But some concessions should be made to keep small businesses open. When the coronavirus is over, people want their community to still have these businesses.

Tonight, Staten Islanders stood up for the business owner because it’s their community and they need these people. See here (use headphones as there is some inappropriate language)

When the community was standing up for the business owners, couldn’t they wear masks? C’monnnn

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Malliotakis to Socialists: Nothing is Free

The Freedom Force is letting the Socialists know that nothing in life is free.

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What Wadzanai Mhute Won’t Tell You About Bay Ridge….

New York Times journalist, Wadzanai Mhute wrote an article about Bay Ridge. (Here)

Why would Mhute leave out very important information about property taxes in Bay Ridge? In her article she names several residents. Why wouldn’t any of them mention how high the taxes are here? (More than twice what Park Slope pays.)

New home buyers have their tax payments added to their mortgage. If their property tax is $10,000, then they need to budget an extra $900 a month for the taxes.

Andrew Gounardes, the senate representative thought it was important for the rest of NYS to get a tax break, but not NYC. (See here) Talk about having the wrong person representing a community! The same guy found time to take money from a developer though. See here

Crime is up in Bay Ridge. I guess that isn’t important to Wadzanai Mhute.

Grand Larceny – Auto is way up!

At least the FBI hasn’t come to Bay Ridge for a federal drug raid, like they did a few blocks away in Dyker Heights. (See here)

In July, people in our neighborhood chanted “Death to America. Death to Israel.” No one stood up and spoke out against this. In other neighborhoods, NYC council members stand up to hate speech. Here it is overlooked. A week after it happened, Justin Brannan spoke about it in a private Facebook group. (See here) No newspaper mentioned the video, even though hundreds of people spoke out against it on social media and urged Andrew Gounardes to speak out against the hate. Like I said, the representatives here are not good!

After that incident, Lee and I talked about moving out of Bay Ridge. : ( I thought I would always live here.

Two women were sexually assaulted within five blocks of my home this year – that’s never happened before. In one situation, a woman fought off her attacker. Again, not one politician spoke about it. (See here)

Sammy Hamden, a new business owner in Bay Ridge was shot and no one spoke about it. The police, politicians and jounalists didn’t want us to know. Sammy went to the Daily news to alert the neighborhood (See here)

A dozen years ago, I was a woman living outside Bay Ridge reading all the information I could about the area! Mhute’s article would not have been helpful.

The best advice given to me about buying a home in Bay Ridge was to make sure to buy a home with a driveway. Parking spots are rare and people drive around for over an hour waiting for a spot.

Typical day of street fighting because of illegally double parked cars here in Bay Ridge. #bayridge pic.twitter.com/jd6SL4myPY

— Coney Love (@coneylove) December 3, 2020

While Wadzanai Mhute thought a home with a $1.2 million price tag was “affordable,” we don’t! If you aren’t attached to the city, there are better deals outside the area.

I don’t understand what the New York Times has against Bay Ridge. Remember when the NY Times wrote about Joe Joyce from JJ Bubbles? (Info here)

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Verrazano Bridge and Why It Closes When Its Windy

@tiffanybuccheri

My dad is an electrician and this is the video he sends me from the Verrazano Bridge yesterday during the storm. #fyp #foryoupage #nature #storm #wtf

? original sound – Tiffany Buccheri

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Blue Door Restaurant

Greek Street Food With A Modern Twist @bluedoorny

?: @catchinfillings#bayridge #bayridgebrooklyn #bayridgelife #bayridgeeats #bayridgefood#eatyourheartout #goodeats #greek #greekfood #bluedoor #souvlakia #bluedoorsouvlakia #ricewithlentils #hummus #pita #pitabread #spread pic.twitter.com/AElVqMZX5x

— Bay Ridge Toyota (@BayRidge_Toyota) December 27, 2020

Blue Door Souvlakia 8413 – 3rd Avenue

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Shotspotter in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

I didn’t know what shotspotter was being used in Brooklyn! Did you?

An installation like this would not have been done if there wasn’t a need for it. The NYPD in Bensonhurst must feel this has a large amount of gun violence to support the installation!

Many times people have asked what these devices hanging on the poles are, yet no one has ever said Shotspotter. Most times people think they are for traffic.

Yesterday, gun fire was reported at Bay Parkway and 67th Street (See here)

Sometimes a car backfiring could sound like a gun.

Before police headed to that call on 67th Street and Bay Parkway, they went to 72nd and Bay Parkway because something called Shotspotter Technology detected gun fire. (See here)

See more info on Shotspotter technology here.

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Virtual Yoga for Children

Pure Life Movement Studio is having Virtual Kids Yoga classes for children 5-10 years old on Saturday December 12th at 1pm!

The class cost $15.

Register for this class at least 24 hours in advance to receive the Zoom link.

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Bay Ridge Christmas Toys Collection

All of these restaurants and bars are collecting toys in the community.

If you want a child in Bay Ridge to receive a present, contact Theresa at Grandma’s Love.

[email protected]

Grandma’s Love provides food to families and seniors in Bay Ridge. This year Theresa is collecting new toys because she knows how hard these families were hit by Covid-19.

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Bay Ridge Free Covid-19 Testing – Fast Too

1) Mobile rapid testing sites were added by the city.  Free and same day results!   The two that are near us:

Bensonhurst: 6315 14th Avenue – NYC Health and Hospital Site (people have said there isn’t a long wait here)

Also Borough Park: 4002 Fort Hamilton Parkway

2)  COVID Mobile Testing in the Parks (Call 311 to see if these are still there)

a)Leif Ericson Park – 6600 Fort Hamilton Parkway (my friend went here and got called the next day that her results were negative)

b) Seth Low Park – Corner of 74th Street and Bay Parkway

c) Gravesend Park – 18th and 19th Avenue and 56th Street

3) Pro Health Urgent Care on 100th Street (10033 4th Avenue). It’s on 4th Avenue and 100th Street. (They have so many people that they don’t answer the phone often so people have been getting frustrated because they can’t get their results after trying multiple times).  They tell people they won’t call then if they are negative, but people want to call and make sure.

