Merchants of Third Ave. set to honor Bay Ridge pioneers
Award winners to be celebrated at dinner on Jan. 9
A Bay Ridge business group is busy planning its annual dinner to give a pat on the back to store-owners, community activists and political leaders who work tirelessly to make the Southwest Brooklyn neighborhood a better place to live and work.
The Merchants of Third Avenue organization will hold its 23rd annual Pioneer of Third Avenue dinner on Monday, Jan. 9 at the Bay Ridge Manor at 476 76th St., starting at 7 p.m.
President Bob Howe and his members call the honor the “Pioneer Awards” to reflect the winners’ status as trendsetters on the Third Avenue shopping thoroughfare. With more than 250 shops located between 68th Street and 95th Street, Third Avenue is one of the busiest shopping areas in Brooklyn.