RIP Muthana Nassir – Yemen Cafe

Muthana Nassir, a founder of the Yemen Cafe on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn passed away.

Prayers for Mathana’s family and the Yemeni community.
RIP
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March 4, 2022Covid Mandates in NYC Are Over

NYC re-instated the color coded alerts:


The CDC revised its Covid risk formula and this lowered the risk across the US.

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March 4, 2022Free Child ID Event at Schnitzel Haus – March 6th

On Sunday, March 6th, there will be a free Child ID event at Schnitzel Haus at 7319 – 5th Avenue from 2 – 5 pm.

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March 4, 2022Irish Music on Sundays at The Wicked Monk


The Wicked Monk is on 3rd Avenue and 95th Street.
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March 3, 2022The Illegal Basement Has Now Become Andrew Gounardes’ Accessory Dwelling Unit

Supporters of Andrew Gounardes have probably not told you that he co-sponsored a bill in the NYS Senate that will allow your neighbor to turn their garage into another unit. (Bill 4547)
Just a few years ago,this type of dwelling was called a single family home with an illegal basement:

This accessory unit may include your neighbor putting a small house in their backyard to rent to another family.
Gounardes doesn’t own a home in Brooklyn. If he and his wife were paying a mortgage, he wouldn’t be sponsoring this bill.
This is the same reason Andrew Gounardes hasn’t done anything about our area being overtaxed. If it doesn’t affect Andrew, he doesn’t care.
It’s also the same reason Gounardes supported bail reform – all the people who got out of jail aren’t near him or his family, so he doesn’t care.
Just in case you are wondering if Gounardes supports the accessory dwelling in 2022, he answered a questionnaire in January 2022 and said he supports legalizing accessory dwelling units. (See here)


The other senators in NYS don’t know that Andrew Gounardes ran on a platform speaking out against illegal conversions.


By 2019, Gounardes and other politicians didn’t do anything to help the home owners, so residents in Dyker Heights called the politicians out in the newspaper. (See here) Months later, Brannan and Gounardes appeared in the newspaper at a meeting about illegal conversions. (see here) THAT’S HOW THEY FOOL BAY RIDGE. THEY NEVER DID A THING TO STOP HOME CONVERSIONS.
We should see the Bay Ridge Democrats speaking out against Andrew Gounardes because even club president, Christopher McCreight ran on a platform against illegal home conversions. (See here)

McCreight said here that there was solutions to the illegal conversions, we just need to act. ANDREW GOUNARDES HAS NOT ACTED FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
In 2020, Andrew Gounardes saw a fire in this area and called for the end of illegal home conversions in a letter with other politicians. (Source)
By 2021, during the pandemic, Andrew Gounardes decided to play politics with his friends in the Senate. They thought we needed more people living next door. These politicians don’t realize how many people left NYC and Andrew Gounardes did not tell them. In August 2021, the census said 320,000 left NYC. (Source)
What’s even stranger is that their bill for these accessory units comes months after people in Queens drowned in their NYC basement apartments. (See here)
Andrew Gounardes had a year to tell Community Board 10 about this bill. He hasn’t bothered. Another Gounardes is on Community Board 10, why hasn’t she told CB 10 about this?
Who really benefits from Accessory Dwelling Units? I decided to do a search for the real estate industry and this topic. (See here)
When you vote in November, vote against this politician who is playing politics in Albany and not representing Bay Ridge.
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March 3, 2022No One Will Help the Men on the Hotel Train

Wednesday morning’s commute. The Era of “benign neglect” by our politicians continues under their own encouragement.
— Brian Sullivan (@BrianSullivan96) March 2, 2022
When I asked my local 5th year @NYCCouncil member & ??what he has done in regards to misappropriated funds, @JustinBrannan went silent (see next tweet) pic.twitter.com/6UB5v1tb2E
A lot of people want to be elected for office, but there aren’t any in our area who want to help homeless people. If they wanted to, they would have. Homeless people don’t vote.
Every morning the Hotel Train pulls into Bay Ridge with residents.
They don’t exit the hotel because they live there.
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March 3, 2022Kitty Kiernan’s in Bay Ridge – Starting at 6pm

You can have a Guinness glass made with a photo of your choice at Kitty Kiernan’s tonight at 6:00 pm. Kitty Kiernan’s is on 3rd Avenue between 96th and 97th Street.
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March 3, 2022Is Noble Furniture Coming to Bay Ridge?

A new furniture store is moving in to 558 – 86th Street.
Is it Noble Furniture Store? There’s no sign yet, but there was a Noble Truck outside. : ) I love new stores!
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March 3, 2022Shamrocks are Up in Bay Ridge

Shamrocks are up on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge – so pretty!

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March 3, 2022Bay Ridge Tow Trucks That Come When You Call

If someone blocks your driveway, call 311 and report it.
Then after the police ticket the car it can be towed. You can ask the police to put it on a rotational tow as well.

These companies in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 11209 will come and tow the car once it is ticketed.


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March 3, 2022OLA St. Patrick & St. Joseph Dinner 4/3

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March 3, 2022Condo Across From St. Patrick’s Church $899K ?!

This is the new building on the corner of 95th Street and 4th Avenue – across the street from St. Pats.

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