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The Department of Transportation (DOT) completed several changes last week on Sheepshead Bay Road to make the area more orderly and address some of the safety concerns raised by neighbors about the controversial new traffic plan [/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/]. Residents will notice LED lights added under the train trestle on East 15th
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New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Here’s another one for the wastebin! Despite receiving letters from community leaders protesting the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says they will not abandon
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YDE School is planning to move one of their location into a new building at 325 Avenue Y. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In order to accommodate a growing number of students, a local yeshiva is planning to relocate to a sprawling facility in Gravesend. The Yeshivat Darche Eres (YDE)
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DOT is planning to repave part of Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Following a meeting with Councilman Chaim Deutsch, the DOT has agreed make some changes to the much-maligned [/stop-residents-demand-dot-halt-sheepshead-bay-traffic-plan/] Sheepshead Bay Road traffic plan. Starting Monday, May 23, the city will begin repaving Sheepshead Bay Road,
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Traffic cones closed traffic on East 15th Street between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community leaders say they were blindsided this week when the Department of Transportation (DOT) moved forward on a controversial plan [/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/] to transform part of Sheepshead Bay Road into a
Events
Marine Park. (Photo: Tanya Pavl [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529561133874755&set=br.AbpCuqXtemnrIsl0VX5eWrhAuoybx863uM_Y20Fr7YQ0sCWpmyNxypxiVsIOuyHHGJohLfi_8st8D0svwpjF4Wyr1yyfxDlVSnOr8O4o5qjBYUVasSqRt9x5x4hO8O07pPCJVNsLGTgy9e9qWJ3EC4AS&type=1&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. There are few opportunities to have your voicer heard. Check out the community board meeting, the police
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Eric Palatnik, representing the developers, received strong words from community board members. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community Board 15 members had strong words Tuesday night for two developers seeking to maneuver around minimum parking requirements. Presentations for two office buildings — one at 2619 East 16th Street [http://www.nyc.
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(Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/pb.375624901061.-2207520000.1458593507./10154017061651062/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Don’t miss opening day at Luna Park (rescheduled because of an expected snowstorm), as well as the blessing of the rides
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(Photo: Chillax Manhattan Beach Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/chillaxMBcafe/photos/pb.1103576223006858.-2207520000.1456358365./1138233606207786/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)An upstart cafe has drawn the ire of community leaders over its application to serve alcoholic drinks on a residential street in Manhattan Beach. The Community Board has submitted
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City Councilman Chaim Deutsch speaking to Community Board 15. (Photo: NHSatSheepshead [https://twitter.com/NHSatSheepshead/status/702297626574598144] / Twitter)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch told the Community Board Tuesday that he will stand with his colleagues in passing two controversial pieces of the mayor’s affordable housing plan so long as he
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Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,
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Members of Community Board 15. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Are you passionate about engaging in significant decisions in your community? Do you have opinions about real estate development, educational institutions, city-wide policies, and the future of our neighborhood? If you are a New York City Resident and passionate about
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Photo by Leon LipkovichMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — will now move to the City Council for a final review after it was approved Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning
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State Senator Martin Golden. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)State Senator Marty Golden has created an online petition [http://www.nysenate.gov/questionnaires/martin-j-golden/petition-prevent-2261-bragg-street-becoming-half-way-house-federal] for neighbors to voice their opposition to a proposed halfway house [/local-pols-outraged-over-planned-halfway-house-near-schools-senior-centers/] on Bragg Street — located across the street from the Sheepshead Bay/Nostrand Houses.
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(Photo: Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) [https://www.facebook.com/NYCACC/photos/pb.125204517523362.-2207520000.1453099082./1010499222327216/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Animal Care Centers of NYC’s mobile pet adoption center in Sheepshead Bay. There are also
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Visitors posed for photographs with Sinterklaas at the Lott House’s tree lighting ceremony. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in