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69th Street Key Food in trouble?
There's a Stop Work order on the property.
More about it here: http://www.brooklynrowhouse.com/key_food
Bay Ridge crime wave -- burglaries up 60%
Submitted by steve on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 10:31The majority of the burglaries occurred between 65th and 86th streets and Fourth and Seventh avenues, said Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, commanding officer of the 68th Precinct, at an Oct. 16 town hall meeting on crime.
“Most of the burglaries are rear window and they are very difficult to police,” said Rodriguez, who noted that in all but three break-ins, the crooks got in from the back of the home.
“These guys push the screen right in and go in the house…they are targeting jewelry cash and electronics,” he added.
read the full article"Trace": Bay Ridge gets 'high end' Mexican cuisine.
Almost a year after Henry Grattan's, 3rd avenue's quaint Irish fireside pub, was sold lock 'n' stock to the Salty Dog consortium - Bay Ridge's much talked about high-end Mexican restaurant, 'Trace,' has finally arrived.
Veggie good news for Ridge! Greenmarket is coming
Submitted by steve on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 09:07Veggie good news for Ridge! Greenmarket is coming
By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
Grocery-starved Bay Ridge will soon get its first farmer’s market — and the fruit and vegetable venders will set up in the former Key Food parking lot, The Brooklyn Paper has learned.
Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) will reveal at a press conference on Monday afternoon at the corner of Third Avenue and 95th Street — where the now-closed grocery will soon become a Walgreens — that the site has been chosen to host the green market, an agricultural insider told The Paper.
