Billy DiCristina was having a few pops a few nights back at Bay Ridge's Bean Post Pub over on 76th and Fifth, where a patron told him about the treasonous attempt by Gino ("the rat") Castignole to jinx the new Yankee Stadium by planting a Red Sox shirt in its concrete flooring.
Billy did what any red-blooded New Yorker would do. "Get me the Post " he said to the bartender. "We have to get that Boston garbage out of our Stadium"!
The rest is history. The Post broke the story to the world. The Yankees dug up the toxic waste. The curse is cursed. And Billy is the uncrowned King of Bay Ridge.
The Bean Post Pub is hereby declared the official Yankee bar of Bay Ridge. And Billy's money is no good there any more!
Billy DiCristina, Construction Worker, and Righteous Bay Ridge Bar Customer
Yesterday was one of the glorious spring days. Went down to Helen and Frank's house down in Wayne, PA where Bobby, Keri, Steve and I threw the baseball around.
I remember the days when baseball was the only sport. To me, its still that way. The other sports are filler for the grim winter days when you await Spring Training.
Many beautiful things come in the spring,. Baseball, and it's memories of my lifetime, and of everyone's lifetime, is one of them.
For the past three weeks, there's been a leak in a water pipe under Fourth Avenue by 69th St. The Bay Ridge Avenue subway station has been a bit of a lagoon during that time. Commuters have had to dodge the "raindrops" when entering the station.
Tonight, a construction crew was hard at work fixing the pipe.(click on photo to enlarge)
This song has been in the news recently, for all the wrong reasons.
It's one of my top songs of all time. Never sure what the lyrics were supposed to mean, but oh my God the organ music is the best. Hear it one time, and you remember it for the rest of your life. By Procul Harum, 1967.
This song will live forever. Here is a live performance by Belgian singer Helmut Lotti, in Brussels Square, in 2003.
Now, a pint of Brooklyn Lager to anyone who can tell me what these lyrics mean: We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later as the miller told his tale that her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, 'There is no reason and the truth is plain to see.' But I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might have just as well've been closed
She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' though in truth we were at sea so I took her by the looking glass and forced her to agree saying, 'You must be the mermaid who took Neptune for a ride.' But she smiled at me so sadly that my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love [see note, left, about this verse + its opening] then laughter is its queen and likewise if behind is in front then dirt in truth is clean My mouth by then like cardboard seemed to slip straight through my head So we crash-dived straightway quickly and attacked the ocean bed
If the reports we hear are true, the two Bay Ridge Towers are about to have a pricy neighbor.
Our sources tell us that the Trump Organization is quietly acquiring land parcels south of the Bay Ridge Towers for the construction of Trump Bay Ridge.
The 50 story condominium will contain a mere 100 massive units, with prices ranging from $2,500,000 to $17,500,000 depending on whether the buyer prefers the "Gowanus View", the "Harbor View" or the "Commodore Barry View" that offers commanding vistas of the Verrazzano Bridge and the harbor.
All units will be fitted with Energy Star compliant appliances and triple glazed windows, so residents of Trump Bay Ridge will be striking a mighty blow against global warming.
Final construction details are being hammered out with City Councilman Gentile, who is trying to obtain a discount for existing Bay Ridge residents.
Interested buyers should watch for an official announcement in the Home Reporter and Sunset News shortly.
Billy DiCristina was having a few pops a few nights back at Bay Ridge's Bean Post Pub over on 76th and Fifth, where a patron told him about the treasonous attempt by
