tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80462307319115178502012-01-28T02:00:38.491-05:00Bay Ridge JournalThe View from My BlockKipnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-39494913671957798082012-01-27T21:20:00.011-05:002012-01-28T02:00:38.499-05:00Mousa Khalil and the Hard Money GuysIn 2006, before the real estate bubble burst and much of Bay Ridge was down-zoned, local real estate speculator Mousa Khalil, who owns a plumbing business in Sunset Park, took out a $1.5 million blanket mortgage covering seven properties from Congregation Imrei Yehuda and Parkay LLC -- at 24% interest, a point below the usury rate.
Real estate speculator Meyer Unsdorfer, prosecuted in 1999 by Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-57998078300208478762012-01-26T23:45:00.008-05:002012-01-27T00:01:23.062-05:00Political Foozeball in AlbanyBoth houses of the State Legislature released their decennial redistricting plans today.
The Republican plan is focused on strengthening Republican districts -- and settling a few scores.
The sliver-thin GOP majority in the State Senate plans to merge four Queens districts now held by Democrats into two, throwing Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Chair Michael Gianaris into a dogfight with Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-74156471521637261192012-01-26T22:24:00.003-05:002012-01-27T08:01:41.816-05:00Learn How to Market Your Art at BPLIf you're a painter, photographer or other visual artist, your talent plus some business savvy could open the door to a full-time career.
The Brooklyn Public Library will host a free, public workshop on Thursday, February 9, from 6 - 7:30 PM, where you can learn how to use the Brooklyn Business and Career Library on Cadman Plaza to find the resources you need to start an art business.
Find out Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-61213934557935787442012-01-26T00:20:00.003-05:002012-01-26T00:53:34.763-05:00Grimm Bill Would Run Gas Pipeline Through GatewayLocal Congressional Representative Michael Grimm has introduced a bill, H.R. 2606, that would allow the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline and related facilities in New York City's Gateway National Recreation Area.
The Grimm bill is titled the "New York City Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Act".
The bill was considered in committee and recommended for consideration by the HouseKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-53191327089589862432012-01-25T23:57:00.001-05:002012-01-26T00:43:14.291-05:00Golden Bill Would Return Religion to Schools -- on SundaysCongregations that can't afford their own church need to rent large spaces. In New York City, religious groups have commonly rented school auditoriums or cafeterias on the weekends.
But a decision by the New York City Department of Education to ban religious groups from renting space at school buildings has left many congregations with no place to meet.
Because public schools can still rent toKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-13296645665051324052012-01-24T22:59:00.008-05:002012-01-26T12:33:55.538-05:00Teflon Dottie Soldiers OnFormer State Senator Carl Kruger may have resigned under indictment, his political empire in ruins, but nobody at Community Board 18 in Mill Basin, in his home district, even mentions his name or talks about the scandal that ended his career.
Dorothy Turano, Kruger's longtime companion, chief political beneficiary, mother of his alleged domestic partner, and the well-liked (and handsomely Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-53350648870996735942012-01-24T20:45:00.000-05:002012-01-24T20:45:26.732-05:00Scary FacesKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-34623552215466381622012-01-24T20:24:00.011-05:002012-01-27T00:08:59.394-05:00Sweet Deal for Laura Garza's MurdererSex offender Michael Mele, who murdered Bay Ridge resident Laura Garza three years ago, copped a plea on Monday to Manslaughter in exchange for a 23-year term.
With time served, he'll be back on the street again at age 46 -- to prey on other unsuspecting young women.
Mele, a Level I offender, was on probation when he abducted and killed Garza.
Her family was horrified by the sentence.
Garza, Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-78866455712550359322012-01-23T21:37:00.004-05:002012-01-24T13:55:49.667-05:00Daily News: Lone Star One of City's Best Sports BarsThe Lone Star Bar and Grill, at 8703 Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, made the Daily News' short list of the city's best sports bars.
What makes Lone Star special, the paper said, is the character of its owners, Brooklyn natives Tony and Tracy Blais-Gentile. Opened four years ago, their Texas-themed bar, outfitted with 17 flat-screen TVs, a charcoal grill and a 1,200 sq. ft. back yard, is their life.
Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-89422465534816721232012-01-23T21:09:00.007-05:002012-01-24T23:09:07.109-05:00Four Pedestrians Dropped in One South Brooklyn DayTwo got it at 65th Street and 14th Avenue in Borough Park yesterday at around 6:30 PM; both hospitalized, one critical.
About half an hour later, another two got it at 72nd Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Dyker Heights. One, a 60-year-old woman, was hospitalized in critical condition.
It's all about you, isn't it, South Brooklyn driver? God forbid you should slow down. So what if you hit Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-42268934478452041692012-01-23T20:40:00.015-05:002012-01-24T19:32:27.359-05:00Good Food Jobs Fair/Just Food Conference in ManhattanOn February 24 and 25, Just Food will host the Good Food Jobs Fair and Just Food Conference, at Food and Finance High School, 525 West 50th Street, Manhattan, offering two days of hands-on workshops, discussions, skill-building sessions, and good food to locavores, good food advocates, CSA members, community gardeners, urban farmers, food workers and entrepreneurs.
Correction: the conference Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-27513008796707661902012-01-22T20:19:00.003-05:002012-01-23T21:49:32.225-05:00Prospect Heights Democrats for Reform at the Velvet PeachAt 9 PM on January 24, President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the joint Congress about the nation's future. During the President's address, the Prospect Heights Democrats for Reform will host a meetup at the Velvet Peach Cafe, 335 Flatbush @ 7th Avenue in Brooklyn, for drinks and political conversation with like-minded fellow Democrats.
