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A nice Bay Ridge resident gave the community a warning about parking on Shore Road, while many street lights are out.Last night, a car was vandalized around 2:00 am o, Shore Road.
The resident noted that multiple street lights are out on Shore Road from 88th Street to the gazebo (possibly due to the sewer line work that has been going on for several weeks).
Last night, the Bay Ridge resident saw someone with a flashlight trying to get into cars, while it was pitch black out. The resident called 911 to report the theives. They also reported the street light outages to 311.
Today, a detective from the 68th Precinct called the nice person who reported the thief. The detective told her that the guy smashed out the car windows and ripped apart the inside of the car. The police notified the owner.We are sorry that someone had to get this news about their car.
They gave the community a heads up: If you park your car on Shore Road between 88th St and the Gazeb,o be aware that all the lights are out and the vandals and theives are taking full advantage.
Community Board 10 will have a meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 pm at The Bay Ridge Center at 15 Bay Ridge Avenue.
Last week, a man attempted to rape another man on Shore Road. Five weeks ago, two teens that attend Xaverian High School were hit by a car on Narrows Avenue. Yet, neither of these issues make it to CB 10’s meeting agenda for tomorrow?!
Also not on the agenda: the flooding of Dyker Heights homes on 10th Avenue – when will it be fixed so the residents don’t have to keep clearing water from their basements?
But there is plenty of time to talk about another cannabis shop.
On Monday, November 17th National Grid is working on 84th Street between 3rd Avenue and Ridge in Bay Ridge from 6:00 am – 6:00 pm, so there is no parking.
This is awful news for people who live on that street and the streets around it because parking is going to be difficult.
The Bay Ridge Fish Market at 7608 – 3rd Avenue got a rave review for their lobster and fish boil (crab legs, shrimp, corn, etc.) by goodbytes_bychris. Watch:
Update: They expect to open in March 2026 as they have a lot of renovations to do.
Schnitzel Haus Restaurant got a warm welcome from a fellow business owner on Bay Ridge Avenue.
The Urbans are opening their new restaurant at 114 Bay Ridge Avenue, the former location of Casa Pepe Restaurant.
Many people in Bay Ridge love Schnitzel Haus because of its great food, BINGO nights, live music and fun events.This large place will allow them to have a great restaurant and area to celebrate!
Good luck to Fred and Amber as they set up the new place!
There are 46 days until the end of the year and then Justin Brannan is no longer our councilman. Coney Island is in uproar again because Brannan is pushing a Business Improvement District (BID) in Coney Island.
Why does Justin Brannan keep bothering Coney Island? They need their NYC Council Representative to have the area cleaned up, get rid of the rats and not exclude small business owners on Maiden Avenue from the BID.
Justin Brannan is telling Coney Island that things can be done AFTER the BID is made. The people know that is not a good idea.Stop the nonsense, Justin.
A few years ago, Brannan pushed a BID in Bay Ridge and the 3rd Avenue Merchants didn’t want it.
The Bay Ridge business owners didn’t want a BID because they didn’t want to pay fees for the BID.
ALSO BIDs raise the taxes on everyone in the area(the fees are collected by NYC and appear as a separate charge on the property tax bill, it’s not part of the general property tax rate).
As the graphic above states, Coney Island is calling on Justin Brannan for transparency, diversity and inclusion. Specifically they want Justin Brannan to:
If you want to help Coney Island:
Why hasn’t Kayla Santasuosso stepped up to make sure that small businesses, women, people of color people and Mermaid Avenue shops are not left out of this BID?
Why hasn’t Santosuosso stood up and made a public statement because Coney Island keeps having to fight Justin Brannan because he isn’t providing representation to all the merchants in the area.
Coney Island shared this:
While running for office, Kayla Santosuosso said that she wanted communities of color to be prioritized. So why is Kayla silent now?See video:
Santosuosso also said that she wants everybody to have a say in their local government, but she has sat back and allowed people to be silenced for years!
Here’s my question: Would a BID help the casino move into Coney Island?
The Bensonhurst Municipal Parking Lot located at 1763 86th Street, next to the New Utrecht Library near 18th Avenue is going to be taken away due to affordable housing.
NYC announced in at the end of September that they were taking down the library and replacing it with a huge building with the library on the street level. The upper floors would have 100% affordable housing – see article:
How is it possible that it could be taken from a Brooklyn community?
Community Board 11 has done a bad job sharing this information.
The flyer for Tuesday Night’s meeting wants you to envision housing for the library. It doesn’t mention that the municipal parking lotwill be taken away.
When this area is rebuilt, why wouldn’t a municipal lot be part of the new plan? It could be in the basement of the library.
The New Utrecht Library had a huge renovation recently – over twenty million dollars was spent on that building and it was closed for a long time. It doesn’t need to be renovated again.
A lot of people use that library and it shouldn’t be closed for over a year to do a housing project unless the NYC can provide a center for people to go to.
Why have politicians not shared this project with the community?
This parking area just had electric charging stations for cars added to it. Why would they have done that if they intended to rip up this area?It makes no sense. Info:
On Tuesday, November 18th join this meeting with NYC, as they convince you they can take municipal parking away from the community, rebuild the library and add affordable housing units above it. The meeting is from 5:30 – 7:30 pm on 11/18 at New Utrecht Library.