Continue The Process: A beloved pastime hangs on right here

By on October 2, 2012  Health & Fitness
Oct 022012
 

A co-named street sign in East Harlem carries the torch of generations past (Image source: cuttlefish via Flickr).

One bright autumn day at the age of around nine or ten years old, I was walking down Avenue T on my way towards Marine Park when I spotted a group of barrel chested older men with graying hair standing in the middle of Coyle Street.

They were playing a game that at the time I barely recognized – stickball. It was a term I had certainly heard of, and vaguely knew about but never experienced first hand. After asking a few people, I was told that it was old-timers day or something to that effect. While never a big sports fan, I was still fascinated with this mysterious game – one that had fallen out of favor in the decade or so before my birth. Click Here To Read How Stickball Still Lives In Bay Ridge

CB 10 Meets Monday, September 24 – Parks Committee Meeting Cancelled

By on September 19, 2012  Events
Sep 192012
 

Community Board 10 will be holding a General Meeting this coming Monday, September 24, at 7:15 p.m. in the Shore Hill Community Room [9000 Shore Road].

As a reminder, a CB 10 Parks Committee meeting that had been scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

Among the items on Monday night’s agenda is a public hearing and vote regarding a street naming request. Under the proposal, 80th Street and 5th Avenue would be co-named for Charles Ahl. Ahl was CB 10′s first chairperson and the father of current board member, local business owner, and community activist Greg Ahl.

There will also be a hearing and vote for a proposed reduction in the number of required parking spaces for a property at 701-745 64th Street.

The Traffic and Transportation Committee is planning to announce which streets they’d like to see bike lanes installed on, followed by a discussion and vote.

The committee will also present a report on the DOT’s planned elimination of eight parking spaces on 4th Avenue and 65th Street. The parking spots would be removed in order to create a left turn lane.

The Zoning and Land Use Committee will make a presentation on PFI [Parking Fairness Initiative].

And finally, the Environmental Committee will update a previous report by the Association for Affordable Energy on energy efficient buildings and applicable Con Ed programs.

Bay Ridge Food Coop Holds General Meeting Tonight

By on August 14, 2012  Business
Aug 142012
 

From apartment buildings, farms and mutual insurance companies, to credit unions, factories and supermarkets, modern customer and worker-owned entities known as coops, or co-ops, got their start in 19th Century Europe.

In a continuation of the cooperative business model, the Bay Ridge Food Coop is attempting to offer Bay Ridge consumers an alternative to for-profit groceries with a community-owned food store that emphasizes sustainable, locally-grown, and organic food meant to preserve the health of both its customers and the local economy.

Tonight the Bay Ridge Food Coop will be holding a general meeting at Our Saviour’s School Kitchen [414 80th Street], beginning at 7 p.m.

The agenda for tonight’s meeting will include the following:

  • Committee Reports (Grants, Outreach, Distribution, Membership, Technology, & Finance)
  • Business Development Report Governance/Board of Directors/By-Laws Discussion & Updates

There will be a special meet and greet for anyone who is curious about the coop from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, please visit foodcoopbayridge.com.

Union Church Sells Parish House To Bay Ridge Prep

By on June 25, 2012  Schools & Libraries
Jun 252012
 

On an unseasonably cool Sunday afternoon earlier this month, the Union Church of Bay Ridge’s congregation ceremoniously handed over the keys of their beloved 80-year-old parish house [8101 Ridge Blvd] to Dr. Charlie Fasano – the headmaster of another neighborhood institution, the Bay Ridge Preparatory School.

The ceremony itself – ostensibly meant to celebrate the 81st year since two smaller congregations had merged to form the church – was bittersweet, according to an account written by Denise Romano for the Home Reporter. Continue reading »