Bay Ridge block turns blue over NYPD deaths
Residents tie ribbons on trees in tribute to Ramos, Liu
Residents on one Bay Ridge block are getting behind a campaign to support the New York Police Department in a big way by tying blue ribbons around more than two-dozen trees on their street.
As the city was preparing for the funeral of Det. Wenjian Liu on Jan. 4, residents of 76th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues got busy tying blue ribbons around trees on their block to show solidarity with police.
The effort was spearheaded by Eileen Long, a longtime resident of the block. Long said she was saddened by the assassinations of Liu and his partner, Det. Rafael Ramos (the two police officers who posthumously promoted to detectives) who were gunned down on Dec. 20, and wanted to show support for police. More than 20,000 officers from all over the country attended Liu’s funeral, which took place in Dyker Heights. Ramos’s funeral took place in Glendale last week.