Announcements
(Photo: Sheepshead Bites)The Bay Improvement Group is throwing their annual awards gala, the BIG Oscars, at Il Fornetto next week. The yearly waterfront party includes a four-course meal, music, dancing, a raffle, and cash bar. Tickets are $60 at the door, but you can shave ten bucks off the
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Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)A Coney Island has been convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/12/17-year-old-shot-to-death-in-coney-island-on-christmas-eve/] of a teenager walking his dog on Christmas Eve, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced Thursday. Jerome Leslie, 20, faces a life sentence
Police & Fire
Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)A Coney Island has been convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting [/17-year-old-shot-to-death-in-coney-island-on-christmas-eve/] of a teenager walking his dog on Christmas Eve, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced Thursday. Jerome Leslie, 20, faces a life sentence for the shooting, in which he
Bensonhurst
Alyssa Gaydosh needs a kidney transplant. (Photo: GoFundMe [https://www.gofundme.com/Kidney4Alyssa])The New York State Court Officers will face off against city corrections officers this Saturday at the Abe Stark Arena for a charity hockey game [http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=NYSCOHOCKEY&s=hockey] to benefit
Business
JoMart, located at 2917 Avenue R. (Photo: JoMart Chocolates / Facebook)JoMart [http://www.jomartchocolates.com/sweet-gifts-party-favors/], the family-owned sweet shop at the corner of Avenue R and Nostrand Avenue, will be pouring champagne and offering free samples Friday to celebrate their 70th Anniversary. “This is our way of celebrating what
Announcements
Alyssa Gaydosh needs a kidney transplant. (Photo: GoFundMe [https://www.gofundme.com/Kidney4Alyssa])The New York State Court Officers will face off against city corrections officers this Saturday at the Abe Stark Arena for a charity hockey game [http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=NYSCOHOCKEY&s=hockey] to benefit
Announcements
A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors who missed out or gave up [/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] on the city’s Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] program may get a second chance to have their home elevated thanks to an $8.8
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying a man who allegedly robbed a sleeping passenger on the F train earlier this year. Authorities say the victim, a 30-year-old man, was asleep on the F train at the Avenue X station on February 14,
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Food & Drink
Anthony’s Place, located at 2110 Avenue X. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)For more than two decades, neighbors have scarfed down pasta, shared pizza, toasted wine, and broke bread at Anthony’s Place [http://www.yelp.com/biz/anthonys-place-brooklyn], the family-owned Italian eatery on Avenue X, near East 21st
Health
Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)The state Health Department hit Coney island Hospital with six violations for a botched treatment that lead to the death of a 47-year-old grandmother earlier this year, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/coney-island-hospital-busted-brooklyn-grandmother-death-article-1.2598488] . The hospital