Happy Easter

Two men walking down 69th Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues, midday. It won't be long before you see leaves on those trees.


Dog waiting for master, Third Avenue & 72nd Street, Easter Sunday, 115 pm.

Bay Ridge Bike Path

Verrazano Bridge, originally uploaded by K-Bell.

It's been scraped and is in the process of being fixed up

Bike Ride to Spumoni Gardens

Today was a glorious day in Bay Ridge, so I decided to take out the bike and go for a ride.

Went down to the 69th Street Pier, and turned towards the bridge.

The path was in awful shape last fall, with many large potholes. Most of the section of road by the water has now been fenced off, and it looks as though repairs have begun. Closer to the Verrazano, the hurricane fence was about to be installed, and was still on its side, blocking almost all of the Belt Parkway side of the road. If it wasn't raised before sunset, some nighttime bike rider is going to take a nasty spill tonight.

Continued past the bridge. The road by Bay Parkway has been paved, so that you can ride a bike straight into the shopping area parking lot. Handy for bicyclists like me.

Went past Nellie Bly, the ancient young children's amusement area that has now been closed. I will try to take a photo of it next weekend.

Went down past Coney Island. There were lines outside Nathan's. The Cyclone roller coaster has not yet opened.

Decided to stop by Spumoni Gardens, since I was sort of in the area, and treated myself to two Sicilian slices.

Road back in a zig-zag route past the two family brick houses of Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge.

Mike Tyson to Box in Alpine Theater

Promoter Don King announced this morning that Mike Tyson will fight 8th ranked heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko in Brooklyn's historic Alpine Theater.

The fight will be held on July 4. There will also be an undercard with bouts between Eric "Butterbean" Esch of Jasper, Alabama vs Frank McGrane of parts unknown and a six rounder between female boxers Christy Martin and Terri Blair.

Tyson will have his hands full against the Ukrainian heavyweight. This may be his last chance to reclaim his status as a top contender.

Butterbean may have his hands full this time !
The matches will be seen on pay-per-view tv in the US. The Alpine will be closed for two months as the multiplex walls are taken down for this major sporting event. The Alpine is being discussed as the site of future boxing and professional wrestling events.

The Tyson-Klitschko fight is being co-sponsored by the Ring magazine and the Home Reporter and Sunset News newspaper.

The R Train is Back

The R is back, as this NY1 story shows. You can click on to the " Dial up " or " RoadRunner " link to get a video of the story.

Very large photo of the scene in the print edition of the NY Post.

Bay Ridge Sinkhole Eats SUV

SANY0012, originally uploaded by ceonyc.

Sure glad I wasn't driving this thing. The driver, a woman, was going southbound, and was about to cross 73rd St when she fell into the hole and landed on a gas main. I am sure that it was one hell of a shock, but she was able to get herself out. From what I hear, she was taken into Lutheran Hospital for shock, but is basically ok. Nice shot, ceonyc

Bay Ridge Sinkhole: No R Train Today

Bay Ridge Photos 003, originally uploaded by Phantom Photo.

R train was out of service March 27, 2006 due to the sinkhole.

This morning, I walked to 59th Street, and was pleasantly surprised by a nice empty R train that had come up the Sea Beach " N " line.

This and the two photos below are posted through the Flickr service. I just signed up to it and am learning it while I go along.

By the time I got home it was too dark to take many decent photos.