The event is free and open to the public.
Come at Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-77246758484213065482012-01-22T19:46:00.000-05:002012-01-22T19:46:51.675-05:00Avenue UKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-39334333904085981972012-01-22T13:36:00.013-05:002012-01-23T21:57:39.953-05:00Public Meeting on the Gowanus Canal Cleanup TuesdayThere will be a public meeting at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, January 24 at the Carroll School, 330 Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Draft Feasibility Study for the Gowanus Canal cleanup.
You can preview a copy of the study at the EPA’s document repository at the Carroll Gardens Library at 396 Clinton Street, or view it online here.
The Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-46312055060835688062012-01-21T22:57:00.007-05:002012-01-23T22:00:31.479-05:00Billboard Collapse Exposes Shady BusinessWas the giant "Mega Millions" billboard that collapsed onto the BQE in Williamsburg last week and stopped traffic for hours legal?
Not according to the city's Department of Buildings, which found that the 85-foot-tall sign violated the city’s (spottily-enforced and loophole-ridden) ban on commercial ads within 200 feet of major highways.
Mohammed Malik, who owns the 12-year old structure, Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-7442325003031605022012-01-21T21:29:00.000-05:002012-01-21T21:29:52.069-05:00Urban NomadKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-26411312642506090142012-01-21T20:01:00.004-05:002012-01-21T20:04:36.356-05:00BRACA Meetup at 3JPThe Bay Ridge Arts + Cultural Alliance is hosting a meetup for artists and patrons of the arts on January 26 at the Three Jolly Pigeons pub, at 6802 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge.
Sponsored by local Council Member Vinnie Gentile, BRACA markets local arts and culture to merchant associations, businesses and tourism boards as a way to build the local economy and improve the quality of neighborhood Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-70331921638355375652012-01-20T22:19:00.001-05:002012-01-20T22:20:57.823-05:00Norwegian Parade Fundraiser at Salty Dog The Norwegian-American May 17th Parade Committee will host its first annual parade fundraiser on Sunday, March 4 from 2 to 6 PM, at the Salty Dog Bar and Grill, 7509 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.
The $20 per person admission includes a light buffet and dessert.
There will be raffles, a 50/50, door prizes, and more.
Everyone, Norwegian or not, is invited to come out to support the Bay Ridge Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-6832672883766034682012-01-20T21:32:00.000-05:002012-01-20T21:32:49.380-05:00Call for SubmissionsThe Brooklyn Lyceum, a cultural crossroads in Park Slope/Gowanus, invites submissions for a new rotating art exhibit for patrons of the Lyceum Cafe, theater-goers and gym members.
To be considered for submission, your artwork must meet the following specifications:
Paintings
Max 26" high.
Max 216" wide
Sculpture
36" wide,
36" deep
36" tall
All work must be priced at $100 or less.
The Lyceum Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-79173072921017591982012-01-19T21:58:00.001-05:002012-01-19T22:24:21.649-05:00Fastelavn at Danish Athletic ClubFastelavn -- Danish Mardi Gras -- will be celebrated on Sunday, February 26 at the Danish Athletic Club, at 735 65th Street in Bay Ridge, from 3:00- 7:00 PM.
The community is invited to join in this traditional Danish celebration of the beginning of Lent -- the feast before the fast.
Come dressed in costume; try your hand at the ancient barrel game; eat delicious Danish food; and top off your Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-50484027871832102532012-01-19T21:14:00.009-05:002012-01-21T12:44:46.651-05:00Democrat Mark Murphy Runs against GrimmAt a campaign kickoff event in Staten Island this week, Democrat Mark Murphy announced a run for Conservative/Republican Michael Grimm's House seat, blasting first-term incumbent Grimm for consistently voting against his constituents' interests.
Grimm, who boasts a $1 million war chest, dismissed the underfunded Murphy as just another liberal Democrat.
In college, Murphy interned with the late Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-3742630404989181632012-01-19T00:26:00.023-05:002012-01-21T21:20:21.876-05:00Russian Political Soap Opera in South BrooklynWhy did Gregory Davidzon, the South Brooklyn Russian media mogul credited with delivering Democrat Anthony Weiner's House seat to Conservative Republican Bob Turner, endorse Democratic candidate Lew Fidler in the special election to replace State Senator Carl Kruger? According to newsblog True News, because Davidzon got dissed by the Brooklyn GOP.
Davidzon, says True News, wanted the RepublicansKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-91151404012645244122012-01-18T22:54:00.005-05:002012-01-20T11:33:30.526-05:00Retro Fitness Comes to WilliamsburgRetroFitness, a low-cost fitness chain with 70 gyms in 10 Eastern states, will open a new 25,000 sq. ft. franchise at 203 Berry Street in Williamsburg next month.
The franchise group opening the new gym operates five other locations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and plans to expand in the region over the next several years.
The franchise features a "Retro Theatre", where you can do Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-16297664552391173902012-01-17T21:52:00.006-05:002012-01-18T12:47:16.559-05:00Stop SOPA Action Begins at MidnightThousands of websites, including Wikipedia, Boing Boing, Reddit and MichaelMoore.com, will be blacked out for 24 hours, beginning at 12:01 AM on Wednesday, January 18, as part of a protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) now before Congress.
The action is aimed at raising awareness of the threat that SOPA poses to an open Internet.
