A Bay Ridge fixture has said goodbye after over a century in business. Kruchkow’s Shoe Store, 7808 Fifth Avenue, has shut up shop. Behind the pulled-down gates, the signs read, “Closed” and “To all our loyal customers, thank you for 110 wonderful years.” The store was family-owned and most recently run by Seth Kruchkow, who had been active with the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue
An NYPD security camera may be coming to an intersection along Fifth Avenue, where local business owners have expressed an ongoing concern about general safety and traffic issues, according to the results of a first-time survey conducted earlier this year by the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Im …
An NYPD security camera may be coming to an intersection along Fifth Avenue, where local business owners have expressed an ongoing concern about general safety and traffic issues, according to the results of a first-time survey conducted earlier this year by the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Im …
It was a night to network in Bay Ridge as local merchants, community leaders and businesspeople gathered at Cebu, at 88th Street and Third Avenue for a networking mixer sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Merchants of Third Avenue, the 86th …
Several Bay Ridge residents and organizations earned merit badges at the 21st Annual Bay Ridge Breakfast for Scouting held at the Bay Ridge Manor on Thursday, June 27.
Hosted by activist Zoe Koutsoupakis for the 14th year in a row, the breakfast recognized the efforts …Community Board 10 and the 68th Precinct are joining forces to combat drug issues that are terrorizing residents living between 72nd and 76th Streets between Third and Sixth Avenues.
Josephine Beckmann, district manager of Community Board 10, explained at a …
The holiday season was in full swing as members of the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District gathered at the Bay Ridge Manor to celebrate and to honor two of their own.
Zoe Koutsoupakis, vice president of Marathon Bank, which has been acquired by Investors Bank, and Olympia Colandrea, …
A mom-and-pop store and a bank were in the spotlight as onelocal business group held its annual Yuletide party.
Mike and Christina Neamonitis, of Mike’s Donut Shop, andMarathon Bank and its Vice President Zoe Koutsoupakis received theFifth Avenue Business Improvement District’s yearly trib …
He doesn’t ask for the attention, but he sure deserves it.
Jim Clark, the president of the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue BusinessImprovement District, and a longtime activist with both thebusiness community and the Boy Scouts, was honored by the DykerHeights Civic Association (DHCA) at its annual …
A large cross-section of southwest Brooklyn’s business communitybumped elbows and shared insights at the first annual Bay Ridge andBensonhurst Small Business Workshop and Networking Event, held atthe Bay Ridge Manor on Thursday, October 14.
Organized by the Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst Preservati …
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 …