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November 18, 2025
Mesa Charter High School on 63rd Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn

Angel Guardian is on the corner still
A new charter high school called Mesa 2 High School is opening at 1222 – 63rd Street. It was announced at the District 20 Community Education Council Meeting. MESA stands for Math Engineering Science Academy.
This nine-story school will open in August 2025. While the school will be open to everyone by lottery, District 20 students will receive preference. How do you apply to this school? Go to their website (here) You have to apply by April 1, 2025.
The first year, the school will have a little over 125 students in the 9th grade. Every year, they will add another grade. The school is expected to have around 500 students in four years.
This school starts at a later time than other NYC schools and the student get out at a later time as well.
Mesa Charter School 1 is in Bushwich and it has a 94% graduation rate. Seventy-three percent of the students Mesa 1 graduate with at least three credits from AP Exams, CLEP tests, Kingsborough College or St. Francis College.
At Mesa 1, they had twelve AP classes. They also have remedial classes for students. Sixty percent of Mesa 1 students participated in an internship in a corporate setting before they graduated.
Ms. Anna Spoden is the principal of this MESA 2.
When the property was sold, Councilman Justin Brannan spoke about a charter school going on this property. Senator Andrew Gounardes failed to show up as the state representative for the landmarking meeting for this property. Instead, he sent Brannan to the meeting (there is a video recording of it).
Community Board 10 said they are not notified that this building was leased. Mesa 2 founding’s staff said they talked about the school with local politicians. Oops that person forgot to share the information with the community and particularly the people across the street from this school.
The people who live on this block must be overwhelmed with this news. The politicians did not share the information with the community.
This block will have three schools:
1) The WenJian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship at 6312 – 13th Avenue
2) This Mesa 2 School will be at 1222 – 63rd Street
3) A Yeshiva on 11th Avenue and 63rd Street (the former Angel Guardian buildings location) (Info here)
Councilman Justin Brannan loves putting a lot of schools on one block! Last Spring, Brannan put a high school on a block with two other schools in Bay Ridge. Community Board 10 rejected the high school location and Brannan proceeded anyway. (Info)
PS 676 is an elementary on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street (See here)
Also there is also an existing middle school on 64th Street and 12th Avenue with almost 1000 students.
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November 18, 2025
Mohamed Bahi Got 3 Yrs Probation and 1 Yr Home Confinement – Eric Adams’ Case Dismissed

