Spike Lee visited a Bay Ridge sports store celebrating renewed Knicks championship excitement, drawing fans and boosting business.
Bay Ridge artist Michael “Kaves” McLeer unveils a new 86th Street mural celebrating neighborhood history, landmarks and local pride.
The school on Tuesday night presented a Beatles-themed spring concert titled “Here Comes the Sun,” featuring performances by students.
Trash baskets are restored along Bay Ridge’s Fifth Avenue after sanitation changes reduced coverage and drew community concern.
The applicant presented a rendering of the building that would be built if the group were unable to receive rezoning approval.
Ashleigh F., 13, an eighth-grader, last year claimed the crown with 2,528 boxes, and this year upped her total to 3,013.
Hunter’s Steak & Ale House closed after 30 years in Bay Ridge as owners retire, marking the loss of a longtime community gathering spot.
Local elected officials joined representatives of Dime Bank at aribbon-cutting for their newest branch, at 86th Street and FourthAvenue.
The theme of festive event, on Thursday, April 7, was givingback to the community. State Senator Marty Golden and CouncilmemberVincent Gentile were in at …
In 1998, when Scott Zimmerman saw that the business thenoccupying his father Stanley’s old produce store at 65th Street andFort Hamilton Parkway wasn’t doing well, he, his brother Howard,and long-time friend Philip Penta, Sr. decided that this was theirchance.
So, the three bought the prop …
The 144th annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade, the oldestMemorial Day Parade in the country, which takes place here on Thirdand Fourth Avenues, needs your financial support. According toparade Chairperson Peter De Angelis, also the general chairpersonof the sponsoring United War Veterans of Kings …
Bay Ridge and its neighboring communities of Dyker Heights andBensonhurst have many theatrical groups including Ridge Choral,BrooklynOne, Regina Opera, and of course, Narrows CommunityTheater. Some have been around over 40 years, so, why is it that somany people do not seem to know this?
Ma …SUSHI SUSPECT
An unidentified thief made off with $1,500 in cash from ShobuSushi on 9427 Fifth Avenue last Sunday morning, said police.
The restaurant was closed when the alleged thief picked the lockon a rear door and forced his way in. Surveillance footage of thestreet behind the …
Playing dress up isn’t only for kids.
Just ask Robert Carlsen, a 71-year-old retiree from Bay Ridgewho, for fun, impersonates celebrities of all genders and decades,from Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga.
My life has been a party, about having a good time, saidCarlsen between rehearsals …
College-bound high school juniors and their families should makeBay Ridge their first stop.
Adelphi Academy will be hosting the Home Reporter’s collegenight for high school juniors and their families next month.
The free event, which will be held on April 14, from 7 to 9p.m., at the …
Months of debate over the potential arrival of a Walmartsuperstore to New York City – specifically, Brooklyn – came to ahead last week as advocates on both sides gave passionate, oftenemotional testimony to NY City Council members.
The nearly four hours of testimony was, at times, drawn out …Despite opening hundreds of superstores in all corners of thecountry and across the globe, Walmart has faced years of oppositionin its efforts to open a New York City outpost, first in Manhattan,then Staten Island and most recently in Queens. But with jobsscarce and the city eager to court ever-b …