Jaime DeJesus

FORT HAMILTON ‚ÄĒ The new Blue Star Families Community Center in Fort Hamilton soft launched on Sept. 30 to gather community input ahead of renovations. The afternoon also included food distributions, pop-up vendors and family activities. Blue Star Families is a military family support nonprofit founded in 2009.

BOROUGH PARK — Renovations are complete at the Fort Hamilton Parkway D station. “With brighter lights, repainted ceilings and repaired concrete, Fort Hamilton riders can see the improvements to their trips before they even board a train,” said NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow.  More than 36,000 square feet of ceilings, walls, beams, floors, entrance structures, columns, gates and railings were scraped, primed and painted by New York City Transit crews. A before-and-after...

BAY RIDGE ‚ÄĒ Bay Ridge civic leader and attorney Stephen A. Harrison died on Sept. 30, at 77.¬† He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Alice; their daughter, Michelle Brown; Michelle‚Äôs husband, Brian; and their sons, Caden and Liam. He is also survived by his son, Jeff Harrison; his wife, Alyssa; and their children, Carmella, Tessa and Connor. Harrison attended St. Ephrem, Xaverian High School, Marist College and Brooklyn Law School. He married Alice in 1973, and they settled in Bay Ridge.