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July 11, 2020
Paint Was Thrown at the Black Lives Matter Mural

A few weeks ago, the community was invited to participate in a mural outside of The Owl’s Head. See here.
Someone with didn’t like the message of the mural, threw white paint on the mural. While we understand that racist didn’t like the message that Black Lives Matter, that person also showed they have no decency. Defacing property and destroying art that a community worked on is low.
But the message of Black Lives Matter will just become stronger because of this racist act.
Bay Ridge parents did what they always do – offered their help! They cheerfully offered to help fix the mural, buy supplies and offer continuous support to keep the art looking good. Why? Because they are community builders – their children live here and this matters. And Black Lives Matter!
Update: They are meeting at the Owl’s Head today, Saturday, June 20th between 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM to fix the mural.

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July 11, 2020
Campania – Seating Outdoors

Campania is one of my favorite places. I haven’t been there in months, but we’ve ordered from there.

Their outside seating area looks great.

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July 10, 2020
24 Hour Food & Hookah Delivery in Bay Ridge

Bai’ Dar is a 24 hour restaurant and hookah cafe on 3rd Avenue and 68th Street in Bay Ridge.
They deliver! 347-909-7088.

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July 10, 2020
Tropical Storm Faye in Bay Ridge

Rain over #BayRidge #Brooklyn as #TropicalStormFay makes its way into our area. @News12BK @Meteor_Mike pic.twitter.com/J2RVLn1zHq
— Aime Rodriguez (@aimerodnews) July 10, 2020
Tropical Storm Faye wasn’t as bad as they predicted.
Restaurants on 3rd Avenue didn’t have a great day as it’s outside eating only still.

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July 10, 2020
Bay Ridge Families Scavenger Hunt

Bay Ridge Families is having 10 days of scavenger hunts in Bay Ridge. Info here
Look at all the amazing places above that participated to make some fun for families in Bay Ridge.
On a sad note, the original owner of Bay Ridge families sold her place and is having the worst move ever. Good luck in your new place Heather – we’ll still check in to see your videos!

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July 9, 2020
18 Avenue Feast Cancelled for 2020
Mayor de Blasio cancelled all street fairs and large gatherings until at least September 30th. See here
There will be no Summer Strolls or 18th Avenue Festival in Brooklyn this Summer.
The Great Irish Fair was scheduled for September 19th. Hopefully, they can get a date in October (if it is allowed by then).

Topics: Brooklyn | No Comments »
July 9, 2020
Can You Be For Black Lives Matter and The Police?

Yes, of course you can!
Most people in this community support both.
Different political groups are trying to tell us we can’t support both, even though many people who went to the Black Lives Matter protests are also going to the NYPD walk.

They have organized counter protests for this weekend during the two NYPD support walks. Yet their sign is incorrect – Blue Lives Matter did not organize either walk – residents did. Blue Lives Matter is not advertising it.

To have a protest and stand up for something you believe in is important.
Yelling at another group, who wants to boost morale for the officers in our area is counterproductive. It won’t change anything for black children or families. It’s time to do the work!

If you are involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement in our area, Teach People! Explain what systemic racism is – most people don’t know. Explaining implicit biases will help too.
Have Zoom chats at night when people are free. Let’s do the 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge as a community. Tell people what they can do to help because they aren’t sure, but they want to help!

It’s easy to make signs and protest. The real work is challenging – it’s time to change minds, but more importantly systems which aren’t fair to black children.

Topics: Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights | No Comments »
July 9, 2020
Third Avenue and 97th Street – Formerly Pippins

This is the development that’s being built where Pippins used to be. (Pippins is on 90th Street and 3rd Avenue)

It’s almost done. Of course it is super noisy for the people who live nearby. See here

Neighbors must be glad that the building is almost done.

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July 9, 2020
Masked Verrazzano Bridge

While it looks like the bridge is masked along with the rest of the neighborhood, it’s just a covering they put up when they are doing repairs or painting.

The covering is to keep cars below safe from debris. We’ve seen some angry drivers post that their cars had debris fall on them the week before this went up.

Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
July 8, 2020
Three Buildings Knocked Down – 3rd Avenue

Three buildings were knocked down on Third Avenue and 99th Street. All that remains are stairs.

The one-family homes were 9952, 9956 and 9960 – 3rd Avenue.

An eight-story building is being put up here.

The permits were posted on the fence.

There was also a Stop Work Order.

The Department of Building’s site shows it was for not safeguarding a pile of dirt! Someone reported that there were off-hour deliveries – when the inspector came he didn’t see that, but he did see another problem.

People pay a lot to live there – it’s right off Shore Road. (See here)

Supposedly, this developer is a local guy – what’s with the off hour deliveries and these problems? If he is local, why would he bother all the people that live nearby?

The last building at 9964 – 3rd Avenue (it’s the white one without the windows above) will also be replaced with an eight story building – see here

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July 8, 2020
Why Didn’t RCSProgram Receive More Money?