Opponents see it as less than accidental that SOPA Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-43609636733878572042012-01-17T21:37:00.001-05:002012-01-17T21:37:47.582-05:00Brooklyn Preservation Council Meets at Scotto'sThe Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet on Monday, January 20 at 6 PM at the Scotto Funeral Home, 106 First Place at Court Street in Carroll Gardens.
On the agenda will be reports from Buddy Scotto and Bob Furman on the Carroll Gardens Historic Districts and Carroll Gardens Courtyards, and a report from Bob Furman on the City Council Landmarks Subcommittee hearing on December 14 on the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-42582518546897617182012-01-16T22:02:00.002-05:002012-01-17T20:56:06.804-05:00Nice Work, BabeThe artists's website.Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-71852160533897681952012-01-16T11:14:00.006-05:002012-01-16T16:30:44.739-05:00Retail "Job Creators" Offer $9.50 an HourEnforced poverty costs taxpayers a lot of money.
So found a report to be published this month by CUNY's Murphy Institute and non-profit advocacy group the Retail Action Project that one-third of retail workers in New York City earn less than $10 an hour and more than half wouldn't make it financially without taxpayer-funded government programs.
The survey concluded that 71% of retail workers Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-23408552092741020132012-01-15T21:05:00.000-05:002012-01-15T21:05:56.426-05:00Winter SkyKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-31438120502123319882012-01-15T20:55:00.010-05:002012-01-21T21:15:42.225-05:00LinkageBedford Armory's loss is Fort Hamilton's gain [Wall Street Journal.]
Marty Golden and Nicole Malliotakis, singing [Brooklyn Politics.]
Wood frame house on Ridge and 77th in Bay Ridge knocked down without a permit. So what does "BDM Development" stand for, buy, demolish, move on? [Home Reporter.]
Should ethnicity determine voting districts? [Brooklyn Ink.]
The Associated Press seems to think Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-58945303291772263782012-01-15T11:12:00.006-05:002012-01-15T20:04:35.152-05:00Blacks, Latinos and Hasids in Legal SmackdownWilliamsburg's Broadway Triangle is ground zero in a legal smackdown between blacks, Latinos and Hasids.
Bloomberg nemesis Judge Emily Jane Goodman has halted construction of a massive "affordable" housing development project in the Broadway Triangle, based on opponents' claims that it is racially discriminatory.
Opponents went to court to block construction of the project, charging that it hadKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-21877496391350141222012-01-14T23:08:00.000-05:002012-01-14T23:08:19.800-05:00Modified MessageKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-9596875561588154412012-01-14T22:17:00.004-05:002012-01-15T11:21:45.154-05:00Fracktivists Head to AlbanyOn January 23, "fractivists" (opponents of the Cuomo administration's controversial plan to permit hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in New York State) will travel to Albany for a Fracking Day of Action.
The action in Albany follows on the submission of a record-setting number of public comments by New York State residents in response to the Department of Environmental Conservation's proposedKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-18543773745360333782012-01-14T10:41:00.008-05:002012-01-15T19:59:28.685-05:00The Year of the DragonThe Year of the Dragon (a/k/a Lunar or Chinese New Year) will arrive in New York City on Jan. 23 with parades, performances and other events.
The Year of the Dragon, which comes about once every twelve years, is considered a good luck year. The dragon symbolizes good fortune and longevity. Seen as a divine protector, it is an ancient and beloved amulet in Chinese culture.
The Lunar New Year Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-9358677654172716062012-01-13T22:40:00.012-05:002012-01-16T22:43:46.903-05:00Fight for Russian Vote Dominates Kruger Special ElectionAs announced this week at the Baku Palace restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, Russian-language media mogul Gregory Davidzon, who got out Southeast Brooklyn's Russian vote for Republican Congressional Representative Bob Turner, is endorsing Democratic City Council Member Lew Fidler in the special election to replace disgraced Democratic State Senator Carl Kruger.
Davidzon’s endorsement is countered Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-47729368481163073462012-01-13T20:46:00.012-05:002012-01-16T11:47:00.668-05:00Bay Ridge Hookah WarsThe new law took effect on January 1. New signs posted at local hookah bars say “No I.D.,No Shisha!”
Last summer, the State Legislature passed a bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny and local State Senator Martin Golden, adding shisha, a fragrant mix of fruit, herbs and tobacco, to the list of tobacco products vendors are banned from selling to minors.
The amendment to existing Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-78940682873283553012012-01-13T19:53:00.000-05:002012-01-13T19:53:09.960-05:00Platform PunditKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-56741601889347252862012-01-12T22:51:00.005-05:002012-01-16T16:29:54.261-05:00Former DEC Staffer: Fracking "Insane", Will Poison Our WaterPaul Hetzler, a former technician at the New York State Department of Environmental Protection, the agency responsible for regulating hydrofracking for natural gas, warned last month in a letter to the Watertown Daily Times that fracking, if permitted, would contaminate the state's aquifers and poison its drinking water.
Hetzler's letter came as a current DEC employee and union representative Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-51194033180719208592012-01-12T00:05:00.051-05:002012-01-14T10:53:32.548-05:00Why Is Marty Golden Campaigning in Plumb Beach?South Brooklyn's Plumb Beach may have gone from gay cruising destination to political chess piece.
Last month, local State Senator Marty Golden showed up at a Plumb Bay Civic Association meeting to talk about beach erosion.
Plumb Beach happens to be in the district of Golden's former colleague, disgraced former State Senator Carl Kruger, which Republicans hope to take from the Democratic Party Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-29859672361387371332012-01-11T23:04:00.001-05:002012-01-11T23:05:56.530-05:00Zuccotti Park Re-OccupiedTwo months after the NYPD eviction, the barricades are down and the Occupy Wall Street Protesters have streamed back into Zuccotti Park on lower Broadway with cheers and hugs.
