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Bloody Sunday
In 2007, I was in Ireland. Much to the amazement of some of my friends in New York and Dublin, I decided to go north of the border. To Belfast. Then out west, to Derry, without an agenda.I checked into...
View ArticleLast Days for Third Avenue Bus
This morning, I commuted to work using the B-37 ( Third Avenue ) bus.There were a lot of regulars on the bus, for whom this was their normal means of commuting. They greeted their fellow passengers...
View ArticleThe M Train's Last Run
Today, I joined about ten train fans and a few normal commuters on the last M train passing south through lower Manhattan into Brooklyn's Sunset Park, Borough Park, and Bensonhurst.Here, the last M...
View ArticleLast B37 Third Avenue Bus
Saturday, June 27, 1150pm. The last northbound B37 bus pulls out of the Bay Ridge Avenue stop, pauses at the light, and then heads to downtown Brooklyn, never to be seen again.
View ArticleBiking from Bay Ridge to Westchester County
I found this on youtube - a perfect video of what it's like to bike over the Brooklyn Bridge.I've been getting into biking a bit more lately, and this past Sunday I decided to go for a long ride. From...
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Localized Flooding In Bay Ridge
Did anyone else have water in the basement Friday?I did, and at first I thought it was due to a defect in the hot water / boiler system.But now I read that there was localized flooding caused by...
View ArticleMay the Circle Be Unbroken
(Michelle Wright-Iris DeMent-Mairead Ni Mhaonaight perform " May the Circle Be Unbroken " )Aasne Lorentzen, who we were proud to have as a neighbor in Bay Ridge for all these many years, passed away...
View ArticleAn Actual Ad for a candidate for Congress from Arizona, USA
This is not a joke - not an intentional one anyway.This is an actual campaign ad for Pamela Gorman, candidate for Arizona's third Congressional District.She was crushed in the Republican primary this...
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Off to New Mexico
Tomorrow, I fly to Albuquerque New Mexico, where I will traipse around the northern part of the state - Santa Fe, Taos, Raton, Las Vegas ( NM ).I have enjoyed my many forays into Europe and Asia, but...
View ArticleA Walk Down Shore Road
A lovely, dreamlike walk down the length of Shore Road. Good job apogeus1
View ArticleJapanese " Home Library " in Bay Ridge!
When Natsuko Garcia moved to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, she realized that the dozens of Japanese families that had recently settled there could really use a children's library. So she decided to build one—in...
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Chilean Miner Will Run Through Bay Ridge As A Participant In the New York...
The great story just got even better.Bay Ridge will have a distinguished visitor this coming Sunday, as Edison Pena, one of the rescued miners from Chile will be paying us a visit.Pena also ran a...
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R Train to Have New Lawrence St Connection this Friday at 1pm
NY1 reports that the new direct tunnel connection between Lawrence St ( R train ) and Jay St / Borough Hall ( A, C, F trains ) will open Friday, Dec 10.This will allow free transfers between the...
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Take the N or R Train to All NYC Airports!
I've passed through the Jay Street Metrotech ( formerly Lawrence Street ) connection a few times. Its easy as pie.It now makes it easy for Bay Ridge / Sunset Park / other Brooklyn residents to take the...
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Snow Day In Bay Ridge
Man walking up 68th Street towards Fourth Avenue, 1030 this morningThis reminds me of the major snowstorm in 1996. A storm that wasn’t noticed by most snuck up on us on a Sunday evening into the night,...
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Mayor Bloomberg's Block Doesn't have Snow!
The image to the left - Mike Bloomberg's blockThe image to the left - a block in Sheepshead Bay, BrooklynImage courtesy of Sheepshead Bites. I like their attitude.---In Staten Island, the street in...
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( Edited - see below ) Incompetent Bloomberg Administration to resume...
The City, who along with the corrupt Sanitation Unions, has screwed up the aftermath of last week's snowstorm to a fare-thee-well, is stating on 311 that Alternate Side Parking resumes this...
View Article" Oh You Pretty Woman " , Willie and the Wheel
I like Willie Nelson, and for a quarter century have been a huge fan of the Western ( Texas ) swing band Asleep At The WheelThe other night I caught Austin City Limits, the great live music show from...
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R Train Service Cancelled on Nights and Weekends
( Bay Ridge News Service )The MTA announced a new series of service cuts that are to take effect immediately. Of special interest to Bay Ridge / Sunset Park residents is that the R train will no longer...
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Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
They got him.Nearly ten years ago, my city and my country suffered the worst terrorist attack in world history.This unspeakable act impacted people from all over America. Even if you were from a small...
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