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Zoya munches away on invasive plants like poison ivy. (Photo by Heather Andelsman/Park Slope Stoop)Don’t be surprised if you run into a goat or two, or eight, on your daily jog through Prospect Park this summer. For the next five months, a group of eight goats will
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanSouthern Brooklyn residents are advised to prepare for flooding Friday evening. Persistent winds and a strong high tide are expected bring floodwaters to Brooklyn’s southern shores, the Office of Emergency Management warns. “New Yorkers living close to the water can expect some local roadway flooding and
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Homeowners in Superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods, who are seeing the first signs of measurable progress [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/10/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] in the city’s Build it Back program, may experience a spike in their property taxes due to storm recovery
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Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)City Councilman Mark Treyger pressed city officials last week about the sluggish pace of recovery projects at Superstorm Sandy-affected public hospitals. Speaking Tuesday at an oversight hearing for the Committee on Recovery and Resiliency, chaired by Treyger, the councilman demanded to
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Courtesy of the Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorMayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have been engaged in building significant momentum behind the planning and construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar (BQX), which would link Sunset Park’s burgeoning economic hub [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] with northern Brooklyn, terminating at Astoria,
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A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City Councilman Mark Treyger has introduced a bill to block the Department of Buildings from penalizing homeowners and tenants who are trying to recover from natural disasters. “Nobody should be left worse off by the recovery process than
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Coney Island Cathedral’s Bishop Waylyn Hobbs prepares to cut the ribbon on the newly renovated church. City Councilman Mark Treyger and Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, who played a role in helping to rebuild, wait amongst the parishioners. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Well, the new ceiling holds. That’s for
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Photo by Leon LipkovichGovernor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-legislation-support-homeowners-impacted-superstorm-sandy] Thursday, the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, designed to regulate insurance claims related to sewer backups that occur during storms. The law requires the Department of Financial Services to examine and make
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanThe much-anticipated [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/01/coney-island-brewery/] Coney Island Brewing Company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday — and it went down in true Coney Island fashion. During the elaborate shindig, which featured stilt walkers, sword swallowers and snake charmers, attendees were able to preview some
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In the wake of multiple reports [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/nyregion/hurricane-sandy-victims-say-damage-reports-were-altered.html] that insurance companies underpaid Superstorm Sandy victims by altering damage assessment forms — from Manhattan Beach and Coney Island — Councilman Mark Treyger is calling on FEMA to conduct a comprehensive review of all Sandy payout
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Photo courtesy of BLDG 92 [https://www.facebook.com/BLDG92/photos/pb.199641013422475.-2207520000.1409319422./778665235520047/?type=3&theater] .Over two years after Superstorm Sandy hit, federal money for repairs is still trickling in to Brooklyn residents and businesses damaged by its wind and water. The Brooklyn Navy Yard
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The Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club after the storm.When the sun sets tonight and the clock turns to 8:15pm, thousands of people along the northeast coast will simultaneously light candles and begin a moment of silence [/tomorrow-community-light-shore-remembrance-superstorm-sandy/], remembering the destruction that swept through coastal communities courtesy of Superstorm Sandy.
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[/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/G-line-Sandy-work-photo-by-MTA1.jpg] [http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_GreenpointTunnelWeekendClosure.htm] Beginning at 10:30pm on Friday, July 25 until 5am on Tuesday, September 2, G trains will run only between Church and Nassau Avenues to allow for thorough reconstruction of tunnels damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
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New York Rising’s final public engagement meeting to restore and protect Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach is slated for this Monday, May 12, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Brooklyn Amity School, 3867 Shore Parkway. The first engagement meeting took place last October,
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HEART 9/11, a disaster response organization dedicated to facilitating physical and emotional recovery after traumatic events, is offering an eight-week Resilience Boot Camp course for residents of Gerritsen Beach and the surrounding area who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The program, which is free of charge, will teach mindfulness
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The Friends of Gerritsen Beach Library is assisting with the Secret Sandy Claus Project, by operating as a toy donation location. The Secret Sandy Claus Project is the brainchild of Gravesend resident Michael “Sandy Claus” Sciaraffo [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/12/local-santa-brightens-up-the-holidays-for-sandy-victims/] , who decided to don a Santa suit