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April 21, 2025
NY Yimby Wrote that Permits were Filed for the Homeless Shelter on 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge
Update: At the CB 10 Meeting on 4/22/25, Josephine remarked that the permits were approved for the homeless shelter. She said that she has requested someone to speak about this. (LOL no one has spoken about it since 2023)
NY Yimby’s website announced today that the permits were filed for a seven-story homeless shelter on 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge. I’m not sure how this is any different than permits that were previously filed (maybe the date was adjusted because they haven’t been doing any work?)
2023’s Records looks the same as what NY Yimby shared today. See here:
Plans Filed for Seven Story Homeless Shelter – 4th Avenue & 66th Street in Bay Ridge – SRO
The proposed 80-foot-tall building is being made for 105 men. Councilman Justin Brannan said it was for Veteran’s. Brannan did not call for the City to accept community input on this project. I was unable to find any office that could confirm that this shelter was for veterans. The letter that Brannan, Gounardes and CB 10 received from NYC just says 105 men.
There are two cellar levels. And there is also a 30-foot-long rear yard.
In January 2024, the community protested outside of Brannan’s office because Justin Brannan failed to share the information with the community. Brannan’s staffer took photos of the protesters and Brannan posted the pictures on his Facebook page to try to shame them. Justin Brannan told the people in the towers that he was going to bring someone to speak to them about this project, but that didn’t happen.
Josephine at Community Board 10 only shared one sentence about the homeless shelter with the community. No one at the CB 10 was surprised or asked any questions about the short announcement (meaning: they were aware before the meeting). No updates were provided by CB 10 to the community. So our community board isn’t working for us either.
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April 21, 2025
Brooklyn Roots is Serving Timpanos Every Week in Bay Ridge
Chef Thomas Perrone at Brooklyn Roots at 8620 – 3rd Avenue announced that he will have timpanos tomorrow. April 22nd. I never heard of timpanos.
Chef Perrone wrote that timpanos was a stuffed fresh pasta shell stuffed with rigatoni vodka, crispy chicken, provolone, roasted garlic and fresh ricotta. And he shared this photo:
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April 21, 2025
Lita is Missing from Sunset Park, Brooklyn
**** Update: Lita was found!! *****
Minerva “often called Lita” has been missing from Sunset Park Brooklyn since April 20th. She is 83 years old and has Alzheimer’s.
Lita was last seen on April 20th near 4th Avenue & 61st Street.
She is 5’1″and 130 Ibs, She was wearing a pink shirt, a burgundy sweater, jeans and white shoes.
Her grandchildren are looking for her!
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April 21, 2025
RIP Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He changed his name to Francis when he became Pope in 2013 – after St. Francis of Assisi.
Tonight Heaven will have a huge party for him.
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April 21, 2025
Zipcar Wants Four Street Parking Spots in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights – CB 10 Meeting 4/22
Last week, Community Board 10 held a committee meeting. Zipcar presented and they weren’t forthcoming with information.
First the Zipcar representative said: “We are actually new to CB10.” No, Zipcar has been in Bay Ridge for years – they are not new to our area.
When someone on CB 10 asked how many cars they had in the area, the Zipcar representative said they didn’t know. They could have easily checked on the app. Zipcar is in several locations in this community. There were cars available in our area over the busy holiday weekend. Enterprise is also a business in our community and they rents cars.
Zipcar want to take two parking spots near Owls Head Park at 120 – 68th Street. And they want two parking spots on 78th Street near 13th Avenue.
Thankfully, no one one Community Board 10 voted for Zipcar to take four parking spots. Private companies should not be taking public spaces.
Car sharing is not a new topic for Community Board 10. GetAround Car Sharing did a virtual presentation and then took spots from our community.
Back then, Senator Andrew Gounardes did not reveal his association with this company. But Queens residents found Gounardes and other Progressive politicians at a GetAround event right before they lost their parking spots in Queens. You can see that here:
https://getaround.com/blog/nyc-kickoff-event
You can hear Andrew Gounardes on video below:
Senator Andrew Gounardes. pic.twitter.com/MzDQkPARCC
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We aren’t sure why Andrew Gouanardes was supporting GetAround, but he was too cowardly to tell our community. He definately does not understand businesses. It was announced at the Community Board 10 meeting that GetAround Car Share went out of business in North America.
