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82 Years for Bay Ridge Rapist

28 May 2010

This week Ralph DiMassi, 40, was convicted of rape in the first degree in addition to charges of robbery, burglary and sexual abuse. He faces a sentence of 82 years to life for a September 17, 2008 attack on a 39-year-old Bay Ridge woman. The victim claimed that her morning of horror began as she [...]

To Everything There is a Season…

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…A time to break down, and a time to build up. This past week it was reported that yet another Bay Ridge religious institution on 4th Avenue is planning to sell its property for new development. The congregation of Bay Ridge Baptist Church at 4th Avenue and 67th Street has decided put its church building [...]

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Another Bay Ridge Religious Site Going Condo

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Another Bay Ridge house of worship is closing the doors of its decades-old home and planning to sell to a developer. The Bay Ridge Jewish Center at 4th Avenue and 81st Street has seen its congregation dwindle over the years (the synagogue as built can hold 600, but the current congregation totals only about 100), [...]

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The End is Nigh: Dead Rising in Bay Ridge

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Preservationists fear that the end may be coming for the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church at Ovington and 4th Avenues. This week the church erected protective screening and began the process of exhuming the remains of 211 former parishioners from an underground crypt at the church site. The fate of the church has been up [...]

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Parking Trumps Greenmarket for Now

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Update: Plans for a new Brooklyn Greenmarket in Bay Ridge we highlighted earlier this month have been put on hold as Our Lady of the Angels Church has gotten cold feet about giving up its parking lot for the market. At a recent community meeting about the plan, residents voiced concerns about congested streets, and [...]

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