Anyone Who Thought This Was a Fair District in Brooklyn is a Snake

Bay Ridge’s new NYC Council District was made to snake down a thin strip of Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Bath Beach and ending with the gated community of Sea Gate.

Only a moron or a sneaky politician would think this gerrymandered district was “fair.”

Who lives down this thin strip in the snake’s body that had to be included in our district?

Notice they removed 7th Avenue and Poly Place where all the cars are illegally parked and never get ticketed! In June, Gounardes, Brannan and Captain Tolson told us that street would be cleared of vehicles. Three months later, it’s exactly the same! That part of the distict is going to Staten Island. (See red arrow below)

That section would remove the Republicans that live on the Army Base. Those residents are not Staten Islanders. I’m sure Jumaane Williams doesn’t care either way.

Our community should have seen District Leaders including Christopher McCreight, Tori Kelly Burnhas and Mark Hanna speak out against gerrymandering (see the skinny streets connecting Bay Ridge to SeaGate?) Yet, all District Leaders are silent.

Republicans and Asians in Dyker Heights were removed from the district. They were replaced with predominately white people from the gated community of SeaGate.

The first change in the newly made district was made quietly this Summer. Bay Ridge was redistricted with Staten Island.

Plan 2 was made to put Bay Ridge with Sunset Park. People said, “Goodbye” to Justin Brannan because Alexa Aviles is the representative in Sunset Park. She doesn’t love lobbyists.

Plan 3 – Bay Ridge is linked by a small snake like strip of land to SeaGate, a gated community with their own security. This took a huge chunk from Ari Kagan’s district. Kagan’s been working and people have been noticing!

Fortunately, the redistricting committee had some decent people – 8 of them including Joshua Schnepp, who voted against these districts. There were 7 people who voted in favor of these maps. Anyone can see this is not acceptable!

Politico says the Mayor had someone (the article says Menashe Shapiro) tell people to vote against these district lines – THAT’S GOOD NEWS! (See article)

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RIP James Houlihan – “Hooley”

Sad to hear Hooley died.

He was everyone’s friend at Farrells Bar in Windsor Terrace.

When I first went to Farrell’s, Hooley and I talked about being Irish. When Hooley he heard my last name, he told me he was friends with a great Irishman by the same name —> my older brother. I came home and told my brother and my brother said, “Don’t go to my places and drink with my friends.”

Hooley always made me laugh by retelling some of my brother’s finest moments at the bar.

When Hooley retired in 2019, it was a great party, but also bittersweet as he was everyone’s friends. Hooley always had a great story to share with Brooklyn.

RIP Hooley – I bet he is serving up a party in Heaven.

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Yong An Li, Nine-Year-Old Boy Killed in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

On Friday, September 16, 2022, Yong An Li, a 9-year-old was playing on the sidewalk on East 12th Street near Sheepshead Bay Road on the way home from afterschool with his grandmother (near 3:00 pm). (See street)

A 31-year-old driver made a left turn into her driveway on East 12th, and didn’t see the little boy. How sad for this driver, as no one wants to hit a child!

Yongan was taken to Maimonides and died at the hospital. (See Story)

Why did Senator Gounardes take a week to mention that this child died? (See here) Streetsblog wrote about this on September 18th (See here).

Yong An Li is the only child of Ruirong Li. A GoFundMe was set up for Ms. Li to help defray the funeral expenses. (See here)

Prayers for Ms. Li, her mother and Yongan’s Family. Prayers for the children and teachers at Yongan’s school as well.

RIP Yong An Li.

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One Less Street Hole in Bay Ridge

Michael Ragusa, a candidate for Bay Ridge’s NYC Council seat shared that he contacted NYC to fill the sinkhole on 3rd Avenue between 78th and 79th Street.

If you tried to report problems that aren’t being handled, contact Michael here: [email protected]

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Live Music at Schnitzel Haus Tonight

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Will Bay Ridge Have a Spirit Halloween Store?

Spirit Halloween doesn’t have a home in Bay Ridge this year. They planned to be at the old TJ Maxx, but that fell through. (See store manager ad below)

Last year, Spirit Halloween Store was at 531 – 86th Street, the old NY & Company store. It was a nice setup (but it was missing the home decor and animatronics —> these fun things)

The Spirit Halloween website no longer has 11209 on their site. The closest site is next to Party City on Atlantic Avenue or in Staten Island (search here for new stores)

If you have empty commercial space, you can lease it for three months to Spirit Halloween – details here

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Ladies, Hold Onto Your Bags in the Station

There was a robbery at the station on West 8th Street in Coney Island. The man grabbed the woman’s purse and phone.

See the video here.

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Little Amal in Bay Ridge – September 2022

Live Walking Nyc created this beautiful video of Little Amal in Bay Ridge.

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LP Dance Company Opened in Bay Ridge

LP Dance Company opened at 127 Bay Ridge Avenue!

LP Dance Company teaches these types of dance:

Registration is October 5th – October 8th. You can also register online here. Classes begin October 11th.

Congratulations and good luck ladies! LP Dance Company’s studio looks beautiful!

This location was Bay Ridge Ballet’s, until Ms. Patti moved up the block year to 110 Bay Ridge Avenue.

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Tommy From Bay Ridge Music School

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Happy Fall, Bay Ridge!

Seth shared the beautiful picture above!

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Brad Lander Held Up Traffic at a Climate Strike in NYC This Afternoon

There was something called a climate strike in NYC today from 2:00 – 4:30 pm.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A CLIMATE STRIKE IS?

I didn’t, but I do now. A climate strike is when activists block traffic so they can share their viewpoint about a topic.

This climate strike was during the day when Brad Lander is supposed to be the Comptroller of NYC.

Lander went to take photos and hold up traffic while he was supposed to be working for NYC.

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