Gotham City Games bringing first-ever Brooklyn Geek Fest to Bay Ridge
A Bay Ridge native is bringing joy to local hardcore gamers, comic fans and more, thanks to the Brooklyn Geek Fest, a first-time event in the neighborhood coming early next month.
Ralph Pugliese, owner of popular retro gaming store Gotham City Games, 503 84th Street, has participated in many conventions around the northeastern area. After recently celebrating the store’s two-year anniversary, Pugliese decided to host one of his own.
“This is the first Geek Fest not only in Bay Ridge, but in Brooklyn,” the owner said, who graduated from St. Anselm and Xaverian High School. “We [participate in] a lot of conventions including New York City and a lot of other smaller conventions where we sell stuff and hang out so we wanted to do one in Bay Ridge because there are zero of these conventions in Brooklyn.”