On Tuesday, May 30, the Bergen Beach Civic Association (BBCA) held its annual awards ceremony and installation of officers at the Hudson River Yacht Club. The evening brought out a distinguished group of elected officials and community leaders including Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, state Sen. Roxanne Persaud, Councilmember Alan Maisel, former Councilmember Lewis Fidler, […]
Bye-bye, bankruptcy. Hello, Georgetown. In January, Fairway Market will open a 40,000-square-foot store at 2149 Ralph Ave. in the Georgetown section of Bergen Beach, the upscale metro-area supermarket chain announced recently. A grocery-store opening — so what? No big deal, you might say. But you’d be wrong. This is the first store Fairway Group […]
Gated communities stand beside a stretch of salt marsh wetlands and a yacht club. A few blocks inland, there are strip malls with massive parking lots and a six-lane thoroughfare with roaring traffic. Is this South Florida? No, it’s a neighborhood called Georgetown in shoreline Brooklyn. Georgetown is a subdivision of Bergen Beach. Both are […]