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May 9, 2023
Homeless People On the R Train Are Not Getting Help – Here’s Why….
The homeless people on the R train are not getting any help because three people, who are supposed to help them are hanging out upstairs in the 95th Street train station.
Downstairs in the subway, a train left with NO LESS than 10 people using the subway for shelter
A fourth person that was supposed to help those on the train walked up & down the platform until his shift was over and then he left.
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May 8, 2023
Ovington Avenue Has Three Schools, Brannan Wants to Put a High School There As Well
Last week, Community Board 10 had a meeting for Bay Ridge residents and Steve from School Construction Authority (SCA) presented the new high school to be placed where the St. Nicholas Home is (441-447, 425-439 Ovington Avenue).
Not one paper reported about it! How unusual!
Most people would think cramming a high school onto a block with several other schools would be big news, but not in Bay Ridge!
The three red arrows in the picture below are the existing schools. The yellow is where Councilman Brannan wants to put a high school for 676 students.
The three schools in that area are PS 30, IS 30 and the Lutheran School. Brannan wants to put high school students on the same block with elementary and middle school students. The head of Community Board 10 should have talked with Brannan about this by now. Come on!!!
For anyone who thinks it is fair to put a high school on a block that had three school is one very selfish person!
PS 30 is in an apartment building. Community Board 10 should have advocated for the students at the school and grabbed the large property for a nice school yard.
Several members of Community Board 10 were fighting for the community – they came out strong. There were a few who weren’t because they don’t live on that block and they don’t care about their neighbors!
On Monday, May 8th, Community Board’s 10 announced they are having a meeting on Tuesday, May 9th (today) about the high school – such short notice! Let’s hope that they are not going to vote!
You can register to speak at the meeting here: https://bit.ly/3nwDIuu or watch on YouTube at bit.ly/3HLO5lw. Email [email protected] with questions, comments or for meeting links
I hope they aren’t going to force this high school on that block.
SCA’s presentation for this school was not good. The presenter did not come prepared. Why? In April 2021, CB 10 took less than half an hour to vote on a new school on 5th Avenue and 88th Street. (See here) A new school was not needed there. PS 264 is a block away on 4th Avenue and 89th Street! The man who owned Nathan’s also owned the 5th Avenue property – Brannan knew this and he did not disclose that information!

Other Strange Things:
In November 2022, Community Board 10 met with CSA and CSA told Community Board 10 that Bay Ridge was not being considered for a new high school because students are allowed to apply for high schools citywide. When the meeting began, a Community Board 10 member asked: “Why Now and Why Here?”
Doris asked SCA listed the property on Shore Road as a possible site when that property was already planned for for Bay Ridge Prep a long time ago! This property has been known about since November 2021, so there was no way that SCA could have considered it! (Info here)
Currently, NYC middle school students can apply to any high school throughout NYC. Many students outside of our neighborhood will attend this school, just like they currently attend Fort Hamilton High School.
Doris on CB 110 questioned why is there a school being planned for a 30-foot-wide residential street? This is a huge burden on a block that has several schools already! Go Doris!
Would this location allow high school students to have sports teams? CSA did not know. No preliminary plans had been made to show the design.
How many kids in Bay Ridge commute? CSA didn’t know.
At the meeting, it was said that buses will not be needed because this is a high school. If a student will special needs uses a bus, then buses will be outside of this school.
CEC President, Stephen Stowe of District 20 said there is a need for the seats, but he did not think this was a good location for a school. Stowe presented SCA with other locations and did not know why other locations were not chosen because there was more of a need in other areas of the district.
People can send comments to the Department of Education and School Construction Authority within 45 days:
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May 8, 2023
Malone’s Chophouse Sign is Up in Bay Ridge
Malone’s Chophouse will be opening at 9519 3rd Avenue soon!
This is the former location of Ember’s Restaurant in Bay Ridge.
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May 8, 2023
Bay Ridge is Getting Tagged – Graffiti
Live in #BayRidge but can't get to an art museum? No problem! Check out the art that's been popping up on private property everywhere! What's that you say? It's graffiti and gang tags? How dare you insult budding Picassos!! #NYC @NYCCouncil pic.twitter.com/v6XmaJN0P1
— ?Katerina5k?ULTRAMAGA? (@katerina5k) May 8, 2023

