Rosemarie O’Keefe, who headed the city’s first Community Assistance Unit under Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration in the 1990s, was honored Saturday in a street renaming ceremony in the Bay Ridge neighborhood where she lived. A year after the activist died of cancer, Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue is now “Rosemarie O’Keefe Way.” The [...]
Monday, April 12, 2010
A Port Authority cop suffered a broken jaw and a firefighter lost a pint and a half of blood over the weekend in Bay Ridge as they rushed to aid an off-duty police officer who was attacked at a bar, the Post reports. Five men were charged in the incident. Share
Monday, March 1, 2010
A Bay Ridge woman is part of a group that is distributing raw milk throughout the city. The milk, which is banned by the Federal Drug Administration because it may contain pathogens, is brought in from cows in Pennsylvania and thought to be healthier by members of the milk club. The Brooklyn Paper reports
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Three firefighters are expected to surrender Thursday on assault charges from the Bay Ridge bar brawl that injured a group of cousins last month. Share
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Arab-Americans, gathered in Bay Ridge, pressed President Obama to move forward on immigration reform.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The fallout continues from that vicious brawl that broke out in a Bay Ridge bar last week. Our Mustafa Mehdi is there now, getting all the details. UPDATE: Mustafa went, and found . . . not much. The area seems to have quieted down, and people have moved on. Share
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Rival crowds of Algerians and Egyptians shouted each other down in the streets of Bay Ridge today after Algeria toppled Egypt to make it to the 2010 World Cup.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
In Bay Ridge, a scene from a ballroom dancing class: Octogenarians fox trot, retirees rumba and the cardigans come off as the young at heart learn a few new tricks.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Men enjoy a quiet card game at a Bay Ridge tea house. Share
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
By Mara Zepeda The theater at Bay Ridge Preparatory School doubles as a basketball court. A dozen students congregate in the cavernous room. Some girls-black knee socks askew-dangle their legs off the edge of the stage. Boys loosen their neckties and slouch in folding chairs arranged in a semicircle. Other students are splayed on the wood [...]
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