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Bay Ridge archive

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Third death at the Gregory

Bay Ridge: A woman committed suicide inside of a Bay Ridge hotel room on April 25, making her the third person in just six months to die inside the Best Western Gregory Hotel on Fourth Avenue. Comment.

Gunpoint mug

Bay Ridge: A perp tried to rob a man at gunpoint on Fourth Avenue early on April 26. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Vito in his own words

Bay Ridge: Rep. Vito Fossella called the press to a hotel in Staten Island to address his Thursday morning drunk-driving arrest in Virginia. Here is the six-term congressman’s opening statement, as captured by BrooklynPaper.com cameraman Ricky Barlin. With video … Comment.

Bay Ridge Key Food to close

Bay Ridge: Shoppers in the southern part of Bay Ridge will be left with just one supermarket thanks to the imminent closure of the Key Food on Third Avenue — and locals were angry. With video … Comments (7).

Fossella arrested for drunk driving

Bay Ridge: Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) was arrested early Thursday morning in Alexandria, Virginia for driving while intoxicated. Comments (3).