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I don’t know what can be done https://t.co/5ngg12pLKq
— Tom Neve (@RCSPROGRAMS) July 8, 2020
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Reaching Out Community Services (RCS) is the pantry at 7708 New Utrecht Avenue.
We are in a pandemic and many people aren’t collecting a salary, so they need this food pantry.

We aren’t sure why this pantry didn’t receive more funding. In the new budget, they received the same funding for 2021 as they did in 2020.

Topics: Bay Ridge | No Comments »
July 7, 2020
Osprey Eating a Fish

This Osprey opted to eat its freshly-caught fish at a frenetic location, atop a streetlight over the Belt Parkway Promenade, south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge today. ????: Gus Keri pic.twitter.com/7a9N8NbCMt
— Brooklyn Bird Alert (@BirdBrklyn) July 7, 2020

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A few weeks ago, the community was invited to participate in a mural outside of The Owl’s Head. See here.

Someone with didn’t like the message of the mural, threw white paint on the mural. While we understand that racist didn’t like the message that Black Lives Matter, that person also showed they have no decency. Defacing property and destroying art that a community worked on is low.

But the message of Black Lives Matter will just become stronger because of this racist act.

Bay Ridge parents did what they always do – offered their help! They cheerfully offered to help fix the mural, buy supplies and offer continuous support to keep the art looking good. Why? Because they are community builders – their children live here and this matters. And Black Lives Matter!

Update: They are meeting at the Owl’s Head today, Saturday, June 20th between 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM to fix the mural.

Campania is one of my favorite places. I haven’t been there in months, but we’ve ordered from there.

Their outside seating area looks great.

Bai’ Dar is a 24 hour restaurant and hookah cafe on 3rd Avenue and 68th Street in Bay Ridge.

They deliver! 347-909-7088.

Tropical Storm Faye wasn’t as bad as they predicted.

Restaurants on 3rd Avenue didn’t have a great day as it’s outside eating only still.

Bay Ridge Families is having 10 days of scavenger hunts in Bay Ridge. Info here

Look at all the amazing places above that participated to make some fun for families in Bay Ridge.

On a sad note, the original owner of Bay Ridge families sold her place and is having the worst move ever. Good luck in your new place Heather – we’ll still check in to see your videos!

Mayor de Blasio cancelled all street fairs and large gatherings until at least September 30th. See here

There will be no Summer Strolls or 18th Avenue Festival in Brooklyn this Summer.

The Great Irish Fair was scheduled for September 19th. Hopefully, they can get a date in October (if it is allowed by then).

Yes, of course you can!

Most people in this community support both.

Different political groups are trying to tell us we can’t support both, even though many people who went to the Black Lives Matter protests are also going to the NYPD walk.

They have organized counter protests for this weekend during the two NYPD support walks. Yet their sign is incorrect – Blue Lives Matter did not organize either walk – residents did. Blue Lives Matter is not advertising it.

To have a protest and stand up for something you believe in is important.

Yelling at another group, who wants to boost morale for the officers in our area is counterproductive. It won’t change anything for black children or families. It’s time to do the work!

If you are involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement in our area, Teach People! Explain what systemic racism is – most people don’t know. Explaining implicit biases will help too.

Have Zoom chats at night when people are free. Let’s do the 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge as a community. Tell people what they can do to help because they aren’t sure, but they want to help!

It’s easy to make signs and protest. The real work is challenging – it’s time to change minds, but more importantly systems which aren’t fair to black children.

This is the development that’s being built where Pippins used to be. (Pippins is on 90th Street and 3rd Avenue)

It’s almost done. Of course it is super noisy for the people who live nearby. See here

Neighbors must be glad that the building is almost done.

While it looks like the bridge is masked along with the rest of the neighborhood, it’s just a covering they put up when they are doing repairs or painting.

The covering is to keep cars below safe from debris. We’ve seen some angry drivers post that their cars had debris fall on them the week before this went up.

Three buildings were knocked down on Third Avenue and 99th Street. All that remains are stairs.

The one-family homes were 9952, 9956 and 9960 – 3rd Avenue.

An eight-story building is being put up here.

The permits were posted on the fence.

There was also a Stop Work Order.

The Department of Building’s site shows it was for not safeguarding a pile of dirt! Someone reported that there were off-hour deliveries – when the inspector came he didn’t see that, but he did see another problem.

People pay a lot to live there – it’s right off Shore Road. (See here)

Supposedly, this developer is a local guy – what’s with the off hour deliveries and these problems? If he is local, why would he bother all the people that live nearby?

The last building at 9964 – 3rd Avenue (it’s the white one without the windows above) will also be replaced with an eight story building – see here

Reaching Out Community Services (RCS) is the pantry at 7708 New Utrecht Avenue.

We are in a pandemic and many people aren’t collecting a salary, so they need this food pantry.

We aren’t sure why this pantry didn’t receive more funding. In the new budget, they received the same funding for 2021 as they did in 2020.