This is the third time a carshare company is going after parking spots in Bay Ridge. In 2015, out community was covered by small white Cars2Go. That was Eric Adams when he was Brooklyn Borough President and the former head of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Politicians shouldn’t be making bad choices for our community.
Cars 2 Go – I See Your Cars in Parking Spaces all over Bay Ridge
Every neighborhood is different. In Bay Ridge, many people drive because the R train did not receive the upgrades that other trains did. While Senator Gounardes sent out a flyers saying we were getting 8 minute service, no one in Bay Ridge has seen trains running every eight minutes. If trains were running correctly, we wouldn’t see Andrew Gounardes driving to his office in Downtown Brooklyn.
On Tuesday, April 22nd, the Zipcars are on the agenda for the CB 10 Meeting at 9941 Fort Hamilton Parkway at 7:00 pm.
It should be a lot clearer on their graphic (in the large paragraph below where it says car sharing).
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April 20, 2025
Bay Ridge Yard Sales, Flea Markets & Stoop Sales
Sunday, April 27, 2025
1) 349 – 99th Street in Bay Ridge. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
2) Stoop Sale on 77th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues, closer to 6th Avenue.
Sunday, May 18, 2025 – in Sea Gate’s Parking Lot
Every Sunday:
Our Lady of Grace Thrift Shop at 385 Avenue W is open on Sundays. This store opens at 8:30 am.
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April 20, 2025
Happy Easter, Neighbors!
Easter is the most important day of the year. Have a beautiful day!
At 12:00 am, there were fireworks for about two minutes. It’s nice that the Holy Cross Church was celebrating the Resurrection. See video:
https://is.gd/vkve3F
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April 19, 2025
Illegal Vendors on 8th Avenue are Hurting Businesses. NYPD Ticket Blitz is Needed
The illegal vendors don’t have to pay rent or insurance, so their items can be lower in price. Senator Steve Chan said they have a following on social media, like WeChat.
There should be somewhere where they can legally sell away from these vendors.
Local leaders need to remind the police to have them removed from 8th Avenue because the avenue is very crowded and less people are shopping there because of it.
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April 19, 2025
NYPD Deputy Chief is Suing Susan Zhuang
Photo: NY Post
The case against Councilwoman Susan Zhuang was dropped. The NY Post wrote: “This case was resolved through a restorative justice process that created space for dialogue, accountability, and healing.
Zhuang and the NYPD Deputy Chief met and spoke with each other as part of the process.
Now Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo has a lawsuit against Councilwoman Susan Zhuang. See news:
https://is.gd/6WT4q5
Susan Zhuang had been a long time supporter of the NYPD. Even before she was elected, she was doing nice things for the NYPD. What happened in the early hours that morning was not done maliciously or planned. In prior incidents, the police worked with Susan and shut the development down when the business didn’t have the right permits. The police understood Susan was working with for the people and the police helped her prior to this incident.
Why did Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo forgive Susan and have the criminal charges dismissed and then change his mind?
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April 19, 2025
Piccante Restaurant Moved – Congratulations!
Piccante Italian Restaurant moved to 7410 – 3rd Avenue, next to KeyFood. It’s a larger restaurant and will be nice for parties!
Felix R. shared a beautiful picture of the bar:
Lee loves Piccante Restaurant – so much so that he wanted it on his birthday this year. His two favorite dishes at Piccante are Rigatoni Bolognese and Salsiccia Risotto (sausage and risotto.)
Piccante had Happy Hour every Friday and Saturday from 1:00 – 5:00 pm:
Congratulations Marta and family!
This location used to be Sanchos Restaurant. They closed years ago. One owner recently opened New Sanchos at 6920 – 3rd Avenue Info: https://is.gd/yzwuZJ
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April 19, 2025
Sidewalk Driving on Ft. Hamilton Parkway
This guy isn’t concerned about being ticketed because there is no one on 63rd Street off Ft. Hamilton to ticket him.
You may not think this is important because it is slightly out of your way and you don’t know any children in this area. But when they are driving this around your area, you will have wished you said something.
Nothing happens to people driving vehicles on the sidewalk. When a child gets seriously hurt, that’s when someone will do something….when it’s too late.
If this cart doesn’t need a license plate to drive around Brooklyn, why wouldn’t families have them to transport their children, their friends and sports equipment?
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April 19, 2025
Clothes Bin Unloaded Regularly 4th Ave./92nd St

