Events
Mitre Peak in New Zealand. Photo via Flickr/Jocelyn Kinghorn.Here is our weekly roundup of events and goings on around the neighborhood this week. You can find a complete list in our events calendar. We also encourage everyone to add events to the calendar to help get the word
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Supermoon photo by Mike G.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and
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Photo via ballsysalzy [https://www.instagram.com/p/_U8yUoSB68/?tagged=southslope]After lengthy negotiations, a tentative deal has been struck on renewing a long-standing tax credit for developers. The Real Estate Board of New York and city construction unions have reached an agreement on the 421-a tax credit program, which
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Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.You’ve seen her breathtaking photographs in our daily Morning Mug, you may have sat next to her on the train, or stood behind her in line at a cafe. Katia Nunes hasn’t been here long, but she captures the local beauty that
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Photos via Danza (L) and Love Productions [http://www.loveproductions.com/like-boss-tony-danza-celebrates-return-los-angeles-new-york-standards-stories-feinsteins54/] (R)Tony Danza is known for starring on the 1978 – 1983 hit TV show Taxi as well as Who’s the Boss? In his life, he’s been a professional boxer, tap dancer, and teacher. He remembers growing
Police & Fire
Photo by Sheepshead BitesA Sheepshead Bay woman who her neighbors said suffered from depression ended her own life by jumping from the top of her apartment building, landing on top of the parking garage below, according to police. The tragic suicide took place at a seven-story apartment building on Nostrand
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Photo by Dmitriy Frumkis.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
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This is our showcase of local writers. It is part of our weekly publication of locally written short stories that will be published every Sunday. This week we have great work from a talented local writer. Photo via Flickr/Johnny Lai. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnylcy/8522901355/in/photolist-dZ96D6-64pY5E-2v5RL-8M91YC-9HVwAr-9mcakh-N23oZ-9mca9Q-dMAWYZ-64sSdo-okRD-arGAJn-9zLxe-7Lukut-38Y23J-5L2kwM-bfgnxP-8M91N5-7LyBV9-9vpW1g-8Ck3qM-7LyiPS-nWGMjc-bo96ni-i4GTNE-qCTDuM-eSyVn8-7DVCSg-HjCjC-88t
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Photo via Flickr/Kate Ter Haar [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/8435321969/in/photolist-dRpekF-6TMD5S-pMdWx3-qnZDsQ-d74rru-6hx57D-ftqE1w-8YVcJN-bBNa9j-5xR2rQ-6hx4Xk-eeB1Ct-4M8vHT-5jARBC-ohENHL-9HLpcP-9HPfD9-f1JNfh-yU2Sp-6hBeth-9HPf7m-qvMFKr-gtpvp8-bQGRtF-t1QbRT-dxkgAE-6QfnAJ-gzWNXY-akUamc-rhMMZM-jqPJtj-94dP6i-6hx4ZD-gttD2c-6hx4Y4-6hBeyo-8Emy6Y-6hBeus-3eQJpD-8EiomM-wc9QP6-aakTBT-k9CohM-89bdm8-7E6Vn6-gnDV6V-qscYtH-8Emy9h-nLSDwo-g2c1Zw] It’s been another eventful week in Sheepshead Bay, and t
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This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Matt Deese, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flickr/Philip Dean. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/phild41/6209957186/in/photolist-asKDVm-3KG36s-3WT3kR-7zApoT-961Pp-bkomtP-9ixqhU-jHvgN-3G2y2-5PDvvb-7hYVby-62xzM-6eSFiL-6NbV8e-aSq5aZ-5wfHV-5JTbZx-9hfAsP-NAgcS-PvXHB-cTDjzQ-2acuS-5wfJj-9hYtg3-63Lt5R-7VegD4-c1HPgS-5wfJ8-8bwPU6-7dakJo-pS2pGw-4JUbGS-4UZ97i-4Mqrgs-GJzo8-2mjqEz-99upZ-
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Photo via Flickr/monkeywing. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/colinsite/4736211917/in/photolist-8dwjNa-eYcy31-nXKJF5-oeXkvR-bhXATc-v3SsxQ-vZThM6-vZTiFF-v41Vne-vXyYZ1-vXyWJ9-vHoDPV-vHoE9n-HKGN75-24x4N-o7o49-dk1LwF-GYDBKb-GYCL9s-9QKuyp-wP3j1-6Mc3e5-6M7RvP-6qnFMf-pXdMvZ-nwe4gR-49zGyr-54a7fp-ibkbo-6n6s4L-kuoc6-o7opY-o7odb-HN7cRk-o7omK-HUtnwP-o7nYL-HRrH4N-GYEfuJ-HKKbZA-o7orE-wP3uD-6uChNg-afFCBe-fzPiVh-o7oiW-9ihRzr-4f6cz-4f65Y-6M7RC6] We don’t expect you to keep up on all of the news throughout Brooklyn
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Before we take Manhattan or Berlin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTC_fD598A] , we need a place to live. Fortunately, we know the best place: Sheepshead Bay. Here are some choice cuts of real estate. Heavy on the symbolism, no? (Courtesy Street Easy/Amber Shah of Gama Group [http:
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Before we take Manhattan or Berlin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTC_fD598A] , we need a place to live. Fortunately, we know the best place: Sheepshead Bay. Here are some choice cuts of real estate. Heavy on the symbolism, no? (Courtesy Street Easy/Amber Shah of Gama Group [http:
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Flooding off Emmons Avenue in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (Photo: Viktor Kravtchenko via Creative Commons)As Brooklyn — and the rest of the U.S. — were transfixed by the presidential elections, U.N. scientists released a new report with direct relevance to our area. According to an analysis released Tuesday
Events
Photo via Flickr/Marco. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/scatto_felino/15870148015/in/photolist-qboE6D-4nBuzz-6nWp7e-8BoSCZ-8ABq5T-bxj9Gf-8zSPMy-2h3L3g-8k9XFc-df5SN7-4C3QbQ-dKnqm5-4SnbVb-9JKQc6-4Duwpj-8G6NKC-6zCeMZ-dtgPFT-4mMF5P-acqLDG-denqkW-px4Chk-4Dqgde-6vWJcs-8kTbtT-8fxJYm-4Dqgkn-5AJRhc-Cnyi1F-9PBurq-5AJRkK-73wd3M-pevp2p-irL7vV-oj1U7Y-ABaLS-bJd62c-6GTZG3-Kijhu-6KtGnh-5YFpPT-p3GyK4-pTGdFE-pTGhrL-pTPV5c-5AP7wA-apGSnK-qLk1ks-oVUrSP-oTSzvw] Here’s our list of great things to do in and around the n
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The current comfort station at Bill Brown Park as seen from Bedford Avenue. Photo via Google Maps.It’s been over a year and a half, and Bill Brown park still doesn’t have its multi-million dollar bathroom. We last reported on the park’s project [/the-bill-brown-park-getting-pumped-with-2-6-million-for-new-bathroom/] when it was