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May 8, 2023
Whose Running to Represent Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights in NYC Council? Find Out May 13 Forum
On Saturday, May 13th, The Asian Wave Alliance will have a Brooklyn Candidates Forum from 6-8 pm at 828 – 60th Street.
For Bay Ridge : District 47: Anna Befiore-Delfaus, Ari Kagan and Avery Pereira will be facing off in the June primary.
This year, they are using ranked choice voting in the primary, so Republicans can vote for as many as you like – in the order you like.
You can check which gerrymandered district you are in here.
For Dyker Heights: District 43: Wai Yee Chan, Stanley Ng and Susan Zhuang are the Democrats running for the new District seat 43. Vito LaBella and Ying Tan are the Republicans running for the seat.
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May 8, 2023
Cebu Restaurant in Bay Ridge is Beautiful

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May 8, 2023
Gounardes Gloats Over Congestion Pricing – Whose Benefitting?
Why would a state senator from Brooklyn lead the charge for congestion pricing?
Brooklyn residents will have to pay $23 to use the bridge or tunnel to get to Manhattan.
Brooklyn residents who need to go to Manhattan for medical treatments will pay higher fees because Andrew Gounardes thinks that is fair.
Whose benefitting from congestion pricing? Car Sharing Companies!
Who was pushing for Congestion Pricing?
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May 8, 2023
Dollar Tree is Coming to 18th Avenue in Bklyn
Mich Elle shared this photo
Update June 2023: Dollar Tree has opened on 18th Avenue and 61st Street.
Dollar Tree is opening where the old Walgreens used to be. Due to inflation all items at Dollar Tree are now $1.25. If you want to see what Dollar Tree sells look here.
Residents were told that this store expects to open in July!
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May 7, 2023
Brooklynites Cheer Over China Moon’s Reopening
China Moon Open Kitchen will be reopening soon.
This makes many near Cropsey Avenue happy.
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May 7, 2023
GayRidge is Raising Money for Pride 2023
Gay Ridge will have the second annual Pride Celebration at Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge on Sunday, June 4th.
They are fundraising with a GoFundMe for the event. (See here)
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May 7, 2023
Three People Died in a Car Fire in Bay Ridge
Just before 8:00 am this morning, a white Toyota Corolla crashed into a tree on 65th Street and 4th Avenue on the road to the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge. The car was engulfed in flames. (Info)
Three people died (two women and one man). How awful for their families and friends to hear this today.
Channel 1 News and AM News said that one person was taken to NYU Langone hospital, (Source) while Channel 11 said, “one person refused treatment.” (Source)
(AM News)
There were no other cars involved. (See video from Citizen)
“This Toyota Corolla had a for-hire vehicle license plate and had 43 traffic violations since 2016, including four red light tickets and eleven school zone speed camera violations.” (Source)
RIP. Prayers for these people and their families.
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May 7, 2023
Great Bay Ridge Story – Too Good Not to Share

This story was shared with me and is too good not to share!
A Ridgite took to Facebook because she lost her diamond engagement ring. This woman was carrying the ring in a pouch in her pocket because one of the prongs was missing on the ring. When she got home, she noticed she lost the pouch, so she retraced her steps. (Story shared here)
She found the empty pouch on 3rd Avenue and 88th Street.
The engagement ring was set in her grandmother’s band and had a lot of sentimental value.
Marianne, a really nice woman in Bay Ridge, went to 3rd Avenue and asked to see the camera footage outside of the businesses. She took a photo of the people who found the photo and then shared the photo on Facebook. Another person knew the people and theyn were able to locate that person who picked up the ring and return the ring to the Ridgite who lost it!
WOW! That story looked hopeless to many, but not Marianne! She took action because she wanted to help!
May everyone be as lucky to know someone like Marianne – she’s the human-version of St. Anthony!
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The homeless people on the R train are not getting any help because three people, who are supposed to help them are hanging out upstairs in the 95th Street train station.

Downstairs in the subway, a train left with NO LESS than 10 people using the subway for shelter

A fourth person that was supposed to help those on the train walked up & down the platform until his shift was over and then he left.

Last week, Community Board 10 had a meeting for Bay Ridge residents and Steve from School Construction Authority (SCA) presented the new high school to be placed where the St. Nicholas Home is (441-447, 425-439 Ovington Avenue).

Not one paper reported about it! How unusual!

Most people would think cramming a high school onto a block with several other schools would be big news, but not in Bay Ridge!

The three red arrows in the picture below are the existing schools. The yellow is where Councilman Brannan wants to put a high school for 676 students.

The three schools in that area are PS 30, IS 30 and the Lutheran School. Brannan wants to put high school students on the same block with elementary and middle school students. The head of Community Board 10 should have talked with Brannan about this by now. Come on!!!

For anyone who thinks it is fair to put a high school on a block that had three school is one very selfish person!

PS 30 is in an apartment building. Community Board 10 should have advocated for the students at the school and grabbed the large property for a nice school yard.

Several members of Community Board 10 were fighting for the community – they came out strong. There were a few who weren’t because they don’t live on that block and they don’t care about their neighbors!

