Who Received A Lot of Cheers At The Parade?

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis received a lot of cheers at the parade (so did former Senator Marty Golden).

The Democrats were jeered, but the band drowned out the heckles.

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Bay Ridge St. Paddy’s Day Parade – See Some Cool Things from Youtuber, DutchMazz

Picture from Dutch Mazz’s Video Below

Thank you to all the people who were up early today working on this parade to make it a success.

Youtuber, DutchMazz shared this fantastic video of the parade from the setup on Marine Avenue where all the people and beautiful cars lined up to the end of the parade.

In the video, the parade starts at 40:00.

1:17 – bagpipes

1:42 – good marching

1:49 – Port Authority Pipes and drums – very good music

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade on 3rd Avenue

Craig’s video of the parade was very good.

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Bay Ridge Today 3/27

PARADE IS ON 3RD AVENUE FROM 1:00 – 2:00 PM. It starts on Marine and goes all the way down to 69th Street.

Specials and after the parade parties and bands —–> SEE HERE

Update: 12:40 pm – they are warming up!

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Free Iftar Meals in Brooklyn – April 2022

Arab American AAANY on April 4, 5, 25, 27

April 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th

April 8th at Leif Ericson Park – 6:30 – 9:30 pm

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Dog Owners – Avoid Park On 86th St. & 14th Ave.

A great Brooklynite shared the photo above to give a heads up to dog owners, who walk their dogs in this park on 86th Street and 14th Avenue.

Her dog found a dismembered rat.

She wanted other dog owners to be aware that rats can carry lepto In January, some dogs in Williamsburg died from being exposed to lepto at the park. (Story here)

The best part of her story —-> this person picked up the rat and put it in a bag to throw out. (I love you Brooklyn…..but I wouldn’t be able to do that. I would have taken a picture and asked Lee to take care of it.)

THANK YOU TO THE GREAT PERSON FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.

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The Train Rally Senator Andrew Gounardes Doesn’t Want Bay Ridge to Know About

Senator Andrew Gounardes holds events that are not inclusive in our community. Meaning: These events are not advertised and only certain people are privy to the information about the event.

Senator Gounardes is having a rally on Sunday. March 27th with Riders Alliance. You won’t see this rally advertised on any of Gounardes’ social media, even though he is the main politician for the event.

The Riders Alliance is a group of people who only appear in our district during election season. They were SILENT about the homeless living on the R train for years. Not one person in Riders Alliance rallied for the homeless on the R Train to be given a home or the mental care that they need.

No one from Riders Alliance has spoken out about the terrible condition of the train for years in Bay Ridge. There is nothing on Riders Alliance or the other group about this rally either.

We should have seen this group and Gounardes rallying several weeks ago before the R train made schedule changes for repairs this weekend and into the Spring. #LateAgain

Shorefront News told us about the event happening in our community. (See here) Not one other local paper has this information and it isn’t posted anywhere else.

The link also appeared on Shorefront New’s social media page here.

Andrew Gounardes doesn’t want people to know or to show up and boo him! This is an event to get a photo for the newspaper!

The rally is tomorrow at 10:30 am – 86th Street Train Station on 4th Avenue – in front of Plaka Taverna

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Adopt Teddy at Sean Casey Animal Rescue

What a cutie! Bring this beautiful boy into your home!

Adopt Teddy at Sean Casey Animal Rescue! He is three months old and expected to be a medium sized dog at 30 pounds when he is full grown.

Sean Casey Animal Rescue153 East 3rd Street Brooklyn NY 11218Open daily from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.

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Store Next Door to Brothers Bagels Was Robbed

This morning around 11:00 am, there was a lot of commotion on Fort Hamilton Parkway and 71st Street.

Brothers Bagels confirmed that the store next to them (7109 – Ft. Hamilton, a new store) was robbed.

Many NYPD cars and police were there investigating. (See video)

Citizen said there was an armed robbery. If that were true every politician representing the area would have been there and sharing the information about it on social media, right? (Unfortunately there aren’t any politicians who care about what’s happening to the businesses in the area.)

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RIP Joe Liffey – Bay Ridge Will Miss You

Joseph Liffey passed away on peacefully at home on Monday, March 21, 2022. He was 89 years old (he would have been 90 in April).

We were all lucky to know this kind man. Joe was everyone’s friend.

God puts people like Joe here to look after the world. Joe attended church each day because he was reporting in.

Joe’s funeral was held today. The funeral procession traveled to Joe’s home. His family loved him a lot. On the stoop of his home were many flower arrangements and one giant shamrock made from green flowers.

A bagpiper stood and played music as the hearse pulled up for a final goodbye.

We will miss talking to Joe, his big smile, his love for dogs and this community. RIP Joe.

Prayers for his family.

One of Joe’s friends wrote this:

A sad, sincere Irish farewell to the Mayor of 95th St, Joe Liffey, one of the finest gents to ever wear shoe leather, as the Irish of olden days would say. Joe was one month shy of his 90th birthday and a grand import from Nenagh, Tipperary, via our great northern neighbor Canada. I first met him circa 1998 when my debauched bar, Kelly’s Tavern, closed its taps and then its doors, and I decided to slake my thirst at the Harbor Tavern across the street from it. Joe was an Irish mensch from our first meeting, buying me a Rolling Rock hand grenade as he refreshed his screwdriver. When I learned of his surname, I naively said, “No kidding? There’s a river in Dublin with the same name.” “Aw, shit sure,” said Joe with a cackle in his voice, “It was named after me family.” When I told him my father was from Limerick and my mother from Longford, he said the Longford folks were fine to be around, but to watch out for those Limerick fellows from “Stab City.” “They’re not as bad as the Jackeens from Dublin, but best to avoid anyway.” Of course, Joe was joking…about the Limerick folks. Joe was the only immigrant I’ve known from the grand Irish exodus of the 1950s who landed in Montreal instead of the Big Apple. Joe said the county clique was mighty in Montreal and that if you saw one gent from a certain county, you would see all 16 of them. “Ah, jayzus, you wouldn’t see one without the other. They were shadows of each other. I never knew how’d they go on dates with the local girls.” Joe would crack up at the remembrance of this. “There’d have to be plenty of sisters to date the one lad from Monaghan who brought along his 16 buddies.” Joe was a top-tier union carpenter who retired early enough to enjoy it. He used to laughingly say to me, “I may have a bulls-eye on my back, can you leave the bar ahead of me and I’ll follow? Your gray head is as good as mine to them.” I’d ask what was the problem, and he said that retired carpenters lived only a few years after they retired and never got to enjoy their pension. “I’ve been retired 30 years, enjoying my pension every day since—the union doesn’t like this,” as he burst out to exuberant cackling once again. Alas, Joe’s last few years were difficult with health woes, and I hadn’t seen the grand man in some time since he ceased making the short walk to Kelly’s, not even glimpsing him on his porch on 95th St when I would drive up his block. Joe was a pleasure to be a friend of, and I’ll forever miss the days of him at the high table of Kelly’s, holding court with all who came through the doors to chat, laugh, and be slagged off by the seanchai of Bay Ridge. RIP and condolences to his family.

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Rocco DiSpirito is At Cebu Restaurant Tonight

Celebrity Chef, Rocco DiSpirito will be at CEBUBistro with ANDREW COTTO for the release of his new book “Pasta Mike.”

Complimentary Wine & Apps

Book Reading with Q & A

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Kitten Adoptions in Bay Ridge on 3/27

Kitten Adoptions are happening in Bay Ridge on Sunday, March 27th at My Natural Pet at 8318 5th Avenue from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.

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