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April 27, 2023
Stanley Ng – District 43 NYC Council Candidate
Brooklyn, Stanley Ng is the best candidate to represent the new district. He has worked with both Democrats and Republicans because he’s the type of person who gets along with everyone. Vote for him if you want safer streets and stronger schools.
Some of the other candidates worked in current politicians office – don’t vote for them! Let’s get new people to help the community!
Stanely is a fighter and a winner. (See here)
Find out more about Stanley here.
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April 27, 2023
Marcela Cocina Mexican Restaurant Opened on Fort Hamilton Parkway
Congratulations to the new owners of Marcela Cocina Mexican Restaurant at 7121 Fort Hamilton Pkwy.
This location is where My Three Sons Diner was for many years. It moved to moved to 6518 – 11th Avenue. (See photo)
Marcela’s interior was completely redone and the place looks beautiful. Sabrina shared this photo on FB and raved about the place! See their menu here.
The neighborhood knows these owners, as they are the nice people from Brothers Bagels on 71st Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway.
We know their new place is going to be great because everything they make is good.
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April 26, 2023
Dyker Heights, You Have Good News! 86th Street Rezoning Has Been Withdrawn
The rezoning project for 86th Street has been withdrawn. This is great news not only for for 85th Street and 14th Avenue residents, but for all of Dyker Heights.
What I saw from the Community Board 11 was the Brooklyn I have known my whole life – one neighbors have each others backs. I cried every time, residents from 85th Street spoke and cheered when each neighbor cited another reason why a rezoning was the wrong area. Each person who spoke showed how much they loved their community.
The owner must have realized how much of an impact it was having on his neighbors and is a good guy. He could have gone ahead with it as e already invested a lot. (Thank you Tommy!)
Some people are questioning if this is really the end of the rezoning project (it’s an election year) and they know our area has lobbyists winning because of Brannan. (See here and here)
Why didn’t Brannan attend the meeting? Because the people in that area have been gerrymandered out of his district. Don’t believe me? See the map here. They have no influence on the November election!
This is what gerrymandering looks like. District maps were changed to help politicians win elections.
Click here to see this map larger
Brooklyn pay close attention, this is not the only rezoning and your neighbors are going to need your help to fight.
The first man who spoke at the Community Board 11 Meeting lived around the New Utrecht Avenue rezoning. Many people don’t know about that one because the word wasn’t spread. Councilman Brannan never mentioned it in his newsletters. When people asked about it in its early stages, look how Brannan responded: See here.
The Shore Hill Rezoning is still happening. At the meeting last Spring, no one mentioned that 30% of the building was going to be for homeless people. (Spring Meeting notes) Community Board 11 should have shared that to the community, so people weren’t shocked by the Fall meeting when Jonathan Rose’s developers mentioned it. (See here) The home owners next to this building are fighting hard.
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April 26, 2023
Mathylde Frontus Not Thanked Publicly, Even Though Frontus Funded the Earth Day Event
Bay Ridge Cares has run events in a park beforeso it’s strange that they thanked Justin Brannan for doing the permits. Mathylde Frontus funded the event and was not thanked publically. Why?
It’s strange the organizations hung signs (see the middle one), but there was no mention of the former Assembly representative’s money funding the project.
From Here
A Bay Ridge resident shared photos and remarked on Facebook that the park was cleaned very well. That resident didn’t know that there was a “clean up” planned for the park.
Even stranger, Bay Ridge Cares and the Bay Ridge Environmental Group published photos of Brannan with them in the park. I spoke online to both groups about Justin Brannan failing to request a hearing for the East River Park activists. (Info here and here)
This is how the park activists were treated by Brannan’s staffers. They went to his office because Brannan would not return their calls. Brannan was head of the Committee that should have helped them. Brannan received extra money to be the head of that committee.
Brannan Zap from Woman at the Reel on Vimeo.
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April 25, 2023
Monday Morning April 24th – No One is Helping the Homeless on the R Train – 95th Street
Every day, Bay Ridge residents see homeless people in desperate need of help.
Bay Ridge residents take pictures and share them with the politicians, but nothing changes.
Last Fall, during election season, Senator Andrew Gounardes went in the subway and took photos with Justin Brannan. But the situation has not changed eight months later.
Sometimes there are people from NYC on the train to help the homeless, but they aren’t talking to the homeless when the train is in Bay Ridge. They are talking with each other in one car.
Elect people who care that homeless people aren’t getting help and want to do something about it.
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April 25, 2023
Beautiful Flowers in Bay Ridge – Shared by Matt

