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This is The Bay Ridge Digest's Monday Morning Roundup for 07/20/2026. These are the highlights. Subscribe to the free email at BayRidgeDigest.com for the full breath of everything happening in Bay Ridge this week. 

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Out now on all podcasting platforms, The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 18. We find lights in the sky as our community comes together to support each other. 

Featured in this episode are these segments: 

• Christopher Safi on surviving pediatric cancer, founding Little Golden Light (@littlegoldenlight_org), and their upcoming September Gala  

• Michelle from Anthony’s Butcher & Deli (@anthonysbutcher) with your weeknight options

• Jana Zolle on all the things Peace By Piece Thrift Store and Community Center (@peacebypiecethrift) offers  

• July 1959 Local Politics and Bridge News

• Jaqueline Strano (@jmstrano) on her upcoming embroidery workshop at Curated Momentum (@curatedmomentum)

• The Dog Days of Summer

• Three doggy jokes with Freddie Friday (@freddiefridaystoryfuntime) with a PSA for the Itty Bitty Kitty Bay Ridge Cat Rescue (@ittybittykittynybayridge)

• Rob Burnett (@burnie_re) and Luisa Zapata (@luisa_inbayridge) with your real estate needs

• Looking ahead to the Harvest season and Old Home Week

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This is The Bay Ridge Digest's Monday Morning Roundup for 07/13/2026. These are the highlights. Subscribe to the free email at BayRidgeDigest.com for the full breath of everything happening in Bay Ridge this week. 

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This is The Bay Ridge Digest's Monday Morning Roundup for 07/06/2026. These are the highlights. Subscribe to the free email at BayRidgeDigest.com for the full breath of everything happening in Bay Ridge this week. 

Know of important stories or events that will be happening this Summer? Please send them to me! My goal is to make this the most jam-packed Bay Ridge email out there. You can submit things to me in the forms at https://bayridgedigest.com/

When you subscribe and open the email, you’ll notice that local businesses have sponsored this email. For one monthly fee your business’ logo can appear in 4-5 monthly emails with a link out to your choice. If this interests you and you want more information, please check out my Media Kit — https://www.bayridgedigest.com/media-kit. Already know you want to become a sponsor? Do so here — Patreon.com/TheBayRidgeDigest. 

Welcome to the debut edition of The Bay Ridge Digest’s Monday Morning roundup. 

While you're listening to this in the Bay Ridge Digest podcast feed, I'd suggest subscribing to this as a free email at BayRidgeDigest.com. Every Monday at around 6AM you'll receive the weekly email of important news and events happening in our area. 

Know of important stories or events that will be happening this Summer? Please send them to me! My goal is to make this the most jam-packed Bay Ridge email out there. You can submit things to me in the forms at https://bayridgedigest.com/

Are you someone who has been listening to The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast since its debut last fall and is excited for the upcoming weekly email newsletter? You can support all these Bay Ridge Digest pieces of media for as little as $5 per month here — Patreon.com/TheBayRidgeDigest. Click the "Red Tier: Personal Supporters" tab. Anyone who supports will have their names listed at the bottom of the weekly email and on the Sponsors page at BayRidgeDigest.com.

In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 17! We visit The Mighty Functional Fitness studio, grab a bite at the new Schnitzel Haus, and wash it all away at Coney Island. 

Featured in this episode are these segments: 

• Fred Urban of Schnitzel Haus (@schnitzelhausbk) on renovating and opening up the new location at 114 Bay Ridge Avenue, the public support, what’s on the menu, and what’s on tap. 

• Summer vacation jokes with Freddie Friday (@freddiefridaystoryfuntime) with a PSA for the Itty Bitty Kitty Bay Ridge Cat Rescue (@ittybittykittynybayridge)

• Victoria Salerno of Mighty Functional Fitness Studio (@mightyfunctionalfitness) on opening up the studio inside The Green Spa and Wellness Center (@thegreenspa) and what training courses she offers

• Coney Island in the 20th Century with some words of wisdom from the late, great Jean Shepherd. 

Coming this Monday, June 29th, The Bay Ridge Digest Monday morning roundup email. It’ll feature local events, classifieds, restaurant recs, human interest, and other important Bay Ridge happenings. It’s free to receive. Sign up for this at bayridgedigest.com.

Know of important stories or events that will be happening this Summer? Please send them to me! My goal is to make this the most jam-packed Bay Ridge email out there. You can submit things to me in the forms at bayridgedigest.com.

I'm selling logo placements in the weekly emails. For one monthly fee your business' logo can appear in weekly emails with a link out to the destination of your choice. I've sold out of the larger slots, but I still have slots available at $30, $60, $90 per month. Once again, that's one monthly fee to be featured in four to five emails per month. 

Interested in this and want more info? Check out my Media Kit at BayRidgeDigest.com. Already know you want to be a sponsor? Do so at Patreon.com/TheBayRidgeDigest. 

