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After 110 years, Bay Ridge shoe store Kruchkow’s closes its doors

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

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Another security camera may come to 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 …

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Another security camera may come to 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 …

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Business people mix and mingle in Ridge

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

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21st Annual Bay Ridge Breakfast for Scouting

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 …

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Ridgeites joining forces to deter drug issues

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 …

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Fifth Avenue merchants celebrate the holiday season

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, …

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