Business
City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas [/treyger-demands-city-purchase-shuttered-property-for-community-use/] to purchase a
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / FlickrIt appears that the NYPD has been regularly ticketing legally parked cars, and the error is a huge boon for the city. Ben Wellington, who runs the data site I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/144197004989/the-nypd-was-systematically-ticketing-legally] , explored
Police & Fire
A police cruiser parked outside the 61st precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors living near a troubled playground will have to wait for the Verizon strike to be resolved before police reinstate a regular patrol to deter drug activity in the area. Speaking at the community council meeting Wednesday,
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Federal prosecutors have charged a sixth man with aiding a Brooklyn-based terrorism ring that allegedly tried to send fighters to ISIS in Syria. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that 26-year-old Azizjon Rakhmatov, an Uzbek national who was arrested in Connecticut, has been added
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Federal prosecutors have charged a sixth man with aiding a Brooklyn-based terrorism ring that allegedly tried to send fighters to ISIS in Syria. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that 26-year-old Azizjon Rakhmatov, an Uzbek national who was arrested in Connecticut, has been added
Health
(Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfataustralianaid/10703811283/] / Flickr)The Health Department is targeting mosquito breeding grounds around Gerritsen Beach and Marine Park over the next three days in order to reduce the risk of a Zika or West Nile virus outbreak this summer.
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(Photo: Lindsay Fox [http://ecigarettereviewed.com] / Flickr)Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) to use its new regulatory powers to investigate — and possibly recall — e-cigarette products that have the potential to explode. The FDA finalized rules last week [http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/
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Police & Fire
Photo by Rachel McKenziePolice have unearthed a lead that could help solve the murder of he reputed gang member whose body was discovered last week [/body-found-plastic-bag-near-kingsborough-community-college/] on the shore outside Kingsborough Community College. The Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/cops-find-source-bucket-murder-brooklyn-gang-member-article-1.2632788] investigators have located the hardware
Food & Drink
Goat curry and naan flatbread at Nasheman Grill & Restaurant. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] More than a few of our readers have lamented the lack of Indian food in Sheepshead Bay. Some of us got excited when Tandoori Restaurant opened [/new-uzbek-restaurant-tandoori-opens-coney-island-avenue/] in the neighborhood earlier
Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)It appears that the NYPD has been regularly ticketing legally parked cars, and the error is a huge boon for the city. Ben Wellington, who runs the data site I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/144197004989/the-nypd-was-systematically-ticketing-legally]
Business
Cymbrowitz and community leaders meeting with party boat owners. (Photo provided by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’s office)With summer almost in full bloom, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz called a meeting with local party boat owners to praise their diligence addressing quality-of-life issues and noise complaints. The Assemblyman’s tone was notably