Arts & Culture
BAY RIDGE – This small book, published last month, features 11 true crimes, some solved, some still “cold”, that took place in Bay Ridge between 1874 up until 1957. Packed with historic details about the neighborhood and the individual time periods (there was a time when parking on streets overnight was
Announcements
AN EPIC MUSICAL EVENT FEATURING A 55-PIECE ORCHESTRA & VOCALISTS PERFORMING A BREATHTAKING SYNTHESIS OF BRAHMS’ 1ST SYMPHONY AND RADIOHEAD’S OK COMPUTER Kings Theatre, Brooklyn [http://www.kingstheatre.com/], in association with the Catskill Jazz Factory, will play host to a must-see musical event: The Stereo Hideout Orchestra, led
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BAY RIDGE – Yesterday in response to the latest crash that landed a bicyclist in critical care on Bay Ridge Boulevard [/bay-ridge-bike-crash/], Bay Ridge Council Member Justin Brannan took to Twitter, urging drivers to slow down and blaming DOT for not doing enough to calm intersections near churches, schools and libraries.
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The SUV involved in yesterday’s crash with a cyclist in Bay Ridge (Via NYC911News LLC )BAY RIDGE – Yesterday, a crash involving an SUV and a bike in Bay Ridge sent the rider to the hospital in critical condition. Now, politicians are speaking out about safe driving and safe streets.
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An overpass on the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE – A dead body was found under a Belt Parkway overpass in Bay Ridge late Tuesday night, the NYPD has confirmed. Responding to a call of an unconscious person near Shore Road and Belt Parkway around
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CONEY ISLAND – Two candidates rumored to run for the vacant 46th assembly seat officially threw their hats in the race today –– Republican candidate Steve Saperstein and Democratic candidate Ethan Lustig-Elgrably. Last month, former Assemblymember Pamela Harris abandoned the 46th Assembly seat which encompasses Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney
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Both of their significant others are named Leigh, and now these two Southern Brooklynites are looking to share the same district. In his very first endorsement as an elected official, City Councilmember Justin Brannan of the 43rd Council district is throwing his support behind the Democratic front-runner for NY11, Max
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RED HOOK – Bike season will be kicking into full gear with the Five Boro Bike Tour [https://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/] this Sunday (plan accordingly! [https://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/route-services/]), and that means – Friday and Saturday is your last chance to get your bike ready, and decked
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The bull that escaped a local slaughterhouse [/breaking-cow-still-loose-brooklyn/] last year for a romp in Prospect Park, has died in New Jersey. [http://www.nj.com/sussex-county/index.ssf/2018/05/bull_that_escaped_in_brooklyn_dies_in_nj.html] Brooklyn Heights neighbors ask, ‘Why doesn’t 194 Columbia Heights’ owner
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Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterT.S. Eliot had his own reasons for calling April the cruelest month [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land], but if weather whiplash is any measure, it’s certainly been cruel to Brooklynites this year. With the temperature ranging from a high
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What is the most important holiday? Mother’s Day, of course. We love the moms in our life and we have put together a list of local finds for every kind of mother, even those that say they don’t need anything. Also, know that you will have the added
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Police shut down the street as they investigated Sunday’s crash in Bay Ridge, which sent a child to the hospital in critical condition (Photo via NYC911News LLC)BAY RIDGE – A 10-year old child is in critical condition after being struck by a car in Bay Ridge yesterday afternoon, police