The reoccupation came about through the intervention of the National Lawyers Guild and the Civil Liberties Union, which sent a joint letter to the city Department of Buildings challenged the legality of barricading the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-23260349938357787152012-01-10T23:04:00.002-05:002012-01-10T23:08:22.215-05:00Mousa Khalil ForeclosuresBrownstoner reports that infamous real estate speculator Mousa Khalil, who owns some 30 19th century wooden houses in Bay Ridge that have been left to rot, is facing foreclosure on seven of his properties.
Scheduled for auction on January 19 are: 7701 Ridge Blvd, 6815 Ridge Blvd, 166 82nd Street, 225 77th Street, 7910 4th Avenue, and both 456 and 464 Ovington Avenue.
According to Property Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-55057186581470701012012-01-10T22:42:00.001-05:002012-01-10T22:43:31.582-05:00Golden's Office Offers Free Income Tax Preparation ServicesFor the 14th consecutive year, State Senator Marty Golden's office will offer free income tax preparation services for low income residents of the 22nd District (earning $30,000 or less a year).
Appointments are necessary. To make an appointment, call the district office at 7408 5th Avenue (718) 238-6044. Appointments will be scheduled on Thursdays and Saturdays from February 2nd through Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-59855795473310152502012-01-10T22:04:00.004-05:002012-01-10T22:06:57.568-05:00Bay Ridge Democrats' State of the Union PartyOn Tuesday, January 24 at 8 PM, Bay Ridge Democrats will host its second annual State of the Union Address Party.
Everyone's invited to watch President Obama's televised 2012 State of the Union Address at the Longbow Pub and Pantry, 7316 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge.
There will be fish, chips, malt vinegar, beer -- and of course, political discussion.
January Meeting
The club will host its firstKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-8444231516008587812012-01-10T21:43:00.000-05:002012-01-10T21:43:10.607-05:00Green Church Bulletin: Galleon under SailKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-1943606923994878672012-01-09T21:23:00.009-05:002012-01-10T18:11:29.720-05:00Ghostwriters in the SlopeOn Thursday, January 19 at 8PM, Brooklyn Reading Works will present The Truth and Ghostwriting, a panel discussion curated by John Guidry, who writes the blog, The Truth and Rocket Science, at The Old Stone House, on Third Street between 4th and 5th Avenues in Park Slope (718-768-3195).
The suggested $5 donation includes refreshments.
The Truth and Ghostwriting will bring together four Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-65940714012285207962012-01-09T20:18:00.004-05:002012-01-09T20:41:06.841-05:00Evicted, Global Revolution TV Vows to Keep on Streamin'The latest action between the Bloomberg administration and Occupy Wall Street went down at a loft building on Thames Street in hipsterish Bushwick last week, when the NYPD swooped down on GlobalRevolution.tv, a feed aggregation site covering OWS.
Live video of the action was broadcast over the Internet.
Why the incident happened depends on which side you believe.
Cops said that the Department Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-6602877768319919902012-01-08T23:11:00.007-05:002012-01-18T12:40:43.640-05:00Coney Island History Project ExpandingThe Coney Island History Project, which moved from the Cyclone to Deno's Wonder Wheel last year, is doubling its exhibit space for the 2012 season -- its ninth.
Highlights of 2011 included CHIP's successful Dreamland Fire exhibit, featured on Travel Channel's "Mysteries at the Museum"; a new program focused on the ecology of Coney Island Creek; and an "Off Limits" Travel Channel feature on the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-81618339181510894052012-01-08T19:09:00.002-05:002012-01-08T19:11:26.482-05:00Gowanus High School Zombie Prom at the Bell HouseOne for all you zombie fans...
Eighties cover band The Engagements will play the Gowanus High School Zombie Prom at the Bell House, at 149 7th Street in Park Slope/Gowanus, on Friday, January 13.
The backstory is that the band was originally hired to play the Gowanus High winter formal in 1989, but things went horribly wrong.
Quarantined and left for dead since the late 80′s -- along with Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-57679665063387590532012-01-07T23:51:00.016-05:002012-01-17T21:05:15.862-05:00Bay Ridge Conservancy Honored by Historic Districts CouncilThrough an application submitted by local historic preservation group Bay Ridge Conservancy, Bay Ridge has been selected by citywide historic advocacy organization Historic Districts Council as one of its 2012 "Six to Celebrate: Six NYC Neighborhoods Meriting Preservation".
"Six to Celebrate" is HDC's annual list of historic New York City neighborhoods worthy of preservation, the only citywide Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-25056047894534524642012-01-07T21:18:00.005-05:002012-01-07T21:40:13.893-05:00SCPD Releases Third Victim Sketch in Long Island Serial Killer InvestigationThe Suffolk County Police Department has released a composite sketch of an unidentified female whose partial remains were found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach last April by searchers in the Long Island serial killer investigation.
The rest of the dismembered woman's remains were found on Blue Point Beach, Fire Island, in April, 1996.
Eleven bodies have been recovered from Long Island Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-89820431552333517952012-01-07T00:03:00.001-05:002012-01-07T00:03:26.673-05:00Hanover SquareKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-15303080675689250032012-01-05T23:14:00.015-05:002012-01-07T13:04:45.578-05:00Golden SynergyIt's called the Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst Beautification and Preservation Alliance, a not-for-profit corporation founded by local State Senator Martin Golden in 1994, when he ran the Bay Ridge Manor.
