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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007

The diary of Ann Castello

By Ann Castello
Bay Ridge: Our pal Ann Castello, a.k.a. the Bensonhurst Bubba, shared with us the diaries she started keeping (and still has!) when she was 11 years old in 1947. Comment.

Townhouses KO Ridge Victorians

By Matthew Lysiak
The Brooklyn Paper / Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Talk about an extreme makeover! Three elegant Victorian homes on 74th Street have been reduced to rubble — and will be replaced by five, three-family townhouses, according to the Basile Builders Group, which owns the property. Comment.

Rogue sidewalk sale vexes Ridge

By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Two local merchants are under scrutiny for the “disgusting” display in front of their stores — they’re using the sidewalk as part of the selling floor, officials say. Comments (1).

Victorian era ends in Ridge?

By Matthew Lysiak
Yellow Hooker: Local activists are asking if the destruction of three beloved Bay Ridge Victorian homes is the beginning of a broader trend. Well, this columnist has an answer — let’s hope so! Comments (1).

Water rip-offs continue in the Hurst

By Matthew Lysiak and Michael Giardina
Bay Ridge: Two more elderly people were robbed after they let in imposters who claimed they were there to check the water. Plus all the crime from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights. Comment.

Lowen’s raided — again!

By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Five months after drug enforcement authorities raided Lowen’s, the popular mom-and-pop pharmacy at the corner of Third Avenue and 69th Street, state investigators pounded down the doors again on Tuesday, this time seizing enough raw powder to make nearly a million doses of human growth hormone. Comments (1).
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