Brannan’s Bay Ridge: The secret is out
I grew up on 99th Street near Shore Road. As a kid, I’d be the last person on the R when it finally pulled into 95th Street and exhaled. Nowadays, that same Fourth Avenue local is crowded until the bitter end.
To some people, change is an ugly word, so I won’t say Bay Ridge is changing, but I’ll say Bay Ridge is definitely growing. Evolving. Just like, as a kid, everyone had their favorite band. And then one day, seemingly overnight, the rest of the world found out about them.
Suddenly, your little secret, your special something that you had discovered but that no one else seemed to know about, was a household name. In a way, you felt robbed, as if there were no way these new fans could possibly love this band or appreciate them as much as you did.