Sleeping Token Clerk at Bay Ridge Avenue!

Sleeping Bay Ridge Beauty
This past Friday's NY Post reports that a token clerk at Bay Ridge Avenue was caught sleeping on the job, with his shoes off! The 43 year old man was busted at 2am by subway rider Nathan Switzer, who took a picture of the clerk with his camera phone. He then e-mailed them to the NY Post, which couldn't wait to print the story.

This past January, the Post reported on another clerk, who was caught sleeping at a Manhattan station during the day. The earlier man was fired.

The guy in the photo? He's somebody else entirely. If you see him, don't talk too loudly. You might wake him up.

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Lets Go www.brooklynmetfan.com!
Added the Brooklyn Blogroll of Honor is Brooklyn Met Fan. He'll also be added to the blogroll at View from 103, the companion to this site. Don't know what part of Brooklyn the author of this site hails from. Back in the 1960s nearly everyone in Bay Ridge and in Brooklyn was a Met fan, and you had to be a weirdo to root for the Yankees. Thats no longer true--but the Mets are on the way up, which won't hurt them as they try to compete on what used to be their undisputed home turf.

On the N Train Approaching 59th Street

I almost never sleep on the subway. But lots of people sleep on the trains all the time, and are able to wake up when they get to their station. Not me. I can't do that.

The Kid From Brooklyn on Starbucks

The Kid from Brooklyn isn't from Bay Ridge. But he should be!!

Flying over the Verrazano Bridge in a small plane

New York City VFR Flight From Southern Manhattan to the Verrazano Bridge. The bridge has a nice cloud layer over the deck. I don't fear heights much, but this is scary to me!

See today's View from 103 for a helicopter's view of the World Trade Center.

Second Annual Brooklyn Pizza Eating Contest - June 4

THE 2ND ANNUAL BROOKLYN PIZZA EATING CONTEST

Support the Children of Mercyfirst June 4th at

"THE 2ND ANNUAL BROOKLYN PIZZA EATING CONTEST"

Sponsored by Rocco's Pizzeria on 5th and Super Roofer

When: 5th Avenue Board of trade festival, Sunday, June 4th, 2006

(contest will start promptly at 3PM)

Where: Rocco's Pizzeria, 7818 5th Ave. (78th and 79th street)

Why: All proceeds donate to mercyFirst, a child welfare agency that is the union of Angel Guardian and St. Mary's Children and Family services, serving over 3,000 children at 27 locations throughout the NY area.

Prizes: Raffle includes Florida Vacation, DVD Player, Gift Certificates and more.

Live entertainment, media and more!

Contact us to be apart of our event.

Rocco's Pizzeria

Danny - 718-238-7655

Memorial Day in Bay Ridge 2006

Memorial Day in Bay Ridge 2006, originally uploaded by bayridgephantom.

Bay Ridge Place, between 69th Street and Ovington Avenue, about 1045 am.

Fairway Supermarket Opens In Brooklyn

P1000673.JPG, originally uploaded by David Prince.

The Brooklyn Dodgers Sym-Phony band still exists. They performed at the opening of the Red Hook Brooklyn Fairway Supermarket.

I opened my plastic bag of advertising circulars today, and what do I see for the first time ever, but a circular for Fairway Market. They've opened a big new store in Red Hook.

Bay Ridge is so desperately underserved for supermarkets --wonder why you can't drive two blocks without running into a Fresh Direct truck?--that there will surely be lots of people from Bay Ridge making the drive from Bay Ridge to Red Hook.

Bay Ridge basically only has two big supermarkets- Key Food and Foodtown on Third Avenue. Though they do the best they can, they're not that big, and are overcrowded on the weekend.

So, if you have a car, you may want to consider a trip to Fairway in Red Hook. Fairway is a great operation- the Broadway store in Manhattan has an immense selection of great food at fair prices. And Red Hook is not that far. And it is NOT the " bad neighborhood " that it once was.

Maybe Bay Ridge will get a huge quality supermarket someday. Don't hold your breath.