Mar. 25, 2024 By Jada Camille
A task force from the New York City Sheriff’s Office last week busted some southern Brooklyn shops for illegally carrying and selling cannabis and other illicit products during a routine inspection of the district.
Mar. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
It was the luck of the Irish as the torrential downpours the city experienced on moved out just in time for the 29th annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday.
Mar. 20, 2024 By Jada Camille
A new school expected to open in Bay Ridge this fall will be named after southern Brooklyn advocate and attorney Joanne Seminara.
Mar. 13, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
The Bay Ridge Center, an organization dedicated to providing Brooklyn’s adults 60 and older with services and programs, officially opened its new state-of-the-art location on Monday after almost ten years of planning and coordination.
Mar. 11, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil As the emerald month of March begins, Brooklyn’s biggest Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations — a trio of parades across the borough — are gearing up for kickoff. Each line of march pays tribute to Brooklyn’s rich Irish heritage in its own way, but all share a similar sense of Celtic (and community) pride. Parade-goers can expect a little of the same at each march — from green-clad marchers to hardworking honorees, bagpipers and more — though, each parade has its own distinct flair. All of them orchestrated with care by locals, each of…
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Feb. 12, 2024 Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta
The biggest Sunday in football started as it has for the past seven years in southern Brooklyn — with the annual Chili Cookoff at Lock Yard gastropub in Bay Ridge, where nearly two-dozen chefs arrived on Feb. 11 ready to compete.
Feb. 8, 2024 By Adam Daly
A worker at a controversial Bay Ridge weed shop was indicted in Brooklyn Supreme Court after he allegedly assaulted a tax department criminal investigator who came to shut down the illegal store, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced Thursday.
Feb. 7, 2024 By Jada Camille
Visitation Academy, the all-girls Catholic school in Bay Ridge, will close its doors at the end of this school year.
Feb. 5, 2024 By Adam Daly
Bruce Springsteen fans have been paying tribute to the singer’s Bay Ridge-born mother, who died Jan. 31 at the age of 98 following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Jan. 30, 2024 By Jada Camille
Council Member Justin Brannan celebrated his election to the helm of the newly outlined District 47 at an inauguration party on Sunday, Jan. 28.