If you don’t know Mohamad Bahi, he’s the guy who started Muslims Giving Back. He feed everyone who wants a meal. When someone needs help. People go to him for help and he gets the community to help him help the person in need. Info:
An Extraordinary Neighbor: Mohamed Bahe Is A Muslim Giving Back – Bklyner
And then he went to work for Eric Adam.
Eric Adams was charged for taking straw donor donations. Bahi was involved with that (Info here: Mohamed Bahi charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in Mayor Adams case | New York Post
Bahi is smiling when he left court because he didn’t get jail time.
The judge noted the irony of the politician not being charged and Bahi got left holding the bag:
Eric Adams case was dismissed – he didn’t get any time – not even probation. Today Mohamad Bahi was sentenced to three years probation – one year of home confinement. News:
‘Left here holding the bag’: Former Eric Adams aide is sentenced after mayor’s case is dismissed – ABC News
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November 18, 2025
No Justice for Natasha Saada, Deborah Saada and Diana Saada
In March, a driver killed a mother and her two daughters on Ocean Parkway. Natasha Saada was only 34 years old, and her daughters were 8 and 5 years old (Diana and Deborah).
The driver was able to get a plea deal and now will serve only 3 to 9 years in jail. See story: Mom, 2 daughters killed in car crash on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn – CBS New York
These deaths were preventable if the driver drove with care. One to three years for each of these lives lost is not fair.
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November 18, 2025
BINGO This Afternoon at PC Bar and Grill – Helps Support Kiso’s Pet Panty in Bay Ridge
BINGO and Animal Lovers – today there is BINGO at PC’s Bar and Grill at 7215 – 5th Avenue from 3:45 – 6:30 pm. The good people at PC’s Bar are splitting their proceeds with Kiso’s Pet Pantry.
Kiso’s has been providing free petfood to seniors in Bay Ridge for two years. This week, they shared they didn’t have any wet cat food to give to seniors, so it’s nice to see PC’s Bar jump in to help them!
If you can’t go tonight, but want to help Kiso’s help the seniors in our area, they have an Amazon list with cat food. See here:
Amazon.com
Recently, Kiso’s had their electric bike stolen. Info:
Kiso’s Pet Pantry keeps helping seniors feed their pets after delivery scooter theft • Brooklyn Paper
Also PC”s Bar is also doing a Friendsgiving LOD and Fundraiser with raffles on Wednesday, November 26th, Thanksgiving Eve to support Kiso’s.
Bay Ridge – go win! PC’s Bar at 7215 – 5th Avenue is accepting pet food donations up to November 26th.
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November 18, 2025
RIP Dan McGrath – From Bay Ridge
Dan McGrath, a writer and producer known for The Simpsons, and King of the Hill died on November 14th at the age of 61.
This Emmy-winning writer was from Bay Ridge.
His parents are: Gerard and Eleanor McGrath.
Dan attended Regis High School and Harvard University.
The wake was held on Monday, November 17th 2025 and the funeral was held on Tuesday, November 18th 2025 at St. Patrick’s Church.
McGrath’s sister, Gail Garabadian said Dan died at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn after suffering a stroke. She wrote on Facebook: “We lost my incredible brother Danny, yesterday. He was a special man, one of a kind. An incredible son, brother, uncle, and friend. Our hearts are broken.”
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November 18, 2025
Kyan Cafe is Opening at 7603 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge
The Bay Ridge BID announced that a new business, Kyan Cafe is Opening at 7603 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge.
Congratulations to the new owners!
Years ago, this was an insurance office.
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November 17, 2025
ALC Grocery is Giving Thanksgiving Meals to Those Who Need It
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ALC Italian Grocery at 8613 – 3rd Avenue has been giving away Thanksgiving meals for several years.
Register to pickup a Thanksgiving meal on 11/26 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
One meal per email address, per person. Please do not call to reserve – must be done online. Pick up at BRC can be done in person at the Bay Ridge Center.
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeV3gsAmQW…/viewform…
This is strange. Equinor is the company running the huge offshore wind project in NY – locally at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Project. I never noticed their name on this project before.
Other places in Bay Ridge giving out free turkeys or Thanksgiving meals: https://igit.me/tday
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November 17, 2025
Sofia’s Has BINGO on the 3rd Thursday of the Month in Bay Ridge. This Week: November 20th
Sofia’s Restaurant at 8406 – 3rd Avenue has Bingo on Thursday, November 20th at 7:00 pm.
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November 17, 2025
Carjacking on Colonial Road and Wakeman Place
Photo: From Loudlabs video below
Two men were carjacked on Colonial Road and Wakeman Place at 1:30 am on November 13th. BMW Stolen.
In the video, the car owner explains that a gun was held to his head:
Loudlabs shared: “Four armed males in a black Mercedes-Benz SUV approached a 24-year-old man, robbed him of his necklace, and then stole his BMW at gunpoint. The suspects fled the scene eastbound on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.”
Politicians and police are silent – no one is warning the community or people who live near Colonial Road and Wakeman???
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November 17, 2025
The NYPD in Coney Island Are Looking for This Daytime Shooter
The news shared that TWO WEEKS AGO, the man pictured above shot at a vendor on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island, who was selling DVDs at 2:30 pm. See story:
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/gunman-shoots-at-coney-island-street-vendor-to-steal-dvds?utm_campaign=Evergreen&utm_term=18769060130
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November 17, 2025
Gringa The Orange Cat is Missing in Bay Ridge
Gringa, a cute orange cat is missing in the 80’s in Bay Ridge.
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November 17, 2025
Donate Toys for Christmas in Bay Ridge – Dropoff Locations – Toys for Tots
1) Olives and Pita Annual Toys for Tots Toy Drive has started. They will be collecting toys until December 13th. There are many dropoff locations throughout the community – see above.
On Saturday, December 13th qt The Salty Dog from 12:00 – 5:00 pm is this great event where you can bring toys:
2) Donate toys until December 13th to Olivia’s Foundation
4) Donate toys until December 23rd to Holy Cross Church
5) ALC Italian Grocery (8613 3rd Ave, Brooklyn) is collecting toys for children with cancer.
6) St. Mary’s is collecting new toys to distribute (not sell) and they will pick up.
7) Salvation Army 252 86th has a Toy drive
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A new charter high school called Mesa 2 High School is opening at 1222 – 63rd Street. It was announced at the District 20 Community Education Council Meeting. MESA stands for Math Engineering Science Academy.

This nine-story school will open in August 2025. While the school will be open to everyone by lottery, District 20 students will receive preference. How do you apply to this school? Go to their website (here) You have to apply by April 1, 2025.

The first year, the school will have a little over 125 students in the 9th grade. Every year, they will add another grade. The school is expected to have around 500 students in four years.

This school starts at a later time than other NYC schools and the student get out at a later time as well.

Mesa Charter School 1 is in Bushwich and it has a 94% graduation rate. Seventy-three percent of the students Mesa 1 graduate with at least three credits from AP Exams, CLEP tests, Kingsborough College or St. Francis College.

At Mesa 1, they had twelve AP classes. They also have remedial classes for students. Sixty percent of Mesa 1 students participated in an internship in a corporate setting before they graduated.

Ms. Anna Spoden is the principal of this MESA 2.

Community Board 10 said they are not notified that this building was leased. Mesa 2 founding’s staff said they talked about the school with local politicians. Oops that person forgot to share the information with the community and particularly the people across the street from this school.

The people who live on this block must be overwhelmed with this news. The politicians did not share the information with the community.

