BAY RIDGE, SEEN IN PHOTOS: Please tell me there’s a point in the week – or even in the year – when people are steaming in and out of both the American Legion and the Oulel Albab mosque. Now, THAT is a picture that would be worth a thousand words.
Brian Hedden
BAY RIDGE, GRAVESEND, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: OK, first of all, docu-series? DOCU-SERIES? What the frak is that supposed to mean? If we’re to suppose that’s meant to be the amalgamation of the words “documentary” and “series,” then I would describe Ken Burn’s The Civil War is a docu-series. This looks like trash the guys at Sanitation wouldn’t pick up. And also – 11223 is not Bay Ridge.
Feb 202012
BAY RIDGE, POLITICS: It hasn’t been an easy week in the media for Congressman Michael Grimm, the Republican representing Bay Ridge and Staten Island in the House of Representatives. Yesterday’s news that a staffer for Representative Michael Grimm had been arrested for a physical altercation with his teenage son is the latest in a series of black marks against the Congressman and his office.
BAY RIDGE, SEEN IN PHOTOS: Remember: the key to a strong harbor defense is being ready to blow your principal bridges to smithereens before letting them fall into enemy hands. John Paul Jones knew this. That is why there was no bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island during the Revolutionary War.
BAY RIDGE, SEEN IN PHOTOS: This is a bit of a sick day for me, so instead of a recent picture, you get this one from the Wayback Machine of 2007. I love that one of the reviews on Yelp described this place as a “spinoff” of the “original located in Coney Island.” OK. Sure.
BAY RIDGE, FOOD & DRINK: A cabaret license application for the Amnesia nightclub (10007 4th Avenue) is facing stiff opposition from neighbors, who spoke out against the club at a Community Board 10 sub-committee meeting Wednesday night. Citing community complaints, adverse history, and the fact that Amnesia has already been operating as a dance club without a cabaret license, the Police & Public Safety Committee voted to recommend rejecting Amnesia’s cabaret application. See community complains, the club representative’s response, and some background on NYC cabaret and dancing laws.
BAY RIDGE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: The Narrows Community Theater will begin a six-performance run next Friday of The Unexpected Guest, a 1958 play written by famed crime writer Agatha Christie. Opening night is Friday, February 24. Tickets are $15 ($12 for seniors, students under 21, and children).
DYKER HEIGHTS, SEEN IN PHOTOS: I wonder if I should have taken a video of this firehouse instead of a still photo. Just try to imagine the flags barely fluttering because they’re held taut by the wind, and imagine all you can hear is wind noise.
DYKER HEIGHTS, GENERAL NEWS: A short trench has been dug into 76th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues in order for the city to perform ‘emergency sewer reconstruction.’ We’ve reached out to the NYC Department of Design and Construction to determine how long the project is expected to take.
BAY RIDGE, FOOD & DRINK: This past Saturday, Little Kitchen (9300 5th Avenue) held a Grand Opening event. The restaurant – which has been open “unofficially” for a few weeks – is next door to Kelly’s Tavern, and is co-owened by Corrine Betsch and Kelly’s owner John Nolan.