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A post shared by Matt (@mknyc_)

Scroll to the right on the pictures above. Matt shared some cloudy day photos too!
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April 25, 2023
Garage Roof Fire on Ridge Crest Terrace
Photo from Video here
Around 5:30 pm tonight, there was a garage roof fire on Ridge Crest Terrace. (See video)
Thankfully, the firefighters were able to put the fire out quickly.
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April 25, 2023
Win Gift Cards to 16 Bay Ridge Restaurants
The Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade is having a fundraiser at The Salty Dog on April 30th.
Sixteen restaurants donated $100 gift certificates as prizes. There are three prizes:
You can buy tickets at any of these restaurants:
On April 30th, these bands will be playing at The Salty Dog starting at 1:30 pm.
For more information about the Bay Ridge Memorial Day Fundraiser, see here.
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April 25, 2023
Happy 25 Years in Bay Ridge, Greenspa!
Nicole & @brooklynchamber helped Green Spa celebrate its 25th Anniversary! Congratulations to owners Maria & Sheila…here’s to another 25 years in #BayRidge #Brooklyn! ? pic.twitter.com/E9IjWFhH4N
— Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepMalliotakis) April 24, 2023

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April 25, 2023
Fort Hamilton High School Blood Drive 4/28
If you have done some bad stuff lately, go donate some blood and save a life.
Fort Hamilton High School is having a blood drive on Friday from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm.
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April 24, 2023
Trouble on 3rd Avenue and 83rd Street
1) Click here and play the second video.
Around 11:30 pm, there were a lot of police officers on 3rd Avenue and 83rd Street. A man is sitting on the ground near the storefront.
2) Just an hour before, around 10:30 pm, there was a Citizen report that a man assaulted someone. (See here)
3) Also around 10:30, there is a report of a man with a gun on the next block. (See here)
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April 24, 2023
Building Switcharoo – The 86th Street Rezoning is Now For Six Stories Instead of Nine (Part 1)
Richard LaBella spoke for the owner who is seeking a rezoning of the building at 1421 – 86th Street.
La Bella started the meeting by saying the nine story plans were scratched for a six story building because he said Thomas is a neighborhood person. If he is a neighborhood person, why wouldn’t he build this some place else, instead of towering over his neighbors homes?
Richard LaBella seemed to think the audience was going to like “this compromise.” The reality is Rich wouldn’t want this building behind his home either!
They planned for the building to be 65 feet tall and have 6 floors (originally it was 95feet tall and 9 floors). Now it will be 32 units (down from 57). Ten of those units will be affordable housing.
The first floor of the building will have the limousine business, the super’s apartment, a lounge and a fitness center. There will be a rear yard terrace.
The developer said that they increased the parking from the required 14 spots to 25 spots. The developer thought 25 parking spaces was adequate for 32 units. Residents noted that most families have two cars.

The developers said that some people were concerned about a homeless shelter opening there, so they wrote that they don’t intend to build a homeless shelter into the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants.
Initially the building was going to be R4 /C2-2 and now they are requesting a R7A/C2-4.
Kudos to all of the residents who showed up to support their community. Il Centro was packed. Not one person spoke in favor of this building.
Not one elected leader of this community was present for the meeting or sent a statement. It was the Brooklyn Residents vs. the developer.
Dyker Heights – choose someone who can and will fight for the community. Brooklyn has been severely gerrymandered at every level. We need new leaders.
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Brooklyn, Stanley Ng is the best candidate to represent the new district. He has worked with both Democrats and Republicans because he’s the type of person who gets along with everyone. Vote for him if you want safer streets and stronger schools.

Some of the other candidates worked in current politicians office – don’t vote for them! Let’s get new people to help the community!

Stanely is a fighter and a winner. (See here)

Find out more about Stanley here.

Congratulations to the new owners of Marcela Cocina Mexican Restaurant at 7121 Fort Hamilton Pkwy.

This location is where My Three Sons Diner was for many years. It moved to moved to 6518 – 11th Avenue. (See photo)

Marcela’s interior was completely redone and the place looks beautiful. Sabrina shared this photo on FB and raved about the place! See their menu here.

The neighborhood knows these owners, as they are the nice people from Brothers Bagels on 71st Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway.

We know their new place is going to be great because everything they make is good.

The rezoning project for 86th Street has been withdrawn. This is great news not only for for 85th Street and 14th Avenue residents, but for all of Dyker Heights.

