Bikes Are Coming to Save Bay Ridge
Oh boy….the bikers are coming to save Bay Ridge.
Seems like a nice event, right?
Not really…..this guy just sounds angry:
While many riders were peaceful, people in the neighborhood complained of riders yelling profanities as they rode in the street at 10:30 pm at night. The guy who wrote the above may not have realized that other riders were trying to intimidate people in the area if he was at the front of the ride.
As you can see from this video, the front riders aren’t yelling profanities.
After the last justice ride, some riders posted videos and some removed the sound because they must have realized it was too much too. (See here)
They are having voter registration in the plushest area of the neighborhood.
It doesn’t look like voter registration was going on when they stopped their bikes in the middle of the street. This looks more like: “Yay I am standing in the street blocking traffic.”
If they were interested in ACTUAL reform, they would be increasing voter registration in poorer sections in this neighborhood and throughout the city. This is called social justice by spoiled millennials.
Do they want more voters to vote for the corrupt politicians? (See here) Resistance groups don’t seem to mind that the politicians are accepting developer money.
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August 22, 2020The Wicked Monk’s Beer Garden
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August 22, 2020
The man above is wanted by the 72nd Precinct for FORCIBLE TOUCHING at the 59th street subway station in #SunsetPark #Brooklyn on 8/15/20 at 9:30 AM.
Reward up to $2,500, if you know him or see him call 1-800-577-TIPS or 911.
If you know who he is, but don’t want to report him, I’ll report him for you and give you the money.
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August 22, 2020Neighbohood Policing Meeting
This event will be held outdoors and we will observing social distancing.
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August 21, 2020You Heard a Gunshot in Bay Ridge in the 90’s?
No gunshot.
Just someone with a few extra fireworks.
They ran outside and lit a two pretty high flying fireworks and one that sounded like a gunshot. Yup just one.
I laughed because when I was in high school, we used to buy loose fireworks from the back of this guy’s car in Bensonhurst and walk back to Sunset Park with them. My mother knew not to let me have a lot of money. so I could only buy one rocket and two small bombs. But I had a lot of poor friends, so they bought the same and we brought them to the kids on the block to lite them up.
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August 21, 2020Politicians Respond with a Press Release
Yesterday, a business owner in Bay Ridge spoke out. See here
Today, Gounardes and Brannan replied in the local newspaper. These politicians just don’t get it! For years, we have seen that press releases is ineffective at getting anything done here.
Having two friends as representatives is a disadvantage to residents and business owners as people aren’t receiving assistance. The only thing that happens is they each want to author the article for the paper.
Their job to help business owners. And if they can’t do anything, they need to invite Cuomo and de Blasio to meet withe the restaurant owners.
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August 20, 2020Bay Ridge Restaurant Owner Speaks Out
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If you read this blog, you know I am not a fan of Nicole Malliotakis. But I have to hand it to her today – she’s letting business owners be heard.
I went to the virtual townhall held by Senator Gounardes and Councilman Brannan. It was awful. Business owners were not allowed to speak freely, although they called it a “townhall.” Zoom was set to webinar mode with chat allowed. At exactly one hour, the two politicians shut down the Zoom video – just like how Dan Donovan used to end meetings – like it was a bother to them. During a time when people could take the time to speak to each other, Brannan and Gounardes acted as if they were too busy to LISTEN.
The restaurant owner is well-loved in Bay Ridge. Yet, he talked about facing retribution for speaking out about what is going on! No one should fear speaking the truth about what is happening.
What he is saying is not uncommon here.
I speak with a lot of business owners in our area. They aren’t being supported by politicians – even before Covid-19.
I don’t think Brannan or Gounardes can hear the owners. If they heard them they wouldn’t be tweeting and writing so much junk on social media. They politicians should be coming up with solutions to the problems. Instead the two are insulting Mayor de Blasio – because de Blasio is no longer running for a position. The insults don’t change things for people.
Other neighborhoods closed the streets and let the businesses have a socially distant event. When a Ridgite did that for the neighborhood, Brannan and Gounardes did not promote it or attend – even just to give out masks. Their offices were closed and no one was assisting business owners. We’ve seen some close already. In September, more will close because the rent reprieve is over.
At one point, a BID was being pushed on 3rd Avenue business owners, instead of letting them work together. Some business owners voted for the BID because they were afraid of being shunned by other businesses. Thankfully, there were enough people who voted with the NO BID Group and support for the BID wasn’t there (that’s why they didn’t form after working on this for over a year). $30,000 was wasted on that planning when it could have been used in our community. Anyone calling for more government to be involved in small businesses should not be representing a community.
NYC changed the rules on these businesses more than once and businesses complied so they could be open.
Covid-19 has not grown here, so these businesses should be allowed to do indoor dining at 50%.
Gounardes and Brannan take pictures and post stories in the local paper, but the work is not being done. They have become the same politicians we voted out two years ago. How do we know? Both leaders should have delivered the Fall plans to our business owners by now as the weather will change fast. If they don’t have the plans, then they should have brought their bosses to the area to speak to the owners.
Thank you to Tommy for boldly speaking out for the businesses in this area! I hope Nicole Malliotakis will make sure he and his business do not face retribution.
Channel 1 News carried this story and stated that the business owners in Staten Island were thinking of filing a class action suit.
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August 20, 2020Dog Found in Brooklyn – at 62nd Precinct
Hopefully, the owner is found quickly.
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August 20, 2020Bay Ridge Food Pantry – Needs Food or $$
The Community Food Pantry at Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church provides a bag of food to anyone who needs it on Tuesdays between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm.
The pandemic caused a larger need for this and they are giving out around 100 bags of food each week.
You can donate canned food on Tuesdays.
Many of the groups that help stock the pantry are not able to do so at this time of year. A Bay Ridge resident made them a Go Fund Me to help.
See the Go Fund Me Collection here
Even $10 helps.
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August 20, 2020Artist Lived at a House on 74th Street in BR
Frederic W. Small, a pulp fiction artist lived at 464 – 74th Street in Bay Ridge in the 1920’s.
Brownstone Detectives (see here) shared that Small’s work graced the covers of many fantasy magazines & movie posters.
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August 20, 2020Construction in Bay Ridge at 1:30 am
For many nights, we’ve heard construction on 3rd Avenue after 1:00 am.
Tonight it’s been continuous jack-hammering since 1:19 am. (Now 2:30 pm – nonstop).
Construction at night has been a problem in Bay Ridge because the representatives are not strong and don’t seem to care. People have reported the construction to Senator Gounardes. He says it is going to stop, but no one stops. Senator Gounardes does not have any information about this construction on his Facebook page.
Community Board 10 didn’t announce any construction except for 79th and 3rd Avenue….we aren’t near there. (See here) The last update on FB is on August 4th. (See here)
This community needs new leadership.
Construction happening for several nights in a row means there is no one saying for it to STOP. They had to get a permit to work at this time and politicians know when permits have been given.
In other neighborhoods in Brooklyn, the whole street is closed, jack-hammered and re-paved in a day…..during the day. Here there are just patches – this has been going on like this for years.
A lot of children live right near where they are jack hammering.
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August 19, 2020Forcible Touching at 59th Street Station
The NYPD shared that a man forcibly touched someone on August 15th at 9:30 am at 59th Street Subway Station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
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