Gounardes’ Bail Reform Allowed Kahlil Ivey to Have Been Released on Friday and Hurt This Coney Island Family

On Friday, two women in Coney Island and two children were sent to the hospital after a carjacking. (Story here)

Kahlil Ivey had been arrested on Thursday for committing grand larceny and possession of stolen property. (Source)

Yesterday, the Gounardes family celebrated Father’s Day and the senator shared pictures on social media.

The family involved with the carjacking were at two different hospitals (the children were at Coney Island Hospital and the mother was at Lutheran….and yes, it’s called Lutheran in the news although it has been renamed NYU Langone Hospital).

We agree that bail reform was necessary so that people didn’t get stuck in the system due to poverty.

But something needs to be done because the system is allowing these criminals to become repeat offenders in Brooklyn. Arrests are not being taken seriously now.

When politicians change the law and they see things are going berserk, why haven’t corrected the loopholes in the bill that allow criminals to be repeat offenders?

Commission Shea has repeatedly called for politicians to make a change to the bail law because there are too many criminals abusing the system.

Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus and Senator Andrew Gounardes have ignored Commissioner Shea and refuse to work with law enforcement on correcting this issue.

This young family didn’t deserve to be the collateral damage of a loophole law.

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Fundraiser Barbecue on 6/26 to Benefit the Bay Ridge Senior Center and Meals on Wheels

Great way to celebrate Summer and help out!

There is a barbecue at the Lutheran Church at 440 Ovington Avenue in Bay Ridge.

This fundraiser is for the Bay Ridge Senior center and Meals on Wheels. Purchase tickets here

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New Arcade in Sunset Park

Yesterday, Brooklyn Games and Arcade opened at 6120 – 4th Avenue in Sunset Park.

While slightly outside of Bay Ridge, I bet many parents will take their children down to play some old skool type games! 2 hours for $5.00 – Open until 5:00 pm, but I saw somewhere where it will be open later (until 10:00 pm).

Congratulations to the new owner – we wish you a lot of success in this fun place!

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Jose Reyes Visited E&J Boutique in Brooklyn

E & J Boutique shared photos of their customers with Jose Reyes. The sports lovers look so happy in the pictures! See pics.

Check out the beautiful car Jose Reyes pulled up in – see pics.

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Happy Fathers Day, Bay Ridge!

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads in Bay Ridge.

To all the people who lost their fathers this year and this is a hard day, know that the grief never fully goes away if you had a really great Dad.

At the end of my father’s life, he wasn’t able to speak, but he could respond. I sat for many hours talking to him in the hospital. At the time, I thought being at the hospital and not seeing any changes was torturous. It’s something I am very grateful for now.

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Both Drivers Fled the Scene in Bay Ridge

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68th Precinct Officers Honored by Chief Holmes

Officers Parnese and Creagh of the 68th Precinct were able to help a 12-year-old girl in crisis and keep her from harming herself.

Chief Juanita Holmes honored these two officers for using care in helping our community. Hear about the incident below.

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Adult Birthdays – Restaurants to Celebrate in Bay Ridge

What restaurants in Bay Ridge are great for Birthday Celebrations?

Friends Celebrating

• Brooklyn Firefly
• Wicked Monk – 3rd Avenue and 95th Street
• Positano – 10018 4th Avenue
• Ponte Vecchio – great food – it gets loud there 
• Fornino – the rooftop – Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park 

Romantic

• Elia – Greek
• Sophia’s
• Chadwick’s – On Saturday night they have beef wellington (it is the talk of the neighborhood – I’ve never had it)
• Convivium Osteria 68 5th Avenue in Park Slope – Italian
• Scottadito Osteria Toscana 788A Union Street
• Frankie’s 457 Spuntino – warm weather -backyard – candlelight dinners – it’s on Court Street

Fancy Restaurants to Get Dressed Up and Go To:

• The River Cafe
• One if By Land, Two if By Sea
• The Water Club
• L’Artus
• Felidia
• Ven
• Thalia
• Sea Grill at Rock Center

Family Friendly Celebration with Kids

• Campania
• Vesuvios
• Peppinos – 3rd Avenue and 77th Street
• Gino’s
• Chadwicks

Fun Celebration for Friends or a Larger Group:

• Brooklyn Roots
• Skinflints – burger lovers – very casual- gets loud
• Kettle Black
• Delia’s – have packages for drinks and finger food – not a sit down dinner type of place
• Positanos 4th Avenue and 101st Street
• Club 20/20 – caters from Meat Supreme
• Vesuvios
• Cebu – 3rd Avenue and 88th Street
• Mama Rao’s – 11th Avenue and 64th Street
• Lockyard – especially in the warmer months because they have a great outdoor area out back
• The Pour House
• Salty Dog – bar 
• Fort Hamilton Army Base Bowling Alley – adults do parties there too

Steakhouse for Meatlovers

• Peter Lugar
• Keens Steakhouse – 72 West 36th Street Manhattan
• Cebu – tomahawks and ribeye
• Chadwicks
• Hunter’s Steak House

Staten Island

Kid Friendly

• Panini Grill
• Jimmy Max
• Jade Island – Chinese Food (but you sit in tikki booths – see here  – it’s cute)

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Sector D of the 68th Precinct Took This Car Off the Street

The 68th Precinct took this car off the street.

This problem has been left for many years so one car off the street isn’t going to make a difference.

They probably have to take about 10 cars off the street to send the message that Bay Ridge isn’t a racetrack.

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Owls Head Skate Park

Old skool skates in the park.

Great video below! We usually see this skate park filled with kids and their skateboards. Glad he was able to get some time in practicing his stunts on his bike.

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Bay Ridge Hair Salon That Does Perms – Curly Hair

Suzy at Salon 477 located at 477 82nd Street 347-497-4817

In Staten Island: Salon Sogno and High Society Salon also do perms

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Malliotakis Calls for Transparency and Accountability with Where’s Out Money Act?

This sounds like a solid bill that Congresswoman Malliotakis introduced (her description), but it’s not available online yet to read it. (See here)

Politics and political parties aside, whoever is in leadership in 2021 should be able to and WANT to show how our money is being spent.

Malliotakis is making me like her. Maybe she grows on people after awhile.

In our community in Bay Ridge, Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus is transparent about the spending, even if you or I don’t agree with how she spent it, Frontus has been transparent.

Senator Andrew Gounardes has not been transparent. Last Fall, my husband asked about spending and was given a strange list without specifics. Gounardes’ staffer took several weeks to reply to my husband. Tori said to contact her with any questions, but did not reply to my husband.

Councilman Justin Brannan doesn’t want to be transparent on some things. NYC government records let us know that Brannan set aside a million dollars for an office upgrade. (See here) The building doesn’t seem to need a million dollar upgrade, but Brannan has not spoken about our tax money being used there. The building is not owned by the government, so that money is not being invested in the community long-term, as it would be on a community center.

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