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June 24, 2023
Sunday – Printspace is Open in Bay Ridge!
Printspace is a hidden gem in Bay Ridge. It’s open on Sunday from Noon to 6:00 pm.
There is a demo in the afternoon. (More info here)
See video of the place here.
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June 24, 2023
Fire at Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats Restaurant
Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats Restaurant at 1657 8th Avenue in South Slope had a fire in their kitchen this morning around 11:00 am this morning. (Video here)
Thankfully, there was no customers in the restaurant and the staff was able to get out. The restaurant has a lot of damage, so it will be awhile before they reopen.
Giovanni Tafuri, the owner, set up a GoFundMe to help defray costs. (Here).
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June 24, 2023
New Traffic Light Being Installed Near Xaverian
A light is being installed outside of Xaverian on Shore Road and 71st Street. Sheldon shared the photo above and wrote that fifteen years ago it wasn’t a good idea to put a light on this corner because two bus routes, the B64 & B9 come down that block. Also, many parents double park to let their kids out in the morning and when picking them up each afternoon.
When the light is installed at that corner, many people on 71st Street across from Xavarian are going to hear a lot of honking.
A light is needed on that corner. I remember a tween was hit there in the Winter. Xaverian is now a 6th – 12th grade school and drivers are speeding on Shore Road.
Sheldon believes that Shore Road & 72nd Street should have received a light because of the “wicked turn.” There have also been many accidents at that corner.
Residents have complained about how apprehensive they feel when driving down Shore Road and 72nd for years. The politicians put a speed camera instead of a light there.
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June 24, 2023
Politicians In Other Areas Are Giving Out Airtags and Introducing the Auto Larceny Initiative
NYC is giving out airtags to stop thefts. (News)
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June 23, 2023
Shooting on 95th Street and 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge – June 23, 2024
Bay Ridge heads up – avoid 5th Avenue and 95th Street. (Channel 7 News)
Around 4:15 pm today, there was a shooting on 5th Avenue and 95th Street. A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 21-year-old woman was shot in the leg. Several places have reported that it was not life-threatening.
The man and woman had been picked up by a gray Hyundai Sonata after leaving PluggedIn Sneaker Boutique. (Source) There’s blood in the back seat of the car and a lot on the street.
The news said that a white Mercedes was circling the block and then shot at the gray sedan. Rigites told the news they heard, “Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.” Then the gray car crashed.
The 21-year-old female victim was laying on the ground in front of Plugged In. When a Ridgite saw that she was bleeding from her leg, he jumped into action. He put a belt around the woman‘s leg to stop the bleeding.
The man, who was shot in the arm, ran down the block and came back ten minutes later. (Source)
The address given on the Citizen App is for “Plugged In Sneaker Boutique.” Plugged In sells fashionable sneakers. In March, this footwear was being sold at Plugged In for $750.00:
The store has a security guard. People stand on line outside the store when the store has new releases. (See video). The woman who was shot was laying on the ground outside the store (a trail of blood came from the street.)
Plugged In told the news they closed their shop to protect their customers.
Thus is a gray sedan with blown out windows:
Avery Pereira’s video shows how serious this situation was:
We’re constantly being told that violent crime is a figment of our imagination. Our radical progressive politicians falling over to protect violent thugs. Targeted shooting in #BayRidge just a little while ago right next to a Day Care Center! Enough #BackTheBlue #Law&Order pic.twitter.com/9Jt2NHW8fj
— Avery Pereira for City Council (@Avery4Brooklyn) June 23, 2023

