The Nibble

📰 From Bargain Basement to Big Comeback: Century 21 Makes Way for Century Marketplace

📰Plates With a Purpose: New York Rolls Out Gold Star Family License Plates

Civic Spotlight:

🗽 Campaign Cut Short: Elise Stefanik Hits Pause, Pivots to Family & the Future

📌 What's up

🍿 The Nibble 📰

Please NOTE: The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that Thursday, December 25, 2025, there will be NO trash, curbside composting nor recycling collection on the holiday. Residents who normally receive Thursday trash, curbside composting, or recycling collection may place their material at the curb Thursday evening, for collection beginning Friday December 26.

12/25/2025 Alternate side parking and meters are suspended

🛍️ From Bargain Basement to Big Comeback: Century 21 Makes Way for Century Marketplace 🛍️

After five long years of sitting there like a giant “FOR RENT” sign haunting 86th Street, Bay Ridge’s legendary Century 21 is finally getting a second life — and this time it’s not just racks of discounted designer jeans 😅. The shuttered retail behemoth is officially transforming into Century Marketplace, a shiny new shopping destination aimed at bringing actual foot traffic (remember that?) back to the neighborhood. Thanks to a $47.5 million sale covering both sides of the street — including the mysterious former storage zone on 87th Street — this once-empty block is about to go from 💤 to 💥.

Local leaders say the goal is simple: stop making Bay Ridge residents leave the neighborhood to shop 🏃‍♂️➡️🛒. Think smaller shops, food spots, maybe even that long-dreamed-of national grocer 🥦🛍️, all wrapped around a new central atrium designed to make 86th Street feel alive again. Mom-and-pop favorites are already cheering — because more shoppers = more slices sold 🍕. Demolition is coming, construction is next, and by 2027 Bay Ridge could be buzzing with new energy, jobs, and shopping bags swinging down the block. Century 21 may be gone, but Bay Ridge? Very much open for business 💪🏙️✨

🚗⭐ Plates With a Purpose: New York Rolls Out Gold Star Family License Plates 💛

New York just added a powerful new symbol to its roads—and it’s one that hits straight in the heart ❤️. The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has officially unveiled the Gold Star Family license plate, honoring parents, siblings, and relatives of fallen U.S. service members ⭐. Already home to the Gold Star Mother’s plate, the Empire State expanded the tribute so entire families can be recognized—because sacrifice doesn’t stop with one person. Now, every mile driven becomes a rolling reminder of courage, love, and loss 🚘.

The plates are available now through the DMV website 🖥️, and officials say they’re meant to inspire reflection every single day. So whether you spot one cruising the Taconic, parked on Flatbush Ave, or stuck in holiday traffic , take a second to remember what it stands for. In a city of noise, honking, and hustle, this plate quietly says the loudest thing of all: never forgotten 💛⭐.

🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed🗽

🎭💼 Campaign Cut Short: Elise Stefanik Hits Pause, Pivots to Family & the Future 🛑👶

Just weeks after revving up her run for New York governor, Elise Stefanik slammed the brakes 🚦—announcing she’s suspending her campaign and won’t seek re-election to Congress when her term ends. The North Country Republican, long seen as a rising GOP star under President Trump, said a drawn-out primary just isn’t worth the time ⏳ or resources 💸—especially when family comes first ❤️. Cue the holiday reflection, cozy moments 🎄, and a clear-eyed recalibration.

The move comes amid a shifting GOP field (hello, Nassau County Exec Bruce Blakeman 👋) and a tough polling snapshot that showed Stefanik trailing Kathy Hochul by 19 points 📊. “This wasn’t an easy decision,” Stefanik shared, emphasizing her child’s safety, growth, and happiness 👶. Translation? Politics can wait—family time can’t. Whether this is a strategic timeout or a curtain call, one thing’s certain: New York politics just got a plot twist 🎬🍿.

So who is left in the governor’s lineup now? 🗳️ Here’s the cast for the 2026 New York gubernatorial race:
• Kathy Hochul — the incumbent Democratic governor seeking another term 💪.
• Antonio Delgado — Hochul’s own lieutenant governor, challenging her in the Democratic primary 🤝.
• Bruce Blakeman — Nassau County executive and the GOP’s new standard-bearer after Stefanik’s exit, even earning a Trump endorsement 🔔.
• Larry Sharpe — Libertarian candidate pushing his own take on Albany 🎯.

With Stefanik bowing out, the race is reshaping fast — New York politics just dropped another season cliffhanger! 🍿📊

🤔What's up👀

🎬 Events 👋

Thursday, 12/25 through Thursday 1/1

The annual  One Week Kollel/ Yarchei Kallah of Flatbush | The topic inyanim of Purim in Mesechta Megilla |  Tomchei Torah, 1966 Ocean Ave.  (between Ave, N & Ave. O) | Please call to register (or for more information) 718-998-5822 or email: draaronmandel@aol.com

Motzei Shabbos 12/27, 1/3, 1/10 and 1/17

🎤Lectures 🎤

Thursday 12/25

Purchasing a Property which has an Existing Debt| Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

Shabbos 12/27

👩For women only 👩 | Shandee Fuchs | Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 3:15 pm

Sunday, 12/28

The Status of “Bain Hashmashos” – when Shabbos Begins and End | Rav Zev Smith | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin 2913 Avenue L (off Nostrand Ave) | 8;30 pm

Thursday 1/1

How to Bentch Children| Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

⌛Ongoing🗓️

Monday’s & Wednesday’s

HaRav Kahn Shlita | Shiur on Tehillim with Medrash and Meforshim | 10:40am | Kol Halashon 718-906-6400 press star (*) | Live stream click here.

Thursday’s

Parsha In-Depth with Meforshim | Rav Yerachmiel Frankel | Knesses Bais Avigdor | 1720 Avenue J (Btw E17 & E18) | 11:30 am

📖Learning and Cholent🍲😋 | Bet Shaul U'Miriam | 2208 Ave. S | 8:00-10:00pm🏆

📜 Mishmar | Agudah of Madison | 2122 Ave. S (Ave S & East 22) | 10:00 pm

📖Parsha Ha’Shavua | Rabbi Frand | Y.I. of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 9:00 pm

Motzei Shabbos

Navi Shiur - Sefer Daniel| Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 9:00 pm

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