Golden's still the registered agent.
For three years, before he was elected to the City Council and stepped down in 1998, Golden served as president of the alliance.
Robert Howe, vice-chair of the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-36931854039094479762012-01-05T21:58:00.001-05:002012-01-07T00:04:29.541-05:00February Love Wanted Adoption EventMary Jo Tobin's monthly Love Wanted adoption event on December 17, at which thirty-one animals found homes, will be followed by another event from 11 AM to 4 PM on February 18 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 9020 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge.
So far, a total of 1,630 dogs and cats have been placed through Love Wanted adoption events.
The article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-76061769918337494082012-01-05T21:14:00.008-05:002012-01-18T14:46:33.689-05:00Release Party for Bay Ridge, Etc.Updated post.
On Thursday, January 12 at 11 AM, the Bay Ridge Historical Society invites business and community leaders and local media representatives to a wine and cheese party at the Yellow Hook Grille (formerly Lento's), at 7003 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge, celebrating the release of Bay Ridge, Etc., by local historians Ted General, Peter Scarpa and Jack LaTorre.
LaTorre, president of the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-42211401178134441952012-01-04T22:48:00.080-05:002012-01-07T12:54:34.301-05:00Did the DOE Renege on a Deal with Gentile?PS 331, the new $50 million, 656-seat primary school under construction at 7002 Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, site of the demolished "Green Church", will include, within its 85,807 square feet, classrooms for art, music, science, and special ed; a gym, a playground and a library; a cafeteria and a kitchen; janitorial and administrative offices; and storage space.
According to Citistructure, a Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-62994181624101425552012-01-03T23:24:00.007-05:002012-01-04T20:40:50.857-05:00Timboo's: The Passing of an Old Man Bar
Manager Michele and Regular Holt McCallany
It may be a gentrified 2012 outside, but inside, it's forever blue collar 1969 at Timboo's bar at Third Avenue and Eleventh Street in Brooklyn's South Slope.
Michele, who has managed the place for the past 15 years, pours drinks for the neighborhood regulars in a cavernous pine-paneled room lined with 30 years of memorabilia, on a corner where, sinceKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-45380933983204552192012-01-03T21:53:00.004-05:002012-01-04T07:53:33.060-05:00Fracking Wastewater Injection Well Epicenter of Ohio QuakesNationwide, the biggest environmental concern around hydraulic fracturing for natural gas (fracking) has been groundwater pollution, but on December 31, a fracking-related magnitude 4.0 quake struck Youngstown, Ohio, sending out tremblors as far as Buffalo and Toronto.
After a series of quakes in Ohio last year, the state banned the drilling of new wastewater-injection wells within five miles Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-15375435293547976232012-01-03T20:55:00.002-05:002012-01-03T21:01:01.937-05:00Citizens United Protest Action in ManhattanOn the occasion of the second anniversary of Citizens United vs. FEC, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations to buy elections, United for the People, an alliance of civic organizations opposed to the ruling, is organizing a protest action in Manhattan.
The action will take place on Saturday, January 21 from 1-3 PM, at locations to be announced. Protesters will be stationed Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-78740893654587760112012-01-02T15:06:00.003-05:002012-01-03T22:13:02.991-05:00Spitzer: "We Own Wall Street"Former New York State Attorney General and Governor Elliot Spitzer, who earned his stripes busting Wall Street crooks, gave Alternet his take on how to address the appalling state of American politics in 2012 by building out the Occupy Wall Street meme.
"Ownership trumps regulation", Spitzer said. No matter how many boundaries are set by laws and regulations, there is still room in the best Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-60179598576132882122012-01-02T13:16:00.000-05:002012-01-02T13:16:51.481-05:00After ChristmasKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-9949300323349130952012-01-02T13:05:00.005-05:002012-01-03T20:56:47.938-05:00Tons of Fun at Tiny RhinoTiny Rhino, a booze-laced festival of 10-minute plays, will return to the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue in Park Slope/Gowanus, on Monday, January 9 at 8 PM.
Tix are $10 at the door and include a free beer.
Tiny Rhino has commissioned six short plays, each including the same five dramatic elements, ranging from "makes a Freudian slip" to "removes an article of clothing". It's a theatrical Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-51688973129994920232012-01-02T10:55:00.000-05:002012-01-02T10:55:47.520-05:00Party with Your Pup at the Brooklyn Dog Training CenterThe Brooklyn Dog Training Center, at 168 7th Street in Park Slope, is offering monthly puppy parties as a socialization aid for your pup.
The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior recommends socialization as standard care for puppies, to prevent fear or avoidance behaviors.
One of the center's lead trainers will host a puppy party on the first Friday of every month where puppies up toKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-81553841980276020592012-01-01T17:34:00.014-05:002012-01-02T11:20:47.047-05:00Fracked for a Fistful of DollarsAs part of a deal between the federal Bureau of Land Management and a bunch of energy companies, more than 2,500 acres of public lands in beautiful Monterey County, California are threatened with hydrofracking ("fracking") -- a gas extraction process that environmentalists call one of the dirtiest in the industry.
Two environmental organizations: the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-91302441842721702732012-01-01T15:24:00.009-05:002012-01-01T17:58:43.067-05:00Did "Operation Take Back" Entrap Local Teen?Called "Operation Take Back", it's an NYPD crime-fighting initiative aimed at combating a larceny spike in the city involving pricey handheld electronic devices like iPhones and iPads.
Undercover officers deployed throughout the five boroughs have made 141 arrests so far -- 42 of them in Brooklyn -- of people who jumped at the five-finger discount they offered.
