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Bay Ridge Archive

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007

Bridge fix driving ’em nuts!

Bay Ridge: Traffic from the ongoing restoration of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has caused such intense gridlock on local streets around the span — and at least one businessman says he’s losing a fortune because of it. Comments (1).

DEP’s fresh idea stinks up Ridge

Bay Ridge: Move over Dior, Chanel, and Ellen Tracy, the Department of Environmental Protection has unleashed a new perfume just in time for the holiday season and residents are giving it a big “thumbs up” — up their noses to plug up the stench. Comment.

Friendly swipe

Bay Ridge: A man had $2,600 robbed by his own friend, right in front of his very eyes, after his buddy lifted the money bag from his vehicle on Nov. 30, police said. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Evil O’Malley is in the Hall

Yellow Hooker: They’re putting the biggest bum of ’em all in the Hall — and our columnist objects. Comment.

Man stabbed in bar — again

Bay Ridge: Yet another bar fight broke out in Bay Ridge last week — in this case, a 23-year-old man was stabbed three times at a Fourth Avenue watering hole on Nov. 30. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct. Comments (1).

Coffee war!

Bay Ridge: There will soon be four Starbucks in Bay Ridge — a development that is forcing people to take sides in a brewing war of Comments (3).

Fatal stabbing at the Gregory

Bay Ridge: A man was fatally stabbed at the Gregory Hotel on Fourth Avenue on Monday. Comment.
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