Make of it what you will. Going through Owls Head Park and on to the 69th St Pier with a 40 MPH tail wind.

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It starts out with views of Manhattan and Jersey, but the pan back to Brooklyn over Sunset Park is actually more interesting.

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[Photo for Gowanus Lounge courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is the late afternoon light on the first day of winter in Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge yesterday. Photographer and GL Contributor Deborah Matlack writes simply “winter light is beautiful.” Indeed it is.

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Valued GL Photographer Deborah Matlack stood out in the sleet with camera on tripod and holding an umbrella to capture this quintessential Southern Brooklyn Christmas scene. And it is pretty.

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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] It’s kind of colorful in Bay Ridge, isn’t it?

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[Photo courtesy of greenbk/flickr] We finally did it. We ate a bluefish. Caught off the 69th St pier. The pier next to the “wastewater” treatment plant. The treatment plant that stinks up the neighborhood. It was delicious. And we’re still alive. –Vanessa Raymond

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There has been much hubbub surrounding Marty Golden’s Greenmarket in the Walgreens parking lot in Bay Ridge, and much debate about whether it will live on past December. Thirty blocks away, produce-hungry residents of the Bay Ridge Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) have taken matters into their own hands. Every Saturday from June through November Farmer […]

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It sounds as if Precinct 68 is getting back into the swing of what their thing is – protecting and serving the residents of Bay Ridge. After many unfortunate crimes and a town hall evening of complaints, the cops are now getting it that just because it’s better than what it was this time last […]

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If you are a fan of demolition porn. This flickr album of Green Church in Bay Ridge coming down is as hard core as it gets. It’s raw. It’s brutal. It defines pornography which, as someone once famously said: “You know it when you see it.”–Flickr

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Bay Ridge may be the best neighborhood in Brooklyn, but it has it’s share of troubles. The neighborhood witnessed a rape earlier in the month as well as what appears to be a rise in home burglaries and drug trafficking. Police report that crime in the 68th precinct is down this year, but citizens feel […]

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In recent months Bay Ridge has seen two new Middle Eastern grilled fish restaurants open up… both within one block of the Bay Ridge institution that is El Bahary Fish Market. While El Bahary was once the go-to place for grilled fish in Bay Ridge, it now has competition from Asmak Taama (on the same […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of David Marangio] The Greenmarket that people in Bay Ridge had been fighting for on in the parking lot of a former Key Foods opened up on October 4. Thomas Marangio, who also shot all the photos here, writes to us: So, one of the most exciting developments in Bay Ridge […]

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This summer, the chant on Bay Ridge Ave and 4th St was “The church is not falling down!” but the church is most definitely coming down now. Demolition has begun on the “Green Church” that its small congregation fought so hard to save. Preservationists in the area are horrified that this unique colossus in green […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of David Marangio] Friends, things may be tougher than we think. This image comes from Bay Ridge late last week as a submarine cruised past Bay Ridge. Correspondent David Marangio of Bay Ridge reports: “On Friday morning, I noticed something I have never ever seen in NY Harbor, a submarine.” We’re […]

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[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano] This gorgeous photo of the Verrazano Bridge comes to us from contributor Charles Andrisano. He writes, “Did a little night shooting of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge as the sun was setting in the West. This shot is from the bike path, that runs along side the Narrows. The sunset was […]

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This is what Bay Ridge’s Green Church, which is being demolished so that condos can be built, and the old building replaced with a new one, looked like yesterday afternoon, after removal of stained glass windows started. Bay Ridge Journal, which has been following the story closely, writes of the photo above, which it posted: […]

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“Stealing a scene from a hit movie, two Brooklyn cops used their patrol car to ‘do doughnuts’ in a Bay Ridge park, a woman who witnessed the crazy stunt said Monday. The cigar-chomping officers tore through a baseball field at Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge, spinning the car wildly in circles and almost hitting […]

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[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano] Local photographer and welcome GL Contributor Charley Andrisano reports in on that popular Brooklyn summer tradition, the block party. He writes: “We had our 4th annual block party on Saturday the 2nd of August, on 71st street, between 3rd ave., and Ridge Blvd., in Bay Ridge. The open fire hydrant […]

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Planning continues for the Bay Ridge Food Coop: “Are you interested in: Saving significant money in your food budget? Creating food shopping choices in your neighborhood? Eating more fresh food, locally grown? Enjoying more organic fruits & veggies? Working with your friends and neighbors to reach these goals? Contributing your skills to make this happen? […]

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“A caffeine-driven Bay Ridge man has lost his grass-roots battle to keep his local Starbucks from shutting down. But latte-loving Andrew El-Khadi said he will keep fighting, despite the chain’s announcement that its Third Ave. outlet will soon be closing. Saving the cafe has become a passion for El-Khadi, who’s been passing out flyers and […]

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Check out yesterday’s storm from the dramatic viewpoint of Shore Road in Bay Ridge.

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The Narrows Botanical Gardens off Shore Road in Bay Ridge is an interesting place if you’ve never been and this week you can catch what is described as “Japanese Gypsy Rock” there. Specifically: Narrows Botanical Gardens is excited to announce that our garden will be the location to hear a FREE and NEW and EXCITING […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This is a photo of the Time’s Up Sunset Ride to Coney Island that took place over the weekend that was sent to us by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and valued GL Contributor (and all-around nice person) Adrian Kinloch. Check out a few more shots over at BIB.

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“I live in Bay Ridge, and commute to Manhattan by mass transit. This has always meant a journey involving the R train, but not this past week. I decided to conduct a scientific experiment and commute for a week via the Express Bus. Since most people in Bay Ridge have never taken an express bus, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn] This amazing photo comes from the Brit in Brooklyn photoblog, which is produced by Adrian Kinloch. Here’s what Left in Bay Ridge had to say about the storm clouds as how they looked from Bay Ridge: “It’s Sunday and it’s another thunder boomer. And the sky! Did you see […]

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