Police & Fire
Police arresting an alleged drug dealer at Avenue W and East 19th Street. (Photo provided by an anonymous reader)Two weeks after a resident pleaded with police at a community council meeting [/gun-busts-rise-cops-escalate-drug-raids-sheepshead-bay/] to crack down on brazen drug activity near her home, cops busted her heroin-dealing neighbor handing out
Education
Photo courtesy of Paypaul via FlickrA Kingsborough Community College professor has filed a lawsuit accusing top administrators of creating an culture of “systemic anti-Semitism” in which Jewish faculty were openly harassed and discriminated against. The lawsuit [http://thelawfareproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lax_Complain_EDNY.pdf], first reported by
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(Photo by Ilmicrofono Oggiono [https://www.flickr.com/photos/115089924@N02/12212669496/in/photolist-jBc8ab-4SZr5R-5od7Mn-9pcZBM-32KHdN-fGdZA5-6ZLoLZ-9dRzTD-4SZqYD-6ZQp11-pCi9v-fGe2yL-fFWqkx-cPwHcC-cqgwjh-nK6Jvu-auUqyt-9QbBAr-okKmib-4k2Mgi-6PCvb-4V2d3B-fGdYuJ-NJ9nw-5M8hxf-fGe4vA-4V2d4F-QNH7w-4LjYEX-7ZguPA-bY3Vb-onxgfi-crMKB5-acAKbc-4T3ZB-5M477X-auUrf8-8vDfLh-acDyKq-fGe381-rMjiZa-okuRnc-7df1e2-5M8iYL-qutPhM-o4hs9Y-5M8hQE-oDxMSq-czk24-acDyyq] / Flickr)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this weekend.
Events
(Photo by Ilmicrofono Oggiono [https://www.flickr.com/photos/115089924@N02/12212669496/in/photolist-jBc8ab-4SZr5R-5od7Mn-9pcZBM-32KHdN-fGdZA5-6ZLoLZ-9dRzTD-4SZqYD-6ZQp11-pCi9v-fGe2yL-fFWqkx-cPwHcC-cqgwjh-nK6Jvu-auUqyt-9QbBAr-okKmib-4k2Mgi-6PCvb-4V2d3B-fGdYuJ-NJ9nw-5M8hxf-fGe4vA-4V2d4F-QNH7w-4LjYEX-7ZguPA-bY3Vb-onxgfi-crMKB5-acAKbc-4T3ZB-5M477X-auUrf8-8vDfLh-acDyKq-fGe381-rMjiZa-okuRnc-7df1e2-5M8iYL-qutPhM-o4hs9Y-5M8hQE-oDxMSq-czk24-acDyyq] / Flickr)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this weekend.
Bensonhurst
Riders enjoying the Cyclone roller coaster. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials gathered in Coney Island Saturday to christen the newly refurbished cyclone at the spring opening ceremony for Luna Park. The celebration had been postponed one week because weather reports predicted a Nor’easter [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/
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Riders enjoying the Cyclone roller coaster. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials gathered in Coney Island Saturday to christen the newly refurbished cyclone at the spring opening ceremony for Luna Park. The celebration had been postponed one week because weather reports predicted a Nor’easter [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] on the first
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Two shootings marred Easter celebrations in Coney Island on Sunday, according to authorities. The day started when a 33-year-old man was shot twice in the leg just before 8pm outside the Carey Gardens housing project on West 23rd Street, near Mermaid Avenue, according to police. The
Police & Fire
(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Two shootings marred Easter celebrations in Coney Island on Sunday, according to authorities. The day started when a 33-year-