Most of the buy-and-bust Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-31308357366105565562011-12-31T18:34:00.007-05:002011-12-31T23:25:33.778-05:00Bay Ridge Democrats MeetThe Bay Ridge Democrats will host their first monthly meeting of the new year on Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 PM, at Good Shepherd Church, 7420 Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge.
Special guests will be Brooklyn D.A. Charlie Hynes and New York Supreme Court Justices Barry Kamins and William Miller, who will discuss crime prevention programs and improvements to the court system in Kings County.
Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-77992206870166857982011-12-30T19:40:00.002-05:002012-01-02T11:02:13.099-05:00He's Off...And there's nobody else out there. [Brooklyn Paper.]Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-80259785833247911632011-12-30T10:34:00.015-05:002011-12-30T19:58:29.812-05:00Legalizing Weed Via Jury NullificationAmong the numerous disconnects between the American people and their government in the second decade of the 21st century is the issue of marijuana.
At a time when the federal government is cracking down on legal medical marijuana -- and a record number of young people (mostly black and brown) are getting busted for weed in New York City -- a recent Gallup poll shows a record high of 50% of Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-32929036595921739192011-12-29T22:38:00.001-05:002011-12-29T22:40:21.228-05:00A Holiday E-Mail from Mark BrownRemember blogger Mark Brown, of the "Left in Bay Ridge" blog?
According to his holiday e-mail blast, Mark's year has been beyond fabulous.
Take a look at this list:
His Around the World in 80 Days is being produced, well, around the world, most notably this year by a tribe of Tibetan pygmies. (Who knew the Tibetans had pygmies?)
His Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge surpassed A Christmas Carol as theKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-9510193985300812562011-12-29T19:24:00.003-05:002011-12-29T23:01:00.684-05:00Using Social Networking to Get a Job, Grow Your BusinessOn Thursday, January 12, from 6 – 7:30 PM, the Brooklyn Business (and Career) Library, at 280 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary Street in Brooklyn Heights, will host a workshop on using social networks to find a job or grow your business.
At the workshop, you will be introduced to popular networking websites like LinkedIn; learn about social networking strategies that can lead to a job; and learn Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-77558627649391678962011-12-29T18:19:00.019-05:002012-01-08T19:50:19.492-05:00Sex Assault Suspect Captured in Bay RidgeCops say that, at about 9:30 AM on Friday, the assailant flashed a badge and told a 15-year-old boy who threw an empty chip bag on the R platform at 53rd Street in Sunset Park that he was a police officer.
The assailant walked the boy to a white van, threatened him with a syringe and sexually assaulted him.
When cops closed in on the van, the assailant saw them coming and drove away.
The copsKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-69040512603640126822011-12-28T22:47:00.009-05:002011-12-31T18:58:04.025-05:00Why Ignore Offshore Wind?At a press conference in Melville last week, the Wind Works 4 Long Island Coalition, a precedent-setting alliance of New York environmental, business and labor organizations, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to move the state forward on offshore wind power development.
Instead of miring New Yorkers in the hydrofracking controversy, they said, the Cuomo administration could be harnessing clean Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-78254890170222714422011-12-28T20:37:00.001-05:002011-12-28T20:38:43.514-05:00Gentrification Arrives in Sunset ParkWith a view like that, it was just a matter of time before Sunset Park became Brooklyn's next gentrification target.
The New York Times coos about how Borough President Marty Markowitz's communication director and his wife have fallen in love with the neighborhood -- the park, the thriving retail strips on Fifth and Eighth Avenues, the Latino businesses dotting Brooklyn's new Chinatown, Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-73972768643312583702011-12-27T23:11:00.011-05:002012-01-21T19:17:49.957-05:00Churches vs. Preservationists -- The Battle ContinuesThe founders of American Methodism once preached at the 1898 Methodist Church that anchors one of Norwalk, Connecticut's main streets and features a stained glass rose window crafted by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The building, significant times three -- as art, architecture and sacred space -- is up for sale. While its board of directors looks for a developer to buy the church for $1.2 million, theKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-74269466105078502392011-12-27T12:09:00.007-05:002011-12-28T23:08:18.086-05:00Scant Justice for Elderly Victims of Abuse, Neglect Hospitals rarely autopsy elderly people who die under suspicious circumstances, not only missing important diagnostic and treatment lessons, but sometimes masking homicides.
The American system for investigating the cause of suspicious deaths has been called a "hidden national scandal". Compromised by a lack of funding, a shortage of trained medical personnel and a lack of standards, it has Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-61969401148644679882011-12-26T17:25:00.003-05:002011-12-26T23:55:22.375-05:00Nelson Mandela's ExampleFrom a post by David Crain.
The life of South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, who turned 93 last week, offers these lessons in winning the battle for change:Never Quit Fighting. It took Mandela 50 years, including the 27 he spent in prison, to end apartheid.
Never Sell Out. His jailers repeatedly offered him his freedom -- if he would just go home. He chose to stay in jail.Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-63678418543522526082011-12-26T16:31:00.003-05:002011-12-26T17:29:34.487-05:00NYPD Blocks OWS Christmas Visit to Zuccotti ParkOccupy Wall Street protesters who gathered for a Christmas celebration at their old campsite in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan yesterday -- bringing bags of food and sweets for a planned afternoon potluck -- found their way blocked by NYPD officers.
The NYPD has declined media requests to comment on why they prevented the occupiers from entering the park.