The owner must have realized how much of an impact it was having on his neighbors and is a good guy. He could have gone ahead with it as e already invested a lot. (Thank you Tommy!)

Some people are questioning if this is really the end of the rezoning project (it’s an election year) and they know our area has lobbyists winning because of Brannan. (See here and here)

Why didn’t Brannan attend the meeting? Because the people in that area have been gerrymandered out of his district. Don’t believe me? See the map here. They have no influence on the November election!

This is what gerrymandering looks like. District maps were changed to help politicians win elections.

Brooklyn pay close attention, this is not the only rezoning and your neighbors are going to need your help to fight.

Bay Ridge Cares has run events in a park beforeso it’s strange that they thanked Justin Brannan for doing the permits. Mathylde Frontus funded the event and was not thanked publically. Why?

It’s strange the organizations hung signs (see the middle one), but there was no mention of the former Assembly representative’s money funding the project.

A Bay Ridge resident shared photos and remarked on Facebook that the park was cleaned very well. That resident didn’t know that there was a “clean up” planned for the park.

Even stranger, Bay Ridge Cares and the Bay Ridge Environmental Group published photos of Brannan with them in the park. I spoke online to both groups about Justin Brannan failing to request a hearing for the East River Park activists. (Info here and here)

This is how the park activists were treated by Brannan’s staffers. They went to his office because Brannan would not return their calls. Brannan was head of the Committee that should have helped them. Brannan received extra money to be the head of that committee.

Every day, Bay Ridge residents see homeless people in desperate need of help.

Bay Ridge residents take pictures and share them with the politicians, but nothing changes.

Last Fall, during election season, Senator Andrew Gounardes went in the subway and took photos with Justin Brannan. But the situation has not changed eight months later.

Sometimes there are people from NYC on the train to help the homeless, but they aren’t talking to the homeless when the train is in Bay Ridge. They are talking with each other in one car.

Elect people who care that homeless people aren’t getting help and want to do something about it.

Scroll to the right on the pictures above. Matt shared some cloudy day photos too!

Around 5:30 pm tonight, there was a garage roof fire on Ridge Crest Terrace. (See video)

Thankfully, the firefighters were able to put the fire out quickly.

The Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade is having a fundraiser at The Salty Dog on April 30th.

Sixteen restaurants donated $100 gift certificates as prizes. There are three prizes:

You can buy tickets at any of these restaurants:

On April 30th, these bands will be playing at The Salty Dog starting at 1:30 pm.

For more information about the Bay Ridge Memorial Day Fundraiser, see here.

If you have done some bad stuff lately, go donate some blood and save a life.

Fort Hamilton High School is having a blood drive on Friday from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm.

1) Click here and play the second video.

Around 11:30 pm, there were a lot of police officers on 3rd Avenue and 83rd Street. A man is sitting on the ground near the storefront.

2) Just an hour before, around 10:30 pm, there was a Citizen report that a man assaulted someone. (See here)

3) Also around 10:30, there is a report of a man with a gun on the next block. (See here)

Richard LaBella spoke for the owner who is seeking a rezoning of the building at 1421 – 86th Street.

La Bella started the meeting by saying the nine story plans were scratched for a six story building because he said Thomas is a neighborhood person. If he is a neighborhood person, why wouldn’t he build this some place else, instead of towering over his neighbors homes?

Richard LaBella seemed to think the audience was going to like “this compromise.” The reality is Rich wouldn’t want this building behind his home either!

They planned for the building to be 65 feet tall and have 6 floors (originally it was 95feet tall and 9 floors). Now it will be 32 units (down from 57). Ten of those units will be affordable housing.

The first floor of the building will have the limousine business, the super’s apartment, a lounge and a fitness center. There will be a rear yard terrace.

The developer said that they increased the parking from the required 14 spots to 25 spots. The developer thought 25 parking spaces was adequate for 32 units. Residents noted that most families have two cars.

The developers said that some people were concerned about a homeless shelter opening there, so they wrote that they don’t intend to build a homeless shelter into the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants.

Initially the building was going to be R4 /C2-2 and now they are requesting a R7A/C2-4.

Kudos to all of the residents who showed up to support their community. Il Centro was packed. Not one person spoke in favor of this building.

Not one elected leader of this community was present for the meeting or sent a statement. It was the Brooklyn Residents vs. the developer.

Dyker Heights – choose someone who can and will fight for the community. Brooklyn has been severely gerrymandered at every level. We need new leaders.