This block will have three schools:

1) The WenJian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship at 6312 – 13th Avenue

2) This Mesa 2 School will be at 1222 – 63rd Street

3) A Yeshiva on 11th Avenue and 63rd Street (the former Angel Guardian buildings location) (Info here)

Councilman Justin Brannan loves putting a lot of schools on one block! Last Spring, Brannan put a high school on a block with two other schools in Bay Ridge. Community Board 10 rejected the high school location and Brannan proceeded anyway. (Info)

PS 676 is an elementary on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street (See here)

Also there is also an existing middle school on 64th Street and 12th Avenue with almost 1000 students.

If you don’t know Mohamad Bahi, he’s the guy who started Muslims Giving Back. He feed everyone who wants a meal. When someone needs help. People go to him for help and he gets the community to help him help the person in need. Info:

And then he went to work for Eric Adam.

Eric Adams was charged for taking straw donor donations. Bahi was involved with that (Info here: Mohamed Bahi charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in Mayor Adams case | New York Post

Bahi is smiling when he left court because he didn’t get jail time.

The judge noted the irony of the politician not being charged and Bahi got left holding the bag:

Eric Adams case was dismissed – he didn’t get any time – not even probation. Today Mohamad Bahi was sentenced to three years probation – one year of home confinement. News:

In March, a driver killed a mother and her two daughters on Ocean Parkway. Natasha Saada was only 34 years old, and her daughters were 8 and 5 years old (Diana and Deborah).

The driver was able to get a plea deal and now will serve only 3 to 9 years in jail. See story: Mom, 2 daughters killed in car crash on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn – CBS New York

These deaths were preventable if the driver drove with care. One to three years for each of these lives lost is not fair.

BINGO and Animal Lovers – today there is BINGO at PC’s Bar and Grill at 7215 – 5th Avenue from 3:45 – 6:30 pm. The good people at PC’s Bar are splitting their proceeds with Kiso’s Pet Pantry.

Kiso’s has been providing free petfood to seniors in Bay Ridge for two years. This week, they shared they didn’t have any wet cat food to give to seniors, so it’s nice to see PC’s Bar jump in to help them!

If you can’t go tonight, but want to help Kiso’s help the seniors in our area, they have an Amazon list with cat food. See here:

Recently, Kiso’s had their electric bike stolen. Info:

Also PC”s Bar is also doing a Friendsgiving LOD and Fundraiser with raffles on Wednesday, November 26th, Thanksgiving Eve to support Kiso’s.

Bay Ridge – go win! PC’s Bar at 7215 – 5th Avenue is accepting pet food donations up to November 26th.

Dan McGrath, a writer and producer known for The Simpsons, and King of the Hill died on November 14th at the age of 61.

This Emmy-winning writer was from Bay Ridge.

His parents are: Gerard and Eleanor McGrath.

Dan attended Regis High School and Harvard University.

The wake was held on Monday, November 17th 2025 and the funeral was held on Tuesday, November 18th 2025 at St. Patrick’s Church.

McGrath’s sister, Gail Garabadian said Dan died at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn after suffering a stroke. She wrote on Facebook: “We lost my incredible brother Danny, yesterday. He was a special man, one of a kind. An incredible son, brother, uncle, and friend. Our hearts are broken.”

The Bay Ridge BID announced that a new business, Kyan Cafe is Opening at 7603 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

Congratulations to the new owners!

Years ago, this was an insurance office.

ALC Italian Grocery at 8613 – 3rd Avenue has been giving away Thanksgiving meals for several years.

Register to pickup a Thanksgiving meal on 11/26 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.

One meal per email address, per person. Please do not call to reserve – must be done online. Pick up at BRC can be done in person at the Bay Ridge Center.

This is strange. Equinor is the company running the huge offshore wind project in NY – locally at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Project. I never noticed their name on this project before.

Other places in Bay Ridge giving out free turkeys or Thanksgiving meals: https://igit.me/tday

Sofia’s Restaurant at 8406 – 3rd Avenue has Bingo on Thursday, November 20th at 7:00 pm.

Two men were carjacked on Colonial Road and Wakeman Place at 1:30 am on November 13th. BMW Stolen.

In the video, the car owner explains that a gun was held to his head:

Loudlabs shared: “Four armed males in a black Mercedes-Benz SUV approached a 24-year-old man, robbed him of his necklace, and then stole his BMW at gunpoint. The suspects fled the scene eastbound on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.”

Politicians and police are silent – no one is warning the community or people who live near Colonial Road and Wakeman???

The news shared that TWO WEEKS AGO, the man pictured above shot at a vendor on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island, who was selling DVDs at 2:30 pm. See story:

Gringa, a cute orange cat is missing in the 80’s in Bay Ridge.

1) Olives and Pita Annual Toys for Tots Toy Drive has started. They will be collecting toys until December 13th. There are many dropoff locations throughout the community – see above.

On Saturday, December 13th qt The Salty Dog from 12:00 – 5:00 pm is this great event where you can bring toys:

2) Donate toys until December 13th to Olivia’s Foundation

4) Donate toys until December 23rd to Holy Cross Church

5) ALC Italian Grocery (8613 3rd Ave, Brooklyn) is collecting toys for children with cancer.

6) St. Mary’s is collecting new toys to distribute (not sell) and they will pick up.

7) Salvation Army 252 86th has a Toy drive

**PS 676 is an elementary on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street (See here)**