The shooter ran away and the police are searching for him. The description given was that he is wearing a light blue tracksuit. The police were seen on Shore Road.
Next door to the Plugged In sneaker store is a preschool, Ms. Jenn’s Little Achievers). Ms. Jenn and her staff must have been shocked by the gunshots. Across the avenue is the library – Ft. Hamilton branch.
The NYPD blocked off the area to investigate. (See here)
PS 104/IS 104 on the corner of 5th Avenue and 91st Street had a carnival this afternoon. The carnival was moved indoors due to the weather. After the gun fire, families attending the carnival were locked down in the school. It’s good that the school took precautions because the shooter has not been caught.
Freedom News shared this video of the police investigating. (See here) Freedom News wrote: “Two people were waiting for a car to pick them up, and they get shot at.”
Blood being cleaned up outside of Plugged In after the investigation. (See here)
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June 23, 2023
Charlie Ragusa Can’t Endorse Justin Brannan – Why Would Brannan Ask Him?
The NY Post had a story about Councilman Justin Brannan (See here)
Justin Brannan called Charlie Ragusa, a Brooklyn Democratic Party State Committeeman and District Leader in Southern Brooklyn since 1982. Brannan and Ragusa spoke over the phone about endorsements on Wednesday.
Charlie Ragusa told Brannan it was too early for an endorsement because the primary did not happen yet.
Charlie Ragusa wouldn’t be able to endorse Justin Brannan. Brannan has been lobbied over the Coney Island Casino. (See here)
How could Charlie Ragusa face the residents of Coney Island if he endorsed Brannan? Ragusa and many other people know that Brannan been lobbied over the casino. Even worse – Brannan did not speak out against the casinos, even when Mathylde Frontus and others have. Brannan hasn’t even written any articles against the casino in Coney Island.
A Brannan supporter said on Facebook that many people were lobbied.
No – only certain people were lobbied.
Ari Kagan was not lobbied. Ari has spoken out against the casinos. The residents do not wan a casino!
Bay Ridge has many problems, due to lobbyists controlling our neighborhood. This is how a school’s location was decided in Bay Ridge. (See here) When people objected to the location of this school and asked Brannan was not forthright with information.
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June 23, 2023
Monday Night Twilight League at Dyker Beach Golf Course
Dyker Beach Golf Course has a Monday evening Twilight League. It starts on Monday, July 10th and it goes to Monday, August 28th.
Info and registration here
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June 23, 2023
Justin Brannan Was Lobbied Over Changing Offices Into Apartment
Councilman Justin Brannan is hoping that you forgot that he was lobbied over changing offices into apartments. (More info)
Today, Justin Brannan was pushing on Twitter:
An article says that NYC will start converting offices in NYC for Ukraine’s asylum seekers in NY. (See here)
Justin Brannan has put ZERO dollars aside for housing the homeless.
Affordable housing hasn’t been built because developers want to create luxury condos and make a lot of money!
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I love that South Brooklyn Foundry is celebrating Pride and they even have a Pride Drink. They make great drinks there!

South Brooklyn Foundry is at 6909 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.

MESA charter high school is looking to open another location in the Fall of 2025. They want to know if there is an interest in South Brooklyn. If you are interested, take this survey.

Some key features of MESA’s model are:

– Small school (500 students total, 125 per grade) and advisory model that create a “family-like” atmosphere.

– Successful track record of staff retention–MESA has averaged 77% year-to-year staff retention over its lifetime and 83% over the past five years.

– Ten AP courses including AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Language, AP Literature, AP US History, and AP Government

– Partnership with St. Francis College allowing students to take college-level classes for credit on campus during the school day.

– 3 dedicated college/career counselors for a senior class of 125, a ratio similar to that found at elite private schools.

They are the doors to the former Prince Hotel on 93rd Street (off 3rd Avenue) in Bay Ridge.

If you don’t recognize the doors, it’s because they were covered by an ugly awning. (See here) The new owners of the Prince Hotel removed the awning right away.

There are a lot of papers on the doors, but there is a stop work order on the building.

Some residents drew rainbow chalk drawings outside of Alec Brook-Krasny’s office on 93rd Street after his rant at the Community 10 Board Meeting on June 15th. (Info)

On June 20th, someone took spray paint and put graffiti over the message “Love is Love,” as well as the rainbows.

Community leaders should have had the graffiti cleaned off the street with paint thinner or painted over. Four days later, the black paint is still there.

On Wednesday morning, Justin Brannan tweeted against Brook-Krasny. Brannan likes to go back and forth against the Republicans on social media.

Later on that day, Justin Brannan called Charlie Ragusa, instead of taking care of the graffiti on 93rd Street. Ragusa reported Brannan’s rant to NYC Council. (See here)

The following day (Thursday), Andrew Gounardes tweeted about the graffiti, but did nothing about it. Senator Gounardes said he stood with the LGBTQ community, but he didn’t have the hate removed from the street.

Chris McCreight, a Democratic District Leader, also played politi8cs on Twitter. He shared some word soup about standing with the LGBTQ community, but he didn’t clear the graffiti. There are enough people in the world tweeting, Bay Ridge needs new leaders, who don’t mind working locally.

On Friday, Senator Andrew Gounardes was taking pictures with Transportation Alternatives (they lobby NYC & NYS politicians), instead of taking care of the hate put on 93rd Street. (See here)

The residents on 93rd Street need politicians who are willing to take action, not play on Twitter.

In November 2021, we saw Gounardes and Brannan ignore (this graffiti) in Dyker Heights. Children attending PS 201 and St. Bernadette’s have been walking on that for two years. They just don’t care!

Those in the LGBTQ+ family should have seen the politicians move to remove the hate – not share it on and beat up the Republicans with it. Hate wins when people fail to take action.