There has been a clothing collection bin outside of BP Gas Station on 92nd Street and 4th Avenue for about 10 years. People dropped off clothing and the bin was never a mess.
This year it is raided regularly and the clothing is all over. On a regular basis, it looks like the photos above, rather than the photo below where a bag fell out of the bin.
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Update: At the CB 10 Meeting on 4/22/25, Josephine remarked that the permits were approved for the homeless shelter. She said that she has requested someone to speak about this. (LOL no one has spoken about it since 2023)

NY Yimby’s website announced today that the permits were filed for a seven-story homeless shelter on 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge. I’m not sure how this is any different than permits that were previously filed (maybe the date was adjusted because they haven’t been doing any work?)

2023’s Records looks the same as what NY Yimby shared today. See here:

There are two cellar levels. And there is also a 30-foot-long rear yard.

Chef Thomas Perrone at Brooklyn Roots at 8620 – 3rd Avenue announced that he will have timpanos tomorrow. April 22nd. I never heard of timpanos.

Chef Perrone wrote that timpanos was a stuffed fresh pasta shell stuffed with rigatoni vodka, crispy chicken, provolone, roasted garlic and fresh ricotta. And he shared this photo:

**** Update: Lita was found!! *****

Minerva “often called Lita” has been missing from Sunset Park Brooklyn since April 20th. She is 83 years old and has Alzheimer’s.

Lita was last seen on April 20th near 4th Avenue & 61st Street.

She is 5’1″and 130 Ibs, She was wearing a pink shirt, a burgundy sweater, jeans and white shoes.

Her grandchildren are looking for her!

Pope Francis’ name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He changed his name to Francis when he became Pope in 2013 – after St. Francis of Assisi.

Tonight Heaven will have a huge party for him.

Last week, Community Board 10 held a committee meeting. Zipcar presented and they weren’t forthcoming with information.

First the Zipcar representative said: “We are actually new to CB10.” No, Zipcar has been in Bay Ridge for years – they are not new to our area.

Zipcar want to take two parking spots near Owls Head Park at 120 – 68th Street. And they want two parking spots on 78th Street near 13th Avenue.

Thankfully, no one one Community Board 10 voted for Zipcar to take four parking spots. Private companies should not be taking public spaces.

Car sharing is not a new topic for Community Board 10. GetAround Car Sharing did a virtual presentation and then took spots from our community.

Back then, Senator Andrew Gounardes did not reveal his association with this company. But Queens residents found Gounardes and other Progressive politicians at a GetAround event right before they lost their parking spots in Queens. You can see that here:

You can hear Andrew Gounardes on video below:

We aren’t sure why Andrew Gouanardes was supporting GetAround, but he was too cowardly to tell our community. He definately does not understand businesses. It was announced at the Community Board 10 meeting that GetAround Car Share went out of business in North America.

On Tuesday, April 22nd, the Zipcars are on the agenda for the CB 10 Meeting at 9941 Fort Hamilton Parkway at 7:00 pm.

It should be a lot clearer on their graphic (in the large paragraph below where it says car sharing).

Sunday, April 27, 2025

1) 349 – 99th Street in Bay Ridge. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

2) Stoop Sale on 77th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues, closer to 6th Avenue.

Sunday, May 18, 2025 – in Sea Gate’s Parking Lot

Every Sunday:

Our Lady of Grace Thrift Shop at 385 Avenue W is open on Sundays. This store opens at 8:30 am.

Easter is the most important day of the year. Have a beautiful day!

At 12:00 am, there were fireworks for about two minutes. It’s nice that the Holy Cross Church was celebrating the Resurrection. See video:

The illegal vendors don’t have to pay rent or insurance, so their items can be lower in price. Senator Steve Chan said they have a following on social media, like WeChat.

There should be somewhere where they can legally sell away from these vendors.

Local leaders need to remind the police to have them removed from 8th Avenue because the avenue is very crowded and less people are shopping there because of it.

The case against Councilwoman Susan Zhuang was dropped. The NY Post wrote: “This case was resolved through a restorative justice process that created space for dialogue, accountability, and healing.

Zhuang and the NYPD Deputy Chief met and spoke with each other as part of the process.

Now Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo has a lawsuit against Councilwoman Susan Zhuang. See news:

Why did Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo forgive Susan and have the criminal charges dismissed and then change his mind?

Piccante Italian Restaurant moved to 7410 – 3rd Avenue, next to KeyFood. It’s a larger restaurant and will be nice for parties!

Felix R. shared a beautiful picture of the bar:

Lee loves Piccante Restaurant – so much so that he wanted it on his birthday this year. His two favorite dishes at Piccante are Rigatoni Bolognese and Salsiccia Risotto (sausage and risotto.)

Piccante had Happy Hour every Friday and Saturday from 1:00 – 5:00 pm:

Congratulations Marta and family!

This location used to be Sanchos Restaurant. They closed years ago. One owner recently opened New Sanchos at 6920 – 3rd Avenue Info: https://is.gd/yzwuZJ

This guy isn’t concerned about being ticketed because there is no one on 63rd Street off Ft. Hamilton to ticket him.

You may not think this is important because it is slightly out of your way and you don’t know any children in this area. But when they are driving this around your area, you will have wished you said something.

Nothing happens to people driving vehicles on the sidewalk. When a child gets seriously hurt, that’s when someone will do something….when it’s too late.

If this cart doesn’t need a license plate to drive around Brooklyn, why wouldn’t families have them to transport their children, their friends and sports equipment?

There has been a clothing collection bin outside of BP Gas Station on 92nd Street and 4th Avenue for about 10 years. People dropped off clothing and the bin was never a mess.

This year it is raided regularly and the clothing is all over. On a regular basis, it looks like the photos above, rather than the photo below where a bag fell out of the bin.

Update: Lita was found!! *