booze cruises
Photo by Boris ShekhmanA proposed ban on booze cruises in Sheepshead Bay gained a Senate sponsor in Albany, while critics of the local industry fight back against allegations that the ban is fueled by racial tensions. Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz introduced a bill on February 20 prohibiting boats that throw late-night,
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Swans on Weber Court. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz)The state has released a new plan to manage the booming mute swan population, telling critics that if they don’t want to see the swans killed then they have to pay to keep them around. The revised plan, released Monday by
ceasars bay
Source: Flickr/jpotischA study highlighting the exorbitant cost of a proposed waste transfer station on the Upper East Side may provide ammunition for activists, community members, and pols fighting the planned Gravesend Bay waste treatment facility [/saturday-colton-treyger-lead-rally-bensonhurst-waste-transfer-station/]. The study, conducted by the Independent Budget Office [IBO], found that the proposed
lifeguards
Twitter user @RealTimeWWI [https://twitter.com/RealTimeWW1/status/489269656918962177/photo/1] alerted us to the photo above this morning, showing the “Start of women’s race” here in Sheepshead Bay exactly one hundred years ago today. The photo itself comes from the Library of Congress Bain Collection [http://loc.gov/
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Source: Colton’s officeThe following is a press release from Assemblyman Bill Colton’s office: Two communities in New York City have come together to fight against the City of New York’s Solid Waste Management Plan by rallying against the proposed Gravesend Bay Marine Waste Transfer Station (1824 Shore
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Has the neighborhood started to wear on you? The hustle-and-bustle, the strange smells, the endless parade of curmudgeonly weirdness? I hear you. It’s time to fall back in love with the neighborhood again. Click play on the video above. Max Bayarsky put this together. You may remember a similar
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John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was also a watercolor enthusiast, and produced a painting of our beloved Sheepshead Bay waterfront while campaigning for the presidency. Entitled “Sheepshead Bay, NY,” it and two other canvasses will be sold at auction by John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury,
bridge repair
Contractors for the Department of Transportation were at the Ocean Avenue footbridge today, putting a layer of primer down on the 132-year-old span – the first time it’s been splashed with paint since the structure was rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy [/footbridge/]. It’s a welcome sight. Passing that bridge frequently,
bay improvement group
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
developments
I don’t think there’s any secret that there’s no love lost between myself and the Breakers condo development (3128 Emmons Avenue), which I’ve alternately referred to as “fugly,” the “fanciest storage unit complex in the borough [/wtf-star-architects-in-sheepshead-bay/],” and marketed by unscrupulous wags [/breakers-condo-agent-misleads-with-fantasy-marina/] (who ultimately pushed
boaters
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD79BVBGcRk?rel=0] According to a release by the New York Times [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/city-lifts-advisory-on-recreational-water-activities/] , the city environmental officials lifted an advisory on recreational water activity issued last month [/attention-boaters-recreational-water-advisory-for-nyc-waterways/] after Superstorm Sandy. The environmental advisory applied
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Source: NYPost.comA police sergeant is facing disciplinary charges after his thoughtless actions allegedly led to the sinking of a fully-equipped $500,000 Port Authority patrol in the waters between Breezy Point and Manhattan Beach earlier this month. According to a New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
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Photo: addicted Eyes/FlickrJet ski riders of Jamaica Bay will have to find another place to enjoy the summer weather, zooming and splashing around on their jets. Well, its either that or the risk of getting caught and fined for performing an illegal action. Park officials around the Bay are
american princess
It’ll soon be a year since we first reported a seal sighting at the dock of the Miramar Yacht Club [/photos-seals-at-play-in-sheepshead-bay/]. The adorable animal was seen just lounging around, getting his tan on. At the time a yacht club member said he has never seen a seal in the
concerts
Can you believe it took us until now to come up with a cool name for the event, like “Seaside Soiree”? Well, that’s all because we were too busy making sure it was an awesome event with delicious food, spectacular music and one-of-a-kind atmosphere to focus on a name.
Boating
We just received these photos of a small sailboat slamming into the Ocean Avenue footbridge, near the Manhattan Beach side. We’re not sure yet what happened or if there’s any damage. But from the looks of it, the boat somehow became unanchored and drifted with the storm’s