It’s Brook-Krasny’s office so he could have had it cleaned as well. The politician’s office is only open two days of the week, but Alec should have made a trip over to clean or have one of his staffer’s clean it.

Printspace is a hidden gem in Bay Ridge. It’s open on Sunday from Noon to 6:00 pm.

There is a demo in the afternoon. (More info here)

See video of the place here.

Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats Restaurant at 1657 8th Avenue in South Slope had a fire in their kitchen this morning around 11:00 am this morning. (Video here)

Thankfully, there was no customers in the restaurant and the staff was able to get out. The restaurant has a lot of damage, so it will be awhile before they reopen.

Giovanni Tafuri, the owner, set up a GoFundMe to help defray costs. (Here).

When the light is installed at that corner, many people on 71st Street across from Xavarian are going to hear a lot of honking.

A light is needed on that corner. I remember a tween was hit there in the Winter. Xaverian is now a 6th – 12th grade school and drivers are speeding on Shore Road.

Sheldon believes that Shore Road & 72nd Street should have received a light because of the “wicked turn.” There have also been many accidents at that corner.

Residents have complained about how apprehensive they feel when driving down Shore Road and 72nd for years. The politicians put a speed camera instead of a light there.

NYC is giving out airtags to stop thefts. (News)

Bay Ridge heads up – avoid 5th Avenue and 95th Street. (Channel 7 News)

Around 4:15 pm today, there was a shooting on 5th Avenue and 95th Street. A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 21-year-old woman was shot in the leg. Several places have reported that it was not life-threatening.

The man and woman had been picked up by a gray Hyundai Sonata after leaving PluggedIn Sneaker Boutique. (Source) There’s blood in the back seat of the car and a lot on the street.

The news said that a white Mercedes was circling the block and then shot at the gray sedan. Rigites told the news they heard, “Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.” Then the gray car crashed.

The 21-year-old female victim was laying on the ground in front of Plugged In. When a Ridgite saw that she was bleeding from her leg, he jumped into action. He put a belt around the woman‘s leg to stop the bleeding.

The man, who was shot in the arm, ran down the block and came back ten minutes later. (Source)

The address given on the Citizen App is for “Plugged In Sneaker Boutique.” Plugged In sells fashionable sneakers. In March, this footwear was being sold at Plugged In for $750.00:

The store has a security guard. People stand on line outside the store when the store has new releases. (See video). The woman who was shot was laying on the ground outside the store (a trail of blood came from the street.)

Plugged In told the news they closed their shop to protect their customers.

Thus is a gray sedan with blown out windows:

Avery Pereira’s video shows how serious this situation was:

The shooter ran away and the police are searching for him. The description given was that he is wearing a light blue tracksuit. The police were seen on Shore Road.

Next door to the Plugged In sneaker store is a preschool, Ms. Jenn’s Little Achievers). Ms. Jenn and her staff must have been shocked by the gunshots. Across the avenue is the library – Ft. Hamilton branch.

The NYPD blocked off the area to investigate. (See here)

Freedom News shared this video of the police investigating. (See here) Freedom News wrote: “Two people were waiting for a car to pick them up, and they get shot at.”

Blood being cleaned up outside of Plugged In after the investigation. (See here)

The NY Post had a story about Councilman Justin Brannan (See here)

Justin Brannan called Charlie Ragusa, a Brooklyn Democratic Party State Committeeman and District Leader in Southern Brooklyn since 1982. Brannan and Ragusa spoke over the phone about endorsements on Wednesday.

Charlie Ragusa told Brannan it was too early for an endorsement because the primary did not happen yet.

Charlie Ragusa wouldn’t be able to endorse Justin Brannan. Brannan has been lobbied over the Coney Island Casino. (See here)

A Brannan supporter said on Facebook that many people were lobbied.

No – only certain people were lobbied.

Ari Kagan was not lobbied. Ari has spoken out against the casinos. The residents do not wan a casino!

Bay Ridge has many problems, due to lobbyists controlling our neighborhood. This is how a school’s location was decided in Bay Ridge. (See here) When people objected to the location of this school and asked Brannan was not forthright with information.

Dyker Beach Golf Course has a Monday evening Twilight League. It starts on Monday, July 10th and it goes to Monday, August 28th.

Councilman Justin Brannan is hoping that you forgot that he was lobbied over changing offices into apartments. (More info)

Today, Justin Brannan was pushing on Twitter:

An article says that NYC will start converting offices in NYC for Ukraine’s asylum seekers in NY. (See here)

Justin Brannan has put ZERO dollars aside for housing the homeless.

Affordable housing hasn’t been built because developers want to create luxury condos and make a lot of money!