il Fornetto
The following is a paid announcement from il Fornetto Italian Restaurant & Caterer [http://bit.ly/TTcmHi](2902 Emmons Avenue), Sheepshead Bay’s premier waterfront dining experience. The above is a paid announcement by il Fornetto Italian Restaurant & Caterer. Sheepshead Bites has not verified the claims made in this
The following is a paid announcement from il Fornetto Italian Restaurant & Caterer [http://bit.ly/TTcmHi](2902 Emmons Avenue), Sheepshead Bay’s premier waterfront dining experience. The above is a paid announcement by il Fornetto Italian Restaurant & Caterer. Sheepshead Bites has not verified the claims made in this
day camps
The following is a paid announcement from the Manhattan Beach Summer Camp [http://mbsummercamp.com/] (60 West End Avenue, 2nd Floor): Where has the time gone? It seems like summer camp just ended a short time ago, but the Manhattan Beach Summer Camp [http://mbsummercamp.com/] is already working on
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coney island step up
by Kaara Baptiste Shootings in the NYPD’s 60th Precinct, covering Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Gravesend, jumped nearly 85 percent last year, spiking to 24 incidents from 13 in 2012. The incidents included two fatal shootings in Coney Island within 48 hours of Christmas Day [/yaquin-english-shot-death/]. Community leaders soon
The following is a paid announcement from the Kings Bay YM-YWHA (3495 Nostrand Avenue): Experience the country-like campus of Kings Bay Y Summer Camps at our Open House this Sunday! Learn about our Summer Day Camps for ages 6-15. We have: * Summer Day Camp * Swim Camp * Basketball Camp * Hebrew Dual
1608 sheepshead bay rd
This is a paid announcement from Forces of Nature [http://ad.broadstreetads.com/click/12053/c10077], located at 1608 and 1614 Sheepshead Bay Road. Here at Forces of Nature [http://eforcesofnature.com/] (1608/1614 Sheepshead Bay Road) we have come to be recognized as Sheepshead Bay’s destination for services
16 brighton 11th st
This is a paid announcement from UFC Gym Brooklyn [http://www.ufcgym.com/brooklyn/], located at 16 Brighton 11th Street. They say time flies when you’re having fun. Well, we can vouch for that; one year has flown by since we opened our doors in Sheepshead Bay. Throughout the
bakeries
One of the varieties of Russian black bread. (Photo by Bacon And Tofu / Flickr) THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Many things can be said about the Russian community of Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay, but you can’t take away their authenticity. If you don’t get hit by a stroller
accents
Meet Barbara Mensch, a photographer and writer, reminiscing about her Sheepshead Bay upbringing in If These Knishes Could Talk [http://newyorkaccentfilm.com/], a recent documentary about the New York accent, directed by filmmaker Heather Quinlan. “Everyone in my family was loud. It was just normal to speak loud… Loud-ly,” Mensch
1422 ave u
THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Kung Fu Tea is a bubble tea chain that has been spreading, with several locations in Queens, a few around Manhattan and Brooklyn, and locations in four other states. Sheepshead Bay’s own Kung Fu Tea is at 1422 Avenue U, just off East 15th Street.
guest post
The F train rumbles into the Smith-9th Street station. Source: Emily Kay Bachman / FlickrAllan Rosen is on vacation this week. Filling in for him is John Rozankowski, Ph.D., a long-time community activist with a keen interest in mass transit issues, who has contributed to Sheepshead Bites [/service-diversification-on-the-brighton-line/] in the