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Students from St. Mark School served as Santa’s little helpers at the event, piling the donated toys and greeting guests.The Bay Improvement Group’s 23rd annual concert and toy drive on Sunday saw hundreds of toys piled on stage as Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge jammed for the
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The one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is nearly upon us and various Brooklyn-based groups and organizations are looking to remember the event with a candlelight vigil across the borough. Laura McKenna, the vice chair of the Brooklyn Long-Term Recovery Group and the acting executive director of the Bay Improvement
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Real Estate transactions are increasing in Sheepshead Bay although values are still slightly depressed nine months after Superstorm Sandy wrecked the neighborhood, reports [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323477604579001222675133460.html] the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal report details the destruction visited upon Sheepshead Bay after Sandy and highlights
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The Parks Department planted approximately two dozen new trees along Emmons Avenue west of Ocean Avenue this week, as the city moves to complete the final phase of a decade-long rehabilitation [/cymbrowitz-announces-final-phase-of-460k-emmons-ave-beautification-project/] of the waterfront. The $460,000 project, funded by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, will continue throughout the spring. On
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With spring break for many schools just weeks away, community organizers throughout Sandy-affected neighborhoods are preparing for a flood of student volunteers to bolster recovery efforts across the region – and they’re warning the Sanitation Department to be ready. “It’s pretty much a consensus that the boom time for
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If you’re still digging out from Superstorm Sandy – and we know many residents and businesses are – there’s a town hall meeting tonight [/marty-golden-hosts-follow-up-town-hall-meeting-on-sandy-recovery-efforts/] in Gerritsen Beach following up on Sandy recovery efforts. Folks, realize that these opportunities are quickly petering out, so if you have forms you need
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Steven Cymbrowitz, Steve Barrison, Kevin Jeffrey at this afternoon’s announcement.The city will kick off the final phase of an Emmons Avenue beautification project in the spring, capping off a 10-year rehabilitation of Sheepshead Bay’s waterfront, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz announced at a press conference today. Cymbrowitz was joined
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Photo by Vladimir Korostyshevskiy.BayFest 2012 turned into the biggest BayFest ever, drawing as many as 134,000 people to Emmons Avenue for a day to celebrate the waterfront, organizers said. Here’s the exuberant press release from Bay Improvement Group: > It was packed the first three to three
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Source: Markowitz's officeUsing tonight’s State of the Borough address, Borough President Marty Markowitz is expected to revive plans to establish ferry commuter service between Manhattan and Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods including Sheepshead Bay. Markowitz’s push comes less than a year after a city study determined Southern Brooklyn
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Awesome advertising opportunities abound.BayFest 2011 is just around the corner, and with the Seaside Concert Series potentially cancelled [/seaside-concerts-may-vacate-asser-levy-park/], and the Siren Fest moving to Jerk-hattan [/while-our-concerts-gently-weep-siren-fest-yanked-from-coney/], BayFest could be poised to be the premiere music festival in Southern Brooklyn this year! Organizers have followed through with their plans
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What makes Sheepshead Bay special? It’s just not the number of sushi bars or gourmet delis. Need a hint? Think waterfront. But is it good for anything other than a nice view from overpriced condos? Some people in Congress think so. Introduced to Congress in May of 2009, Keep