Police & Fire
The Ocean Towers building on West 24th Street in Coney Island. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD has added an attempted murder charge against the teen involved in a fatal beating in Coney Island [/teenage-girl-beaten-death-coney-island/] last week, police announced Thursday. Authorities initially charged 18-year-old Sarina Agard-Forde with felony and misdemeanor assault
Neighbors
There’s already a lot we know about incomes in our corner of Brooklyn: folks in Manhattan Beach tend to do pretty well, Sheepshead Bay is solidly middle-class, and Gerritsen is somewhere between the two. However, a new interactive map published on CartoDB [https://cartodb.com/], the online mapping tool,
Announcements
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is scheduled to meet with members of the Russian American Jewish Experience [http://www.rajeusa.com/] (RAJE) today at 4:30pm in Brighton Beach, the organization confirmed. The meeting, first reported by the news site JP Updates [http://jpupdates.com/2016/04/06/ted-cruz-to-visit-jewish-leaders-in-brooklyn-sources-say/] , will take
fort greene
Image via Center for an Urban Future.Fort Greene residents have an average commute time of 36 minutes — comparably low in the citywide rankings — and primarily use mass transit (73 percent), as opposed to cars/taxis (14 percent) and their own feet or bikes (13 percent). This, according to a
Bensonhurst
The 2014 Fun City Bowl. (Photo: 42nd Annual FDNY vs NYPD Fun City Bowl [https://www.facebook.com/nycfirewire/photos/gm.875097515837348/664476583629891/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The annual NYPD vs. FDNY [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Fire_Department] Fun City Bowl football game is coming
Animals
The 2014 Fun City Bowl. (Photo: 42nd Annual FDNY vs NYPD Fun City Bowl [https://www.facebook.com/nycfirewire/photos/gm.875097515837348/664476583629891/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The annual NYPD vs. FDNY [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Fire_Department] Fun City Bowl football game is coming
Nonsponsored
Image via CartoDB.Park Slopers have an average commute time of 38 minutes — ranked 15th city-wide and 4th (out of 18) Brooklyn-wide for the shortest commute — and primarily use mass transit (71 percent), as opposed to cars/taxis (13 percent) and their own feet or bikes (15 percent). This, according
Nonsponsored
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Food & Drink
Hummus and beet salad on pita bread at Lotus Cafe. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Lotus Cafe [http://lotuscafeandbagelsnyc.com/] — the longtime bagel shop that looks out on the bay from the corner of Neptune and West End avenues — has revamped its menu with Mediterranean cuisine and is looking to
Bensonhurst
The Ocean Towers building on West 24th Street in Coney Island. (Source: Google Maps)A 17-year-old girl, who was beaten into a coma last week by a group of teenagers, died from her injuries Tuesday night, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-girl-17-brain-dead-beaten-group-teens-article-1.2589951] . Ta’Jae
Police & Fire
The Ocean Towers building on West 24th Street in Coney Island. (Source: Google Maps)A 17-year-old girl, who was beaten into a coma last week by a group of teenagers, died from her injuries Tuesday night, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-girl-17-brain-dead-beaten-group-teens-article-1.2589951] . Ta’Jae
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere in Bensonhurst, we love to complain about the N line [/33254/]. We protested when its stations were collapsing from decades of decay and neglect, and now that eight uptown platforms have been shut down by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, we grumble over the fact that our