Hi all, reposting because I haven’t had any luck finding a forever home for a stray cat I found. She’s a wonderful cat, and I’m still hoping to find the right person or family to give her the loving home she deserves.

About a month ago, I found a very friendly stray cat and took her in. My original plan was to adopt her, but unfortunately things haven’t worked out with my resident cat despite several weeks of careful introductions.

I’ve followed the recommended introduction process (scent swapping, controlled visual interactions, treats, etc.), but she remains reactive toward my cat and would likely do best as the only cat in the home.

That said, she is absolutely wonderful with people. She’s affectionate, loves attention and cuddles, uses the litter box consistently, eats well, plays regularly, and has adjusted comfortably to indoor life.

A little about her:
Female
Approximately 6–8 years old
Spayed
No microchip found
Full veterinary exam completed, including bloodwork and stool testing (all normal)
Medical records available upon request
Very friendly

This has been a difficult decision because she’s genuinely a sweet cat and I was hoping to keep her. I’ve already asked friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors, but haven’t been able to find a home for her.

If you’re looking for a friendly companion cat and think you might be a good fit, please send me a DM.

Please also watch a video of her getting brushed, which she loves!
https://imgur.com/a/M4bbRWD

Hi moderators, feel free to delete this if this is not allowed.

Hi everyone. I’m looking for any witnesses or security/dashcam footage from an assault that occurred on July 2, 2026, at approximately 12:30 p.m. on 79th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Bay Ridge. If you witnessed the incident or have any footage, I’d greatly appreciate it if you could send me a private message on this throwaway account. Thank you.

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So I pulled every 311 call in Bay Ridge (11209) for June—2,607 of them—and we ran exactly on brand.

The parking war is eternal. Illegal parking made up 32% of all our June calls. That’s 845 reports, or about 28 a day—which is almost double the citywide rate. If you add in blocked driveways and other vehicle drama, 42% of every single June complaint was about cars (compared to just 27% citywide).

And here's the tell: parking's share in June is basically identical to its share across the whole year. The curb war literally has no off-season.

What summer actually changed.

If you strip out the parking constant, June's real shift is just the city waking up outside. Compared to the neighborhood's usual baseline:

Encampment complaints shot up by about 2.8×, and "homeless person assistance" calls jumped 2.2×. It's that warm-weather rise in visible street homelessness, even out here. (And just to be clear, those "assistance" calls are people asking the city to send outreach, not just a nuisance gripe).

Rats doubled. Classic summer rodents.

Overgrown trees and branches went up 2.2× because everything is growing.

Street and vehicle noise bumped up 1.7×—windows are open, engines are idling.

The rest held steady: housing complaints dropped to 9% (obviously no heat season in June), and our noise levels are still well under the citywide rate. We're still green and quiet.

So what?

The parking war isn't just Bay Ridge being petty. It's physics. This is one of the most car-dependent, transit-starved corners of Brooklyn. We have one slow train, so basically everyone drives. That makes the curb the single scarcest resource in the neighborhood, and about 28 times a day someone reports a neighbor over it—every single day, every single season.

It's not that we love to complain. It's that we built a place around cars and never gave them anywhere to go, and 311 is just the sound of that math.

Summer piles the rats, the noise, and the harder stuff on top, but the parking war is the heartbeat that never stops.

NYC Intel

I know its a really bad photo. at 11:20pm a man wearing a blue shirt and a beige or gray backpack set my trash on fire. has anyone else in the area have had their trash set on fire?