27 Jun 2017 Culture History True Crime Bay Ridge: A Local Bar Girl, Burned Alive A fatal fire on Ridge Boulevard in 1952 looked accidental but was anything but. 31Views10 minRead time
01 Jun 2017 Community News News Subways and Streets Ferry Service Returns to Bay Ridge! (Photos) Starting today, boats will take commuters along Brooklyn’s west coast to Wall Street. 36Views2 minRead time
21 Apr 2017 Culture History The Epic Rise and Fall of Bay Ridge’s Once Most-Important Institution A microcosmic history of Bay Ridge in the tale of how a country club was formed, dissolved, and transformed into Fort Hamilton High School. 46Views113 minRead time
17 Apr 2017 Culture History True Crime Bay Ridge: The Murder of Patsy Hylan In 1957, two women had been found beaten to death in Bay Ridge. Was a serial killer loose? 32Views53 minRead time
27 Mar 2017 Culture History The Fights for Bay Ridge’s First Hospitals The neighborhood needed health centers; it got several. So, what happened to them? 44Views23 minRead time
06 Feb 2017 Culture History The Kidnapping of John Arthur Russell In 1932, an 8-year-old boy was taken off Third Avenue by two men in broad daylight while walking home from St. Anselm’s. 31Views15 minRead time
20 Jan 2017 Culture History What’s the Deal with that Giant Building on Senator and Fourth? A former gas-company showroom and community space has recently been leased to NYU. 29Views4 minRead time
03 Jan 2017 Arts Culture The Bay Ridge Canon: Lawrence Block Crime Novels (Interview) Talking to the lauded crime writer about the Matthew Scudder books set in Bay Ridge. 34Views8 minRead time
15 Dec 2016 Arts Culture How to Support Local Artists in Bay Ridge This Holiday Season Talking to the organizer of the Owl’s Head’s first Holiday Art Fair. 29Views3 minRead time
09 Dec 2016 Culture Food and Drink History Local Business News Bay Ridge Liquor Store Moves—Into Former Hotbed of Prohibition-Era Bootlegging! At least five men would find it ironic that McGovern’s has moved into the old Eco Foods space—they were arrested there for possession of alcohol! 33Views4 minRead time