The volunteers ended up giving Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-18225970763755897552011-12-26T14:30:00.003-05:002011-12-26T14:31:55.924-05:00Brooklyn Preservation Council MeetsThe Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet at the Scotto Funeral Home, at 106 1st Place (@ Court Street) in Carroll Gardens, on Tuesday, January 3 at 6 PM.
On the meeting agenda are a report from Buddy Scotto on the proposed extension of the Carroll Gardens Historic Districts and a report from Bob Furman on the Carroll Gardens Courtyards.
Furman will also report on the December 14 meeting of Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-3320461992281554842011-12-26T12:14:00.000-05:002011-12-26T12:14:01.796-05:00Light SourcesKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-9522566503873133642011-12-24T09:36:00.004-05:002011-12-24T09:42:05.253-05:00Whisk Owner Josh Rubin Ruled a HomicideJosh Rubin, the owner of Whisk, a Ditmas Park Coffee Shop, disappeared on Hallowe'en night.
His shot, burned body was found in his car on the morning of November 1 on Applewood Drive in rural South Whitehall Township in Pennsylvania -- apparently a dump site, since Rubin had no known connection to the area.
His body was so completely incinerated that even his fingerprints were gone, but DNA andKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-10595932767406969292011-12-24T09:08:00.004-05:002012-01-06T14:33:48.681-05:00Republicans Grab for Kruger's Seat in Special ElectionEmboldened by Conservative/Republican Bob Turner's victory over Democrat David Weprin in the special election for Anthony Weiner's House seat this fall, Republicans are moving in on the State Senate seat of disgraced Democrat Carl Kruger.
Gov. Cuomo is expected to call the special election in March, 2012. The winner will serve only through 2012, after which decennial redistricting begins and Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-21775164352087656412011-12-23T22:39:00.000-05:002011-12-23T22:39:34.859-05:00A Christmas Offering for JoeKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-1771507528455451432011-12-23T21:53:00.006-05:002011-12-23T22:01:39.052-05:00Before Stonewall, There Was StarliteIn 1959, before the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, Mackie Harris, one of New York City's first openly gay black entrepreneurs, opened the Starlite Lounge, a gay bar on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
There weren't many places that gay people could go in those days, and they came from all over to the Starlite, which went from being a neighborhood hangout in the 50s and early Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-39803697197829149052011-12-23T01:25:00.000-05:002011-12-23T01:25:47.810-05:00Fracking Public Comment Period Ends January 11, 2012A reminder that the extended public comment period on the state Department of Environmental Conservation's deeply flawed fracking proposal, known as the "Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement" or ‘RSGEIS’, ends on January 11, 2012.
The decision if, how, when and where New York State would allow dirty gas drilling by means of high volume hydraulic fracturing, or “Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-76544485976211772162011-12-23T00:57:00.005-05:002012-01-20T22:10:07.690-05:00Seeking Justice for the Kung Fu JudgeSamuel Boykin, nephew and administrator of the estate of late Brooklyn Civil Court Judge John Phillips Jr. (a/k/a "The Kung Fu Judge") has filed a complaint with the State Attorney General's office alleging that the Prospect Park Residence, where Phillips died in 2008, fraudulently marketed itself as a licensed assisted living facility.
Boykin has also filed a wrongful death suit against the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-52768668020705319082011-12-22T02:15:00.002-05:002011-12-23T01:07:14.052-05:00Ayn Rand and the Religion of the SelfAuthor Ayn Rand, who Gore Vidal called the "evil" inspiration for our neo-Dickensian society, pioneered selfishness in America, making it "moral" not to give a damn about anyone but yourself.
Since the 1950s, Rand has impacted seminal American political figures that include Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and former president Ronald Reagan.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-64643727334916351402011-12-20T21:04:00.000-05:002011-12-20T21:04:22.605-05:00Pinecone GlitterKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-41026184092524800602011-12-20T19:54:00.005-05:002011-12-21T16:52:40.226-05:00Crybaby Carl Cops a Plea -- and Joins the 99%Minutes after resigning his seat in the State Senate today, a weeping Carl Kruger copped a plea to four counts of influence-peddling in Manhattan Federal Court.
The federal indictment alleged that Kruger had processed $1 million in bribes through real estate firms controlled by Michael Turano, a gynecologist and "intimate associate" of Kruger's who shared a Mafia mansion in Mill Basin and Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-57876061478134231032011-12-19T23:45:00.009-05:002011-12-20T20:57:20.578-05:00Record Jump in Global CO2 Emissions in 2010According to an analysis released this month by the Global Carbon Project, an international scientific collaboration, CO2 from burning fossil fuel rose 5.9% in 2010. The half-billion extra tons of CO2 was almost certainly the biggest absolute one-year jump since the Industrial Revolution.
The level of CO2, the main greenhouse gas, has risen 40% since the Industrial Revolution.
Researchers Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-91574252925962026492011-12-18T20:23:00.005-05:002011-12-19T22:21:46.936-05:00Hynes Ripped for Refusing to Name Orthodox Jewish Child MolestersPsychologist Asher Lipner, who treats survivors of child sexual abuse, and Ben Hirsch, president of Survivors for Justice, which advocates for child sexual abuse survivors, call Brooklyn District Attorney Charlie Hynes' refusal to disclose the names of perpetrators of child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community "misguided".
Although Hynes’ office says it refuses to release criminal Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-981032891384581242011-12-18T18:26:00.003-05:002011-12-18T18:32:28.961-05:00As Cuomo Pushes Fracking, Schneiderman Pushes BackBelow the headlines about Gov. Cuomo's quixotic efforts to enable the industrial gas drilling process known as hydrofracking (fracking) in New York State is State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit against the federal government alleging that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has failed to study the public health and environmental impacts of fracking.
