BAY RIDGE — The Bay Ridge Third Avenue Festival celebrated its 51st year, marked by a vigorous turnout and support from the community. Despite the success, not every merchant participates in making the event possible. 

“Of the 430 businesses on Third Avenue, about 95 of them, less than 25%, are Merchants of Third Avenue members,” said Daniel Texeira, president of the Merchants of Third Avenue. “We’d like to get our membership up.”

Promoted as “The Biggest Block Party in New York City,” presented by the Merchants of Third Avenue in partnership with Councilmember Justin Brannan, went on without a hitch, spanning from 69th to 94th Streets.