Benefit for MS Society at The Bean Post Today
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April 26, 2024Uncutt Bar/Restaurant Opened on 3rd Avenue
Lisa B shared this photo
Uncutt Bar/Restaurant Opened at 7107 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.
Their menu:
Good luck to the new owners!
This location used to be Glow Thai Restaurant.
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April 26, 2024PS 331 Will Be Named The Wenjian Liu School
PS 331 located on 63rd Street and 13th Avenue will be named The Wenjian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship.
On Thursday, May 2, 2024, NYC Councilmember Susan Zhuang will have a naming ceremony and press conference at 6313 – 13th Avenue at 11:00 am to celebrate!
On December 20, 2014, Detective Wenjian Liu and his partner, Detective Rafael Ramos were killed while on patrol. Liu had been married for two months.
This is the first school to be named after an Asian American in Brooklyn!
This is the school that is on the back of the Angel Guardian Home lot.
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April 25, 2024Author Signing at The Bookmark Shoppe – 4/27
On Saturday, April 27th, The Bookmark Shoppe at 8415 – 3rd Avenue is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day.
Authors and Times:
Jan Carr – author of 50 children’s books – 12:00 pm
Katherine Yeske Taylor, author of She’s a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism – 1:00 pm.
Nancy Krulik 2:00 pm. She wrote over 200 books for children and young adults.
Stephanie Forshee – 2:00 pm. Forshee wrote the Hidden Gems series.
The Bookmark Shoppe will also have LEOKnits at the shop from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Create Red will be at the shop from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. *Nice gifts for Mother’s Day!
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April 25, 2024Beautiful Flowers in Bay Ridge
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April 25, 2024Fun on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge – June 2nd
Save the date for the 30th Annual festival on Sunday, June 2, 2024 from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm.
If you are a merchant, DCA/DOH licensed vendor, crafter/artist, or non-profit organization, you can apply online at bayridgebid.com/festival
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April 24, 2024Seal at Denyse Wharf in Brooklyn – Exit 2
At 7:30 pm, a seal was seen on the sand at at Denyse Wharf – near Exit 2 on the Belt Parkway. (See video)
Junior shared that the police called the maritime experts in Long Island and they said the seal was fine. It’s nice that people and the NYPD cared enough to check!
*Denyse Wharf always has an old tire on the beach. I’ve never seen the area without one.
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April 24, 2024Maggie the Cat Missing After the Fire on 71st St.
An 89-year-old woman’s cat named Maggie is missing after the fire at her home on 71st Street between 20th and 21st Avenue in Brooklyn. (Info here)
Description: Grayish tabby, heavy set. The cat ran out of the house during the fire. The cat is wearing a collar with her name: Maggie. No photo available due to the fire.
For more info or to contact Maggie’s owner (Click here).
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April 24, 2024Why Doesn’t Senator Andrew Gounardes Think These NY’ers Have a Right to Shelter?
4/24 am#BayRidge #95thStreet the rolling homeless shelter that is the #RTrain @agounardes & @JustinBrannan have willfully ignored their district@NYCDHS nowhere to be found as predicted@rosannascotto@ViralNewsNYC@nypost@CurtisSliwa@JCAndersonNYC@queenoftheclick pic.twitter.com/Q84tTeO8V3
— Brian (@BrianSullivan96) April 24, 2024
It’s very sad that people ride the R train into Bay Ridge every morning and no politicians will help them. These residents must have a right to shelter.
Years ago, Gounardes captivated people by saying that the aid and care of the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state:
But Gounardes is only interested in campaigning in the subway – not helping these NY’ers who ride into Bay Ridge each morning.
Ranting about the Constitution in Albany is all Andrew Gounardess wants to do. The way he speaks sounds like he is talking down to his colleagues. Play video:
You can smell it in the air: it's New York State Constitution Day! ???
— Senator Andrew Gounardes (@Sen_Gounardes) April 20, 2024
Today, we celebrate the document that lit up our state's future, shining a light that burns to this day.
Roll up to watch my full remarks here: https://t.co/8CQy10OjkD pic.twitter.com/eZ76quGMEn
This was 2023:
This was 2021:
New York politicians, including Gounardes voted to gerrymander congressional district maps. (See here)
Years before, Andrew Gounardes went off on Republicans for gerrymandering. But when he had the chance to make fair maps, Gounardes couldn’t speak out for Brooklyn.
