Bay Ridge Restaurants with Outdoor Seating

Something Greek – 7616 3rd Avenue – see menu

Blue Agave – 7215 3rd Avenue – Mexican food – menu. Good brunch – menu

Brooklyn Firefly 7003 3rd Ave – has seating/beer garden on the side.  Menu

Saravá – The Modern Bistro 6819 3rd Avenue  Menu   Brunch menu

The Hom Store 8810 – 3rd Avenue -$18.95 brunch menu.  They have green eggs and ham here. I have never seen anyone order it but every dish they make looks amazing. They have brunch Thursday to Sunday.

Pasticceria Rocco’s 9402 – 4th Avenue

Cebu 8801 3rd Avenue- has seating in the front and side (no backyard, but its a good brunch spot.)  Menu

Skinflints 7902 5th Avenue has outdoor seating since the pandemic – it’s really nice.

Frankie’s – 279 71st Street – this pizza place has a little outdoor seating in the front (it’s cute and the place is worth a mention because it’s off 3rd Avenue and their food is very good)

Elia Restaurant – Greek food 

Zio Toto 8407 3rd Avenue

Bars with Backyards

Lonestar 8703 5th Avenue 

The Harp Bar 7710 3rd Avenue

Lockyard 9221 – 5th Avenue – see here  *Kid-friendly 

Outdoor Coffee Shops

Coffee Rx 6903 – 3rd Avenue – they make cute coffees here – cappuccino with art 

Cafe Cafe 8401 3rd Avenue (coffee shop) has seating in the front. 

Panentico – 9124 3rd Avenue (breakfast or lunch spot) menu

*This list was made fast for a good friend whose kids are at camp and she is having a date night with her husband. 

Remember Friday night is the 3rd Avenue Festival so there will be plenty of outdoor cafes on Third Avenue.

Outside of Bay Ridge

Dyker Heights

Blue Agave 7201 16th Avenue – Mexican food – Since it is in a strange spot, it’s good for us. When Bay Ridge is too crowded, it’s easy to park around here.

Panino Rustico – 8222 17th Avenue 

Bensonhurst

Spumoni Gardens 2725 86th Street – pizza

Coney Island Boardwalk – Tom’s, Ruby’s, etc.

Sunset Park

Maria’s Mexican Restaurant -886 5th Avenue – backyard – small – kitchy – comfortable like you are in your friend’s backyard

Park Slope

Athena’s 535 – 6th Avenue

Song – 295 5th Avenue – Thai Food 

Gowanas

Whole Foods Grocery Store has a rooftop cafe 214 Third Street – as soon as there is a sign of Spring, we go here. It’s nothing fancy but great when you need sun.

Red Hook

Brooklyn Crab 24 Reed Street – go early or this place is packed. 

Prospect Heights

Zaytoon’s 594 Vanderbilt Avenue – Middle Eastern Restaurant – nice backyard

Fort Greene – Navy Yard

Rooftop Reds – brunch on a Saturday morning…Lee had my birthday here! So nice.

Bed Stuy

Saraghina 435 Halsey Street

DUMBO

Forinio -Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park – nice roof to meetup with friends

River Cafe – 1 Water Street 

Williamsburg

Rabbithole – 352 Bedford Avenue – Good 4 brunch 

MyMoon – 184 N 10th Street   

Berry Park 4 Berry Street – rooftop

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If You Want to Foster a Kitten, SCAR Needs You

It’s kitten season! Sean Casey Animal Rescue is looking for people to foster a kitten for a few weeks.

Contact: [email protected]

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Update: Henry is Back Home With His Family

Henry is home now! Hooray!

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Borough Park – 2 Gun Shots – 2 Men on Moped

Police are looking for two men on a moped.

Around 7:00 pm tonight on Fort Hamilton Avenue and 45th Street, one man riding on the moped was seen with a gun in his hand. The police also have the sound of two gun shots recorded on Shotspotter according to the Citizen App.

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Pizza Wagon Was Featured on the NYC Food Blog

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Bay Ridge Teens Fighting on 5th Avenue 2:20 am

From video

The 68th Precinct had to go to 80th and 5th Avenue last night around 2:20 am because eight teenage boys were fighting. (See here)

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Five Shot on Coney Island Beach At 2:00 AM

Five people 19 – 37 years old were shot at 21st Street and the Boardwalk in Coney Island around 2:00 am last night. (Story at NY 1 here)

All are alive, most are in stable condition. A 37-year-old man was shot in the back and is in critical condition. (Source)

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Police Officer Shot in Downtown Brooklyn – He Fired Back and the Shooter Was Killed

A car was stopped in Downtown Brooklyn around 8:00 pm yesterday. The driver got out and started running. Story here

I saw the video below before I found the story. (It’s awful)

I thought the police officer was shot and fell down, but he must have dropped to the ground when he saw the gun aimed at him.

The police officer fired back and shot the man in his chest — unfortunately he died. He shot at the officer without any regard.

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Two-Alarm Fire on 86th Street and 19th Avenue

Source

Around 12:30 pm, there was a fire at KLC Cafe on 86th Street and 19th Avenue. They broke the front window to put out the fire.

Thankfully, no one was hurt or injured.

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St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church Has Mass Outside on 7/10 Honoring the LGBTQ Community

Wow this is very nice! St. Phillips Episcopal Church is on 10th Avenue and 80th Street on Sunday, July 17 at 10:00 am is having a Mass on the Grass welcoming the local LGBTQ Community and remembering the lives lost to violence and hate. (Info here)

All are invited. We plan to read off some names of those we’ve lost in the community, especially those affected by anti-queer discrimination. If there is anyone you’ve lost that you want honored at this mass, please let me know.

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When The Law Doesn’t Protect a Victim…He Went to Rikers and Bail Was Set

Jose Alba, a 61-year-old bodega worker in Harlem fatally stabbed Austin Simon. Alba may not be alive if he didn’t act. (Story here)

Austin Simon’s ex-wife, Tiana went to Hamilton Heights Blue Moon convenient store to purchase some items. When her EBT card didn’t work, she wasn’t able to purchase the items. It was said that that Alba snatched the chips from her 10-year-old daughter. Taina went home and got Austin so he could speak to Alba.

Everything that happens after this is because the EBT card did not work….it’s awful that a man died over this. (More info)

Many of the initial story didn’t include that Alba was stabbed once while fighting with Simon and once by Simon’s girlfriend. (See here) She wasn’t charged. (On 7/11, the news said she was questioned.)

The Manhattan DA charged Alba with murder in the second degree and he was sent to Rikers. The charges were lowered yesterday and his bail was reduced to 50K. His son was able to bring 10% – $5000 and get Jose out of jail.

The law isn’t set up to protect Jose Alba. Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg should have seen this as self defense.

Is self-defense illegal in NYC?

Under New York Law, Penal Law §35.15, a person is justified in using physical force against another when that person is under the reasonable belief that the physical force is necessary to defend the person or another person from what the person reasonably believes to be the illegal imminent use of force

Austin Simon’s family must be shocked by all of this. They are mourning and they want justice (RIP Austin Simon). They see Simon going behind the counter as his way of “talking with” Alba. The public supporting Alba on top of losing a loved one must be difficult for their family.

No elected representatives from our area spoke out about this case. The King of Bail Reform, Andrew Gounardes is silent as usual. I was glad to see Mayor Adams back Alba. (See here)

I was glad to see Vito La Bella speak out. Vito’s not afraid to speak up, like many politicians are.

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Striped Bass Caught on the Pier in Bay Ridge

A Bay Ridge fisherman shared their catch – a large striped bass in a YouTube video.

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