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A home in Seagate after Sandy. (Photo by Erica Sherman)After coming under fire from New York lawmakers, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) backed down from its effort to recoup relief money [/new-york-homeowners-may-have-to-repay-sandy-build-it-back-money/] from Sandy-impacted homeowners. Last week, (HUD) announced that most homeowners would not be
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)Rescue workers pulled a woman to shore at Kingsborough Community College Tuesday morning after she jumped into Sheepshead Bay, according to the FDNY. The fire department says emergency workers responded to a report of a drowning
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A police car outside the 61st Precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Police cuffed a 23-year-old man Monday believed to have gunned down another man sitting in a parked car in Gravesend. Dayshawn James, of Morningside Heights in Manhattan, has been charged for the murder of 32-year-old Clarence Bryant [http:
A police car outside the 61st Precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Police cuffed a suspect Monday for fatally shooting a man sitting a parked car in Gravesend. Dayshawn James, 23, of Morningside Heights in Manhattan, has been charged for the murder of 32-year-old Clarence Bryant [/man-fatally-shot-while-sitting-in-car-in-gravesend-say-cops/], who was found
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Borough President Eric Adams standing beside Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein and senior organizer for Transportation Alternatives Luke Ohlson. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined with elected officials, traffic safety advocates, and school children Friday to announce planned changes to a dangerous intersection where last month a
Emmons Avenue. (Photo: verabelyavskaya [https://instagram.com/p/mfhm7jAvxA/] / Instagram)Looking to get active this week? Check out some of these fun and informative events happening in southern Brooklyn. There’s an Alzheimer’s awareness presentation, a meditation and exercise class, poetry jam session, and a community board meeting. For
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Emmons Avenue. (Photo: verabelyavskaya [https://instagram.com/p/mfhm7jAvxA/] / Instagram)Looking to get active this week? Check out some of these fun and informative events happening in southern Brooklyn. There’s an Alzheimer’s awareness presentation, a meditation and exercise class, poetry jam session, and a community board meeting. For
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Photo of Suzanne Gruer provided by the NYPD.Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 45-year-old woman who went missing from her Sheepshead Bay home three weeks ago. Suzanne Gruer was last seen at her home near Kings Highway and Bedford Avenue on Monday, August 31,
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https://youtu.be/SkP_KxaDFqk Police are searching for at least three men believed to be involved in five armed robberies at electronics stores in Sheepshead Bay, Flatlands, and East Flatbush. The first robbery occurred in the middle of the afternoon on August 10, when two men entered an AT&
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Swans, geese, and ducks in Sheepshead Bay. (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 the neighborhood all week long. Just follow
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Edward R. Murrow High School. (Photo: cellphoneSketchpad™ [https://www.facebook.com/cellphoneSketchpad/photos/br.AbpMjudK1qe2a9wg7uVsMEdGDOCNTz4iAWiLEWnWJCWQrv6gZDRkmEkTUl8_pQKa9oVcl7GosPNSSK4RNMYFyY0TBG7hNYttE-Ggh_HiPmBxjonsdi4uZ1Gm_ZUM411qh8uWrLA8fZV4Yq-LtgI8dkb-/10152652320061534/?type=1&theater] / Facebook)A Murrow high school’s volunteer board has unwittingly elected as its vice president a mother who pilfered tens of thousands of dollars from another Brooklyn
Photo of the suspect provided by the NYPD.Cops are searching for a suspect they say attacked a 13-year-old boy during an attempted robbery last week in Brighton Beach. According to the NYPD, the victim was approached by an older teenager on Wednesday, September 9, at 3pm while walking along