On Monday, May 8th, Community Board’s 10 announced they are having a meeting on Tuesday, May 9th (today) about the high school – such short notice! Let’s hope that they are not going to vote!

You can register to speak at the meeting here: https://bit.ly/3nwDIuu or watch on YouTube at bit.ly/3HLO5lw. Email [email protected] with questions, comments or for meeting links

I hope they aren’t going to force this high school on that block.

Other Strange Things:

In November 2022, Community Board 10 met with CSA and CSA told Community Board 10 that Bay Ridge was not being considered for a new high school because students are allowed to apply for high schools citywide. When the meeting began, a Community Board 10 member asked: “Why Now and Why Here?”

Doris asked SCA listed the property on Shore Road as a possible site when that property was already planned for for Bay Ridge Prep a long time ago! This property has been known about since November 2021, so there was no way that SCA could have considered it! (Info here)

Currently, NYC middle school students can apply to any high school throughout NYC. Many students outside of our neighborhood will attend this school, just like they currently attend Fort Hamilton High School.

Doris on CB 110 questioned why is there a school being planned for a 30-foot-wide residential street? This is a huge burden on a block that has several schools already! Go Doris!

Would this location allow high school students to have sports teams? CSA did not know. No preliminary plans had been made to show the design.

How many kids in Bay Ridge commute? CSA didn’t know.

At the meeting, it was said that buses will not be needed because this is a high school. If a student will special needs uses a bus, then buses will be outside of this school.

CEC President, Stephen Stowe of District 20 said there is a need for the seats, but he did not think this was a good location for a school. Stowe presented SCA with other locations and did not know why other locations were not chosen because there was more of a need in other areas of the district.

People can send comments to the Department of Education and School Construction Authority within 45 days:

Malone’s Chophouse will be opening at 9519 3rd Avenue soon!

This is the former location of Ember’s Restaurant in Bay Ridge.

On Saturday, May 13th, The Asian Wave Alliance will have a Brooklyn Candidates Forum from 6-8 pm at 828 – 60th Street.

For Bay Ridge : District 47: Anna Befiore-Delfaus, Ari Kagan and Avery Pereira will be facing off in the June primary.

This year, they are using ranked choice voting in the primary, so Republicans can vote for as many as you like – in the order you like.

You can check which gerrymandered district you are in here.

For Dyker Heights: District 43: Wai Yee Chan, Stanley Ng and Susan Zhuang are the Democrats running for the new District seat 43. Vito LaBella and Ying Tan are the Republicans running for the seat.

Why would a state senator from Brooklyn lead the charge for congestion pricing?

Brooklyn residents will have to pay $23 to use the bridge or tunnel to get to Manhattan.

Brooklyn residents who need to go to Manhattan for medical treatments will pay higher fees because Andrew Gounardes thinks that is fair.

Whose benefitting from congestion pricing? Car Sharing Companies!

Who was pushing for Congestion Pricing?

Update June 2023: Dollar Tree has opened on 18th Avenue and 61st Street.

Dollar Tree is opening where the old Walgreens used to be. Due to inflation all items at Dollar Tree are now $1.25. If you want to see what Dollar Tree sells look here.

Residents were told that this store expects to open in July!

China Moon Open Kitchen will be reopening soon.

This makes many near Cropsey Avenue happy.

Gay Ridge will have the second annual Pride Celebration at Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge on Sunday, June 4th.

They are fundraising with a GoFundMe for the event. (See here)

Just before 8:00 am this morning, a white Toyota Corolla crashed into a tree on 65th Street and 4th Avenue on the road to the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge. The car was engulfed in flames. (Info)

Three people died (two women and one man). How awful for their families and friends to hear this today.

Channel 1 News and AM News said that one person was taken to NYU Langone hospital, (Source) while Channel 11 said, “one person refused treatment.” (Source)

There were no other cars involved. (See video from Citizen)

“This Toyota Corolla had a for-hire vehicle license plate and had 43 traffic violations since 2016, including four red light tickets and eleven school zone speed camera violations.” (Source)

RIP. Prayers for these people and their families.

This story was shared with me and is too good not to share!

A Ridgite took to Facebook because she lost her diamond engagement ring. This woman was carrying the ring in a pouch in her pocket because one of the prongs was missing on the ring. When she got home, she noticed she lost the pouch, so she retraced her steps. (Story shared here)

She found the empty pouch on 3rd Avenue and 88th Street.

The engagement ring was set in her grandmother’s band and had a lot of sentimental value.

WOW! That story looked hopeless to many, but not Marianne! She took action because she wanted to help!

May everyone be as lucky to know someone like Marianne – she’s the human-version of St. Anthony!