[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano]
This gorgeous photo of the Verrazano Bridge comes to us from contributor Charles Andrisano. He writes, “Did a little night shooting of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge as the sun was setting in the West. This shot is from the bike path, that runs along side the Narrows. The sunset was beautiful.” [...]

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This is what Bay Ridge’s Green Church, which is being demolished so that condos can be built, and the old building replaced with a new one, looked like yesterday afternoon, after removal of stained glass windows started. Bay Ridge Journal, which has been following the story closely, writes of the photo above, which it posted: [...]

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“Stealing a scene from a hit movie, two Brooklyn cops used their patrol car to ‘do doughnuts’ in a Bay Ridge park, a woman who witnessed the crazy stunt said Monday. The cigar-chomping officers tore through a baseball field at Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge, spinning the car wildly in circles and almost hitting [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano]
Local photographer and welcome GL Contributor Charley Andrisano reports in on that popular Brooklyn summer tradition, the block party. He writes: “We had our 4th annual block party on Saturday the 2nd of August, on 71st street, between 3rd ave., and Ridge Blvd., in Bay Ridge. The open fire hydrant was [...]

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Planning continues for the Bay Ridge Food Coop: “Are you interested in: Saving significant money in your food budget? Creating food shopping choices in your neighborhood? Eating more fresh food, locally grown? Enjoying more organic fruits & veggies? Working with your friends and neighbors to reach these goals? Contributing your skills to make this happen? [...]

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“A caffeine-driven Bay Ridge man has lost his grass-roots battle to keep his local Starbucks from shutting down. But latte-loving Andrew El-Khadi said he will keep fighting, despite the chain’s announcement that its Third Ave. outlet will soon be closing. Saving the cafe has become a passion for El-Khadi, who’s been passing out flyers and [...]

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Check out yesterday’s storm from the dramatic viewpoint of Shore Road in Bay Ridge.

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The Narrows Botanical Gardens off Shore Road in Bay Ridge is an interesting place if you’ve never been and this week you can catch what is described as “Japanese Gypsy Rock” there. Specifically:
Narrows Botanical Gardens is excited to announce that our garden will be the location to hear a FREE and NEW and EXCITING MUSICAL [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn]
This is a photo of the Time’s Up Sunset Ride to Coney Island that took place over the weekend that was sent to us by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and valued GL Contributor (and all-around nice person) Adrian Kinloch. Check out a few more shots over at BIB.

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“I live in Bay Ridge, and commute to Manhattan by mass transit. This has always meant a journey involving the R train, but not this past week. I decided to conduct a scientific experiment and commute for a week via the Express Bus. Since most people in Bay Ridge have never taken an express bus, [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn]
This amazing photo comes from the Brit in Brooklyn photoblog, which is produced by Adrian Kinloch. Here’s what Left in Bay Ridge had to say about the storm clouds as how they looked from Bay Ridge: “It’s Sunday and it’s another thunder boomer. And the sky! Did you see the [...]

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Check out some pics of Greening the Ridge, including bonus shots of fishing on the pier and the dude that caught a 41″ bass. “The buzz was great and it was the kind of event that as you got closer to the pier, you could feel the positive energy. It was a great vibe, and [...]

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Two Bay Ridge drug houses, whose activities have been widely chronicled on the Bay Ridge Talk Message board and by the neighborhood’s large number of blogs has been busted. The buildings were on 93rd Street. Here’s a bit from the Times:
Most neighborhoods in Brooklyn have at least one blog — and in some places, there [...]

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[Photo courtesy of subatomicfilms/flickr]
Trees have been coming down here and there in the storms we’ve been having and, as usual, parked cars are among those paying the ultimate price. This photo posted to flickr by subatomicfilms who also has some Ikea opening frenzy shots posted up. The fallen tree and crunched car are from Bay [...]

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“It’s weddings and funerals over greenmarkets in Bay Ridge. A much-anticipated farmers’ market in a Third Ave. church parking lot has been canceled after fears the country goods would take away parking space from wedding and funeral services. ‘The market is not going to happen,’ said the Rev. James Devlin, pastor of Our Lady of [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]
The annual Kings County Memorial Day Parade took place in Bay Ridge yesterday and GL Contributing Photographer Deborah Matlack was on hand to capture some of the images. The parade is billed as the longest-running such Memorial Day event in the country.

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For most of the 19th Century, Stewart Avenue–which is named for a landowner along its route–was Bay Ridge’s main drag. It “once ran straight up the spine of what was then the western edge of the town of New Utrecht….Today, you can more or less make out Stewart Avenue’s old route on the map by [...]

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The Brooklyn Preservation Council will be hearing a presentation about Green Church is Bay Ridge, which is slated to be torn down for condo development. The session is at 6PM on Tuesday (5/20) in the First Floor Conference Room at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Bob Cassara of the Committee to Save Green Church will speak.–Bay Ridge [...]

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Forgotten New York pays a visit to Third Avenue in Bay Ridge this week. Here’s a sample of Kevin Walsh’s take on the Chip Shop’s signage:
Bay Ridge is the last place on earth…OK, maybe the NYC area…that would be associated with punks at all, at least the punks of the late 1970s musical movement [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]
You think your block has a big pothole? It’s safe to say that your hole has nothing on this one in Bay Ridge, which opened up yesterday afternoon. GL Photo Contributor Deborah Matlack sent along photos of this monster along with the following description: “Here are two shots of a [...]

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Check out this photo record of a day’s travel from Sheepshead Bay through Coney Island via subway to Bay Ridge. There are photo galore and they say something.–Erica’s Blog

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[Image for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]This is Ft. Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge brought to us courtesy of GL Photo Contributor and photographer Deborah Matlack, who send many wonderful images our way.

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Bay Ridge’s amazing Middle Eastern eatery Tanoreen is making progress toward expanding to a new, bigger space down the block from its current Third Avenue location. The restaurant is one of the city’s most amazing Middle Eastern places and its tiny space is constantly jammed.–Left in Bay Ridge

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We have no idea what this is (other than short fiction), but we came across it and we liked it, so here it is:
It all happened on the Queens bound D - m4w (Bay Ridge)
It all happened on the Queens bound D. She was searching for a minimally invasive emotional relationship and he had Jerry [...]

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[Image for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]
This is the spring gorgeousness in Owls Head Park in Bay Ridge as captured by frequent GL Photo Contributor, photographer Deborah Matlack. Many more such scenes to come Brooklyn-wide in the next couple of weeks by the look of trees starting to bloom.

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