In Bay Ridge, an Artist Builds a Home Out of Collagen, Glycerin and Her Own Blood
Magdalena Dukiewicz hints at the impermanence of home with her bodily constructions.
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In Bay Ridge, Artists Explore the Immigrant Experience
At Stand4, a powerful and striking collection of 21st-century immigrant women’s art.
In Bay Ridge, an Art Show About the Dire Urgency of Right Now
Elena Soterakis’s TUMULT is full of dispatches not from a distant future but a desperate present.
The Bay Ridge Canon: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (interview)
Talking to the author of one of the year’s buzziest books about its use of Bay Ridge as one of many settings.
Near Bay Ridge, Artists Create One-of-a-Kind “SciArt” Space
The new exhibition space at BioBAT, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, mixes art with science.
The Hidden Histories of the Step Streets and Glorious Mansions on Bay Ridge’s Eponymous Ridge
Everything you could want to know about the 74th Street and 76th Street stairs, including who built and lived in the houses above them.
The Full, Epic History of “Cannonball Park”
A few acres at the tip of Bay Ridge provide a microcosmic history of that part of the neighborhood, from Coney Island-like amusements to Vietnam-era protests.
Andrew Gounardes on the Arts: “A Lot of Candidates Don’t Talk About This Because They Don’t Understand”
An in-depth interview with the state senate candidate about the value of the arts and what government can do to support them.
True Crime Bay Ridge: The Abducted Teenage Bride of PS 104
Frances Trotter was 14-years-old when she disappeared after school one afternoon. Her cousin, who also disappeared, was much older.
The Long-Forgotten History of Leif Ericson Park
The sprawling former parkway near the Bay Ridge northern border offers a microcosmic history of the community in the 20th century, from the Irish shantytown it replaced to the site of overdose and murder it became.