Filed on May 31, the Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-19755465876389512202011-12-18T01:04:00.014-05:002011-12-26T10:33:42.834-05:00Can Ovington Station Be Saved?
Bay Ridge Blog Photo
In a recent statement, Republican State Senator Marty Golden called the U.S. Postal Service's decision to close postal stations and post offices across the country without congressional review "unwise".
Pledging to continue the fight to save Fourth Avenue's Ovington Postal Station, Golden called on the Postal Service to use a budget review method that avoids making "Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-34773056951041905682011-12-17T21:26:00.004-05:002011-12-18T11:29:24.946-05:00Outspoken Local Activist Honored by the White HouseLocal activist Linda Sarsour hasn't let the honor of being named a "champion of change" by the White House stifle her opinions, calling President Obama's civil rights record "terrible".
Sarsour, who directs the Arab-American Association of New York and coordinates advocacy for the National Network for Arab-American Communities, led a voter-turnout drive in New York City's Arab and Muslim Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-75996774229186734322011-12-16T20:36:00.000-05:002011-12-16T20:36:49.258-05:00Never ForgottenKipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-59596780191697460692011-12-16T20:06:00.008-05:002011-12-16T20:27:49.838-05:00Roxy's Karaoke Parlour at the Brooklyn LyceumThe Brooklyn Lyceum, at 227 4th Avenue in Park Slope/Gowanus, will host Roxy's Karaoke Parlour, with karaoke veteran Roxanne Bohana, on three Mondays, December 19, January 16 and February 20, from 8PM -- right after Monday Open Mic ends -- until 10 PM.
Take the R Train to Union Street and walk a half block to the corner of President.
For more information, call the Lyceum at (718) 857-4816.
Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-43124600176026740052011-12-15T22:51:00.007-05:002011-12-16T07:26:53.254-05:00It's Your Turn at KingsboroughKingsborough Community College's "My Turn" Program allows seniors 60 and over to take free college classes for credit (subject to space availability).
Kingsborough, at 2001 Oriental Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, is part of the CUNY system, offering more than 400 courses, including art, music, history, computers, health education, literature and more.
For the price of the $80 registration fee,Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-123851572012397202011-12-15T22:22:00.004-05:002011-12-16T09:44:31.589-05:00Vito: "Who's Afraid of Lincoln? I Got Andy."As Lincoln Restler, Democratic District Leader for the 50th AD (Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Fort Greene), called upon the State Attorney General to suspend the not-for-profit status of Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizens' Council, and upon legislators to suspend member items, the Cuomo administration awarded the Vito Lopez front, which Restler condemns as "mired in endemic fraud and corruption",Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-14014105054422878902011-12-15T20:37:00.016-05:002011-12-18T01:16:32.159-05:00Wine Bar Opening in Bay Ridge Threatens "Hipster Invasion"Co-owners John Avelluto of Bay Ridge and Steve Weintraub of Bushwick are opening the Owl’s Head Wine Bar at 479 74th Street at Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge (718) 680-2436).
Hours will be Tuesday through Thursday from 6 PM to Midnight, Friday through Saturday from 6 PM to 2 AM, and Sundays from 2 to 8 PM.
Here's the website: www.theowlshead.com.
The menu features Brooklyn-sourced food like meats Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-193496557574081032011-12-14T23:27:00.001-05:002011-12-14T23:28:17.416-05:00Toys for Tots, Donations for Troops at Golden's OfficeSenator Marty Golden is hosting a Toys for Tots and Troop Drive at his office at 7408 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge from Monday through Friday, 9 AM through 5 PM.
Suggested donations for the troops include tube socks; T-shirts; unscented baby powder; classic board games; lip balm; batteries; Long Johns; snacks; phone cards; baby wipes; Pop Tarts; shaving cream; razors; toothbrushes; toothpaste; Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-15214235939223651412011-12-14T21:29:00.000-05:002011-12-14T21:29:09.132-05:00Avenue Candles and Gifts Re-Opens on 13th AvenueAvenue Candles and Gifts will re-open at 7622 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights on Saturday, December 17 with an opening ceremony at 1 PM, featuring discounts, giveaways, a raffle, and a ribbon cutting by City Council Member Vinnie Gentile.
Proprietor Rachel Ilyas, whose husband Manny also owns a small business on 13th Avenue, offers a range of items, from home accessories to fashion jewelry, Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-9636319619282086812011-12-14T00:30:00.005-05:002011-12-23T22:28:27.724-05:00Death and Mayhem in an Illegal ConversionA couple of pages behind the heartbreaking story in today's Daily News of 22-year NYPD veteran Peter Figoski's execution at 25 Pine Street in Cypress Hills were two stories that deserve a closer look in light of what played out at around 2 AM yesterday morning.
NYPD Officer Peter Figoski Executed.
Two men come pounding on a drug dealer's door at 25 Pine Street and he apparently lets them in. Kipnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046230731911517850.post-29844629367540731352011-12-12T21:15:00.001-05:002011-12-13T16:48:41.299-05:00Apply for H.E.A.P at Councilmember Gentile's OfficeBay Ridge residents can apply for the Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) at Councilmember Vinnie Gentile's office at 8703 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge from Monday through Friday between 9 AM and 5 PM.
Surprisingly, the federally-funded H.E.A.P., which helps low-income homeowners and renters pay for heating fuel, equipment and repairs, is underutilized: only 25% of those who are eligible Kipnoreply@blogger.com0