If you’re a person who wants to support, you can do so for as little as five dollars per month through the Patreon. Click the "Red Tier: Personal Supporters" tab in the memberships section. 

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In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 16! We talk about Coney Island, community theater, growing up in Bensonhurst, and meet several ladies running small businesses in the neighborhood. 

Featured in this episode are these segments: 

• A life in fashion with Sew ‘N Fashion’s (@sew.n.fashion_bk) Alyson Melhus

• What exactly is a Coney? Coney Island’s early history

• Growing Up In Bensonhurst with Victoria Salerno of Mighty Functional Fitness Studio (@mightyfunctionalfitness)

• The First Happy Father’s Day in 15 Years

• Anna from Anna Bella Pizza Cafe (@annabellapizzacafe) with how family tragedy led her to a life as a foodie, opening up Anna Bella Pizza Cafe, and how her and her husband Hisham are running this new sourdough pizza cafe

• Dreamland Burns Down

• Music the World Makes with John P. Loonam (@jploonam)

• At the grand opening the new Law Offices of Khalifeh and Strupinsky (@khalifehstrupinsky) 

• Community Theater with Jeff Samaha (@jeff_samaha)

• Wedding and Summer Jokes with Freddie Friday (@freddiefridaystoryfuntime) with a PSA for the Itty Bitty Kitty Bay Ridge Cat Rescue (@ittybittykittynybayridge)

• Running Sew ‘N Fashion and courses offered (@sew.n.fashion_bk) with Alyson Melhus

Coming June 29th: The Bay Ridge Digest Monday morning roundup email. It’ll feature local events, classifieds, restaurant recs, human interest, and other important Bay Ridge happenings. 

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Coming June 29th: The Bay Ridge Digest Monday morning roundup email. It’ll feature local events, classifieds, restaurant recs, human interest, and other important Bay Ridge happenings. 

Want to receive this? Want to submit a story or important event you already know that will be happening this Summer? Do all that at BayRidgeDigest.com.

Want to have your businesses logo featured in the weekly email for one small monthly fee? Go to Patreon.com/TheBayRidgeDigest to do so, and the Media Kit at BayRidgeDigest.com to find out more. 

To individually support all these Bay Ridge Digest pieces of media for as little as $5 per month, please go to Patreon.com/TheBayRidgeDigest and click on the “Red Tier.” Your support means the world as this whole shebang grows. 

How do we define a ghost? What makes us gravitate towards spooky stories, and not just in October?

What causes these supposed paranormal things to happen? Are they trapped spirits who are unable to move on? Inter-dimensional visitors? Energetic imprints from the past history of a house? Or is it something ancient? Something tied to the land itself. 

I grew up in a house on Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst that had lots of strange activity. Don’t believe me? Just ask my mom.

Want to take a ghost tour and see me in person? I’m leading Haunted Bay Ridge on Saturday June 6th at 6:30PM. Tickets can be found here — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-revised-tickets-1987612124369, at the tours and events tab at BayRidgeDigest.com, or through the linktr.ee at @BayRidgeDigest or @TheWallBreakers on Instagram. 

In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 15, we speak with the owner of the Fort Hamilton Distillery, salute the importance of Memorial Day, and meet several small business owners. 

Featured in this episode are these segments: 

• The inspiration for Fort Hamilton Distillery (@fort.hamilton.distillery) in Industry City (@industrycity) with co-founder Alex Clark

• Anna from Anna Bella Pizza Cafe (@annabellapizzacafe) with a big hello and their late Spring menu and hours

• The history behind “In Flanders Fields” and how to donate to local Poppy funds through @forthamiltonfmwr and local VFWs

• Jeff Samaha (@jeff_samaha) on working the Today Show, David Letterman, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, how Ridge Chorale expanded in the 1970s and 1980s, and meeting his wife Mary Ann

• Three Light-Hearted Jokes from Freddie Friday (@freddiefridaystoryfuntime) with a PSA for the Itty Bitty Kitty Bay Ridge Cat Rescue (@ittybittykittynybayridge)

• Establishing the first Doula program at the New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and launching The Brooklyn Birth Shop (@brooklynbirthshop) with Kerri Evers

• The history of the Memorial Day Weekend International Lifeboat Race in the Narrows

• Mighty Functional Fitness (@mightyfunctionalfitness) offerings with Victoria Salerno

• Selections from The Price of Their Toys with John P. Loonam (@jploonam)

• Sew ‘N Fashion’s (@sew.n.fashion_bk) upcoming anniversary party and summer camp with Alyson Melhus

• Launching and running the Fort Hamilton Distillery (@fort.hamilton.distillery) with Alex Clark 

• The story behind the Flagg Court Pool Closure with Christine Walters (@finnmom) of Three Day Champion (@threedaychampion)

Coming in Monday, June 29th, The Bay Ridge Digest weekly Monday morning roundup email. It’ll feature upcoming Bay Ridge events, local classifieds, restaurant recs, human interest, and other Bay Ridge happenings. 

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