Bensonhurst
> CBS2 Exclusive: Off-Duty Detective Takes Down Purse Snatching Suspect In Brooklyn https://t.co/VTo0AoY5tA — CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) May 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/CBSNewYork/status/732776401959452673] They’re always on duty, always ready to help! An off-duty detective’s trip to the barbershop turned into a foot
Police & Fire
> CBS2 Exclusive: Off-Duty Detective Takes Down Purse Snatching Suspect In Brooklyn https://t.co/VTo0AoY5tA — CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) May 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/CBSNewYork/status/732776401959452673] They’re always on duty, always ready to help! An off-duty detective’s trip to the barbershop turned into a foot
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Education
Kingsborough President Farley Herzek.(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Kingsborough Community College President Farley Herzek waded into the discussion about anti-Semitic behavior on CUNY campuses [/hundreds-gather-at-holocaust-memorial-to-rally-against-anti-semitic-hate-crimes/] while speaking Sunday at an event memorializing victims of the Holocaust. Herzek, the son of a Holocaust survivor, pushed back against accusations of anti-Semitism
Kids & Family
Summer schedules can be tricky for busy families. What’s a working parent to do when your child’s favorite camp gets out at 2:30 in the afternoon? Thankfully, many programs offer extended hours in both the morning and afternoon, giving parents a little breathing room to and from
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are looking for two masked bandits who held up a Dunkin’ Donuts on Knapp Street last week. The suspects stormed into the store, located near the intersection with Avenue W, just after 9pm on May 9, police say. One of the robbers pointed a
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Police & Fire
A car crashed into a Chase Bank on Kings Highway. (Photo: Mike Wright / Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208265989424627&set=pcb.10154240302009038&type=3&theater] A car rammed through the window of a Chase Bank on Kings Highway Sunday morning after colliding with another
Arts & Culture
Neighbors braved less than favorable weather for Bayfest 2016. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Despite gusting winds and skies threatening rain, hundreds of revelers turned out Sunday for the 25th Bayfest on Sheepshead Bay’s waterfront. The event, organized by the Bay Improvement Group, was scaled down compared to previous
Events
(Photo: Sheepshead Bites)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Don’t miss the Third Annual Sheepshead Bay Summer Stroll this weekend. There’s also a football match between ops and firefighters at MCU Park, a concert at New Utrecht Reformed Church, community meetings, a health fair and more!
Bensonhurst
Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)Amidst a shakeup following the death of a 47-year-old grandmother [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/medical-examiner-investigating-whether-botched-diagnosis-caused-grandmothers-death-at-coney-island-hospital/] , two new executives have been added to Coney Island Hospital. New York City Health and Hospitals, the agency in charge of the embattled facility,
Police & Fire
Special Operations Officers at the counterterrorism drill at Leon M. Goldstein High School. (Photo provided by the NYPD)The police and fire departments launched a massive counterterrorism drill Sunday at Leon M. Goldstein High School to test officers’ response to tactics used in recent terror attacks around the world. More