Consignment Connection — ‘Good’ Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn is a pretty little place. It has a gorgeous pedestrian path adjacent to a bay, architecture that ranges from McMansion horrors to Gothic Revival Mansions and bluestone plates left over from the days carriages flanked unpaved roads.

Unfortunately, there’s also bad Bay Ridge — and it looks a little like this:

Bad Bay Ridge

A plethora of shops along 86th Street with names like “Pretty Girl” are where you can find $20 thigh-high tinsel-colored dresses that probably fit like tube socks. Not exactly the kind of recession shopping that makes me happy.

And then there’s Consign Connection.