Call: 347-909-7044.  They have the rapid test,  regular test and Antibody test. Rapid test has been free for people and they found out the results in a half an hour by phone.  8:00 am – 8:00 pm every day. 

4)  Brooklyn Army Terminal 58th Street and 2nd Avenue. This place has fast test with results in 1/2 hour.   They can also do the regular nose swab with the results in 24 hours (some people say the fast test isn’t accurate, so some people are opting for both). 

5) NYC Free Rapid Testing at PS 503 on 60th Street and 3rd Avenue. Free covid rapid test (not antibody). This guy on Twitter wrote: that he got to the school around 10:00 am, the doors opened at noon and he was out with the instant results by 1:30 pm.” When I left the people towards the front of the line had been waiting in line for two hours already and would have had a way longer wait inside than me

6) Bay Chemist at 8702 5th Avenue has the rapid Covid Test – results in 15 minutes for $80.

7) NYC Health and Hospital 2214 – Bath Avenue. Covid only. 48 – 72 hours. Walk in, no appointment. Need insurance.

8) Drive-thru at 888 Fountain Avenue – It’s at the Gateway Exit on the Belt Parkway. 11208. Results in 18 hours. Free.

9) NYU (Lutheran Hospital) 150 55th Street in Sunset Park. It used to be two days – it is not 24 hours. *You need an appointment here. You go in and get tested right away. They have late appointments.

10) Kings County Hospital at 451 Clarkson Avenue has Covid tests with a 24-30 hour return time. Free. No appointment needed. Site shows they are open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for testing. 

10) COVID testing site at 8511 5th Avenue (yes the old American greeting card store’s).  9:00 am – 7:00 pm.

They have the regular Covid-19 test only. They don’t have the antibody tests. Walk-in, no appointment. It takes about 7 minutes for the whole process there.  Free test – no health insurance needed. People are waiting 12 days for results (was quicker in June).  

11) City MD at 8712 – 4th Avenue also have the antibody test.  718-530-1155.  8:00 am – 8:00 pm Monday to Friday. On the weekends, they are open 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.  In August, the results took 4-5 days (From May – June, it was 2-3 days)

12) SOMOS is outside of 757 – 60 Street (between 7th and 8th Avenue.  

They have the COVID-19 IgM/IgG Test site  (which means this is a free Covid testing and antibody testing too)

9:00 – 5:00 pm.   1-833-SOMOSNY

Call: 1-833-SOMOSNY (1-833-766-6769)

The site is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Requirement for Antibody Test:  At least 2 weeks after the testing or symptoms started or has close contact with COVID-19 patients

*Must call to schedule appointment   

13) GPM has the antibody testing. They are testing kids and parents too. (It was 48 hours for the results now longer). Need insurance.

14) PM Pediatrics at 1823 86th Street tests children. Need insurance.

15)  If your doctor writes a script, you can do the test at Quest. 

16) If  you don’t want someone swiping your nose with the the long swabs, Staten Island has the self-swab test (drive through test)

Sites Testing for Antibodies in Bay Ridge

1) RJ Medical & Urgent Care at 464 Bay Ridge Avenue in Brooklyn     Call:  718-680-6006

2) Quest Diagnostics at 7601 -4th Avenue has the test. 718-833-2354. 

Here it says the test cost $119

3)  City MD at 8712 – 4th Avenue also have the antibody test.  718-530-1155. Results now at 7-10 days

Update: My friend called them early today. They said the office was busy and she should wait until later because there is over an hour wait. This is a blood test, so the test are not going to run out. My friend went in at 2:30 and was out before 3:00. She didn’t have to pay a co-payment and the test was covered completely under her insurance. Results used to be in 48 hours now much longer!

4)  Artisians of Medicine at 466 Bay Ridge Avenue 347-836-6923

5) Pro Health Ft. Hamilton on 101st & 4th Avenue

6) Congressman Max Rose helped get equipment for coronavirus antibody testing at 1857 86th Street.   Call: 718-232-1515 

7) Dr Jonathan  Leibowitz at 1343 55th Street –  Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11219    718-972-7222   

8) Dr. Anna Suponya  – 9920 – 4th Avenue  #206.  718-238-8373

Three Rapid Test Sites opened in Long Island

Only13 minutes to wait for the COVID-19 test.  See here

March 31st Update: Now there are walk-up coronavirus testing stations.

You must have an appointment for any of these places. Call:  1-844-692-4692

6010 Bay Parkway

3808 – 14th Avenue
 

THIS DRIVE THROUGH WAS CLOSED BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE SUPPLIES FROM CONEY ISLAND HOSPITAL

On Friday, March 20th, there will be drive-thru coronavirus testing at the Ida G. Israel Community Health Center at  2925 W 19th Street

Coney Island Hospital is a COVID Assessment Center. Call for an appointment:  1-844-692-4692

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Firewood in Bay Ridge

I just noticed that Met Food on 3rd Avenue and 96th Street sold firewood.

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Bay Ridge – Pedestrian Hit 79th St.

Around 7:00 am, this morning a pedestrian was struck by a car on 79th Street and 3rd Avenue. No further information is available at this time.

Hopefully, the pedestrian is okay.

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OLA Scouts are Collecting Coats 12/6

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