Sep. 18, 2024 By Jada Camille Bay Ridge residents gathered on familiar city streets over the weekend to bid farewell to another sweltering season at the End of Summer Block Party, hosted by the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District. The event drew families from across the neighborhood and brought the area to life with…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Bay Ridge marked the unofficial start of fall on Sunday, Sept. 15 at the annual Police Officer Christopher Hoban Memorial Run hosted by Xaverian High School. The event, held each year in honor of the Xaverian graduate who was killed in the line of duty in 1988,…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A 74-year-old man was fatally struck by the driver of a white SUV in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Bay Ridge. Authorities say the incident occurred just after 8:55 p.m. as the victim was crossing Ridge Boulevard at Bay Ridge Avenue, walking west to east in…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta On Sept. 4, for the first time in 169 years, Visitation Academy in Bay Ridge was quiet on the first day of classes. The school permanently closed its doors last summer, with the monastery soon to follow. Generations of alumni attended a Thanksgiving service…
Sep. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Two days before the first day of classes at Bay Ridge Prep, school leaders and local politicians cut the ribbon on the school’s brand-new building on Shore Road. The private K-12 school bought a plot of land overlooking Shore Road Park three years ago in a bid to…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Middle school students from the now-closed Visitation Academy were welcomed to their new academic home on Sept. 3, as Fontbonne Hall Academy cut the ribbon on its new middle school, The Visitation Program. The all-girls Catholic high school, a ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, adopted The…
Aug. 27, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil With Labor Day Weekend on the horizon, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) is calling on Brooklyn residents to donate blood during a period when collections are especially low. The summer months, including holiday weekends like Labor Day, often see a decrease in blood donations due to…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Anthony and Diane Napoli first crossed paths in 1975 as volunteers with South Brooklyn volunteer ambulance service BRAVO. Today, the couple — married for 41 years — are at the heart of BRAVO’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Diane joined BRAVO’s youth squad at 15, driven by an accident her…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Natalie Dahan Bay Ridge business leaders announced the winner of Fifth Avenue’s inaugural Community Banner Contest earlier this week, part of an effort to beautify one of the neighborhood’s busiest thoroughfares. The contest was hosted by the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District, which aims to maintain a thriving…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
After a soft opening on June 1, the School of Rock Bay Ridge celebrated its grand opening on Aug. 9 with a traditional ribbon-cutting, a ceremonial guitar smash and rocking performances by its budding “Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame” students.