Gounardes should go teach in a college or law school, so he can stand up and rant. You won’t see him standing up for Bay Ridge like this in Albany!
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April 24, 2024Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade Benefit – 4/28
On Sunday, April 28th, the Memorial Day Parade Benefit will take place at The Salty Dog at 7509 – 3rd Avenue starting at 1:00 pm. $20.00 donation.
Here are the bands that will be performing all day:
1:00 pm: Whippoorwill
2:00 pm: Sha-Doobie
3:00 pm: Canny Brothers
4:00 pm: Rock Farm
5:00 pm: Head and South
6:00 pm: Cat Nip
The Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade will be held on May 27, 2024 at 11:00 am. It starts on 3rd Avenue & 78th Street and proceeds down 3rd Ave. to Marine Avenue. The parade makes a left and proceeds up to 4th Avenue to Cannonball Park.
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April 23, 2024Four Alarm Fire on 71st Street and 20th Avenue….Seven Firefighters Brought to Hospital
There was a serious fire at 2052 – 71st Street between 20th and 21st Avenues in Bensonhurst. The fire started on the first floor around 1:00 pm and quickly spread to the second floor. It took a long time for the firefighters to get it under control.
Photo: NYC Fire Department
The fire spread to 250 – 71st Street. Two dogs lived at this home. The firefighters got one dog out, the owner has to get the other dog. (See video here) Thank God they are okay!
Assemblyman Lester Chang said that four buildings were affected by this fire!
By 3:00 pm, the firefighters had the fire under control. Many people shared videos (here).
There were a lot of helicopters in the areas. And residents on the next block saw the heavy smoke on their block.
Seven firefighters were brought to the hospital with minor injuries. One resident had minor injuries. (Source)
Thankfully, the residents of these homes were not hurt. Assemblyman Lester Chang said that the Red Cross helped some of the families. (See here) NYC Council Representative Susan Zhuang went to help the families. (See photos here) The residents of one house will need to find new homes. And both houses will have to gut and rebuild. *Prayers for these families.*
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April 23, 2024Justin Brannan Voted in Favor of Casinos in NYC
Last Thursday, Justin Brannan voted in favor of the “City of Yes Gaming Facility Text Amendment,” which changes zoning in NYC. (News)
You can see NYC Council’s bill here.
The Council’s vote was 35 to 15And Justin Brannan’s vote:
This bill allows casinos to be constructed in commercial and manufacturing zones in NYC. The developers that win one of the three casino licenses in NYC will no longer need to go through NYC’s process, called ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure).
Brannan’s social media accounts failed to mention the casino vote.
Most of the casino projects will be able to happen without additional rezoning, except for these four locations: Coney Island, Hudson Yards, Citifield and Bally’s Golf Links in the Bronx.
Councilman Kalman Yager, who also represents part of Coney Island voted NO. He said: “Gaming venues near schools and where families live amounts to “bad policy.” (Source) Yager also asked: “Why would we unilaterally give up a level of authority that we have over land use matters? We’ve been granted this privilege by the voters, by the city charter to rule on these things, and we’re walking away from it.”
The bidding for casino license in NYS will open in 2025. “Developers and casino operators must submit their proposals before the June 30, 2025 deadline, and they must be approved by the Community Advisory Committee.” (Source) By the time that is decided at the end of 2025, Justin Brannan will be out of office (due to term limits).
At a press conferences, Justin Brannan said “I think the CAC process is going to be robust and rigorous. But in order to get to that process, and for the community to provide input on whether they want it or not, we need this text amendment.“
Brannan continued: “What we were seeing was one applicant starting at second base, the other guy was still in the dugout. This text amendment at least puts everyone at the same footing and then we go from there.” (Source)
Justin Brannan was lobbied by Thor Equities, who wants to put a casino in Coney Island:
Like Brannan, Councilmember Kristy Marmorato represents an area where a casino is being planned in the Bronx (at Bally’s). “Marmorato said passing the zoning amendment could lead to a slippery slope in which the city attempts to circumvent its typical rezoning process whenever it chooses.” (Source)
Justin Brannan knew that NYC overwhelmingly is against casinos as 19 Community Boards voted against them and 30 Community Boards declined to weigh-in. ** Community Board 10 did not vote (See here) Community Boards in Brooklyn even voted in Downtown Brooklyn, even though there is casino planned for that area. Only four community boards voted in favor of the casinos. (Source)
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