All Posts – Hey Ridge

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Sep 2026

A Guide to Gardening in Bay Ridge

Before we get started, I just want to make the disclaimer that I am by no means a seasoned gardener. I mostly frequent local garden shops to buy indoor plants,…

ByHey Ridge 162Views

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Mar 2020

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.

ByHey Ridge 87Views

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Dec 2019

In Bay Ridge, Artists Explore the Immigrant Experience

At Stand4, a powerful and striking collection of 21st-century immigrant women’s art.

ByDavid Farley 69Views

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Oct 2019

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.

ByJohn Avelluto 76Views

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Sep 2019

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.

ByHenry Stewart 94Views

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Jan 2019

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.

ByJohn Avelluto 46Views

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Dec 2018

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.

ByHenry Stewart 74Views

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Oct 2018

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.

ByHenry Stewart 107Views

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Oct 2018

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.

ByJohn Avelluto 121Views

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Sep 2018

Primary 2018: The Case for Andrew Gounardes

Why you should vote for Andrew on September 13 and give him a shot to unseat Marty Golden.

ByDavid Farley 37Views