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  • The First “Towers” of Bay Ridge

    The literal rise and fall of the 65th Street Gas Tanks, which dominated the local landscape for decades.

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  • How an Ancient Cemetery Survived in Bay Ridge

    The Barkaloo Cemetery, home to at least one veteran of the American Revolution, has been at the corner of Mackay Place and Narrows for almost 300 years.

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  • Could the Oldest House in Bay Ridge Be Destroyed?

    Teunis Bergen's old homestead is for sale, and the realtor suggests the buyer could knock it down.

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  • The Bad Old Days: A Man with a Grenade and the Siege of Fifth Avenue

    In 1982, George Dalton threatened to detonate multiple explosives near 77th Street, leading to an almost 10-hour standoff that ended on a dark hill in Owl's Head Park.

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  • Will Bay Ridge Subway Stations Ever Have Elevators?

    The short answer: probably, sort of, eventually, maybe.

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LABVERDE

In Bay Ridge, An Art Exhibit Inspired by the Amazon

AMAZON: Invisible Landscape, at Stand4 Gallery on 78th Street, consists of works by participants in LABVERDE, a residency in the rainforest.

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Protesting the NRA

Protesters Challenge the NRA in Dyker Heights

When it leaked that the gun group would hold a fundraiser in a few hours, activists mobilized.

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6 Things You Need to Know About the 86th Street Station Elevator

First of all, it’s really happening. Construction is scheduled to begin!

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Three (Mostly) Easy Bike Rides From Bay Ridge

A guide for casual cyclists and the bike-curious.

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Stand4 Dailylife

A Bay Ridge Gallery Asks Big Questions About the Nature of Art

The Dailylife project at Stand4 asks participants to challenge preconceived notions and social conditioning.

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Joan Kipp newspaper cover

The Bad Old Days: The Mad Mail Bomber Who Struck Bay Ridge

In 1982, a booby-trapped package killed a woman on 91st Street. A decade later, the killer struck again. And again. And again. And again.

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Teunis Bergen house

Could the Oldest House in Bay Ridge Be Destroyed?

Teunis Bergen’s old homestead is for sale, and the realtor suggests the buyer could knock it down.

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Tops honey bear

How Bay Ridge Got Its “Honey Bear”

An artist met an artist, who met a family business—next thing you know, Third Avenue has a new public artwork.

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In Bay Ridge, the Civil War in Yemen is Close to Home

Talking with activists and survivors about the underreported crisis and what you can do.

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Switch street art Bay Ridge

Talking With Bay Ridge’s Anti-Trump Street Artist

“I understand that people might find my work offensive. I totally get that. I find him to be fundamentally offensive, so I get it.”

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  • 65th Street Gas TanksThe First “Towers” of Bay Ridge
  • Barkaloo CemeteryHow an Ancient Cemetery Survived in Bay Ridge
  • Teunis Bergen houseCould the Oldest House in Bay Ridge Be Destroyed?
  • George Dalton Fifth AvenueThe Bad Old Days: A Man with a Grenade and the Siege of Fifth Avenue
  • Accessibility protest in Bay RidgeWill Bay Ridge Subway Stations Ever Have Elevators?
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