[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano]

Local photographer and welcome GL Contributor Charley Andrisano reports in on that popular Brooklyn summer tradition, the block party. He writes: “We had our 4th annual block party on Saturday the 2nd of August, on 71st street, between 3rd ave., and Ridge Blvd., in Bay Ridge. The open fire hydrant was an immediate magnet for all the kids waiting for their turn to get wet. It was a great day for all of us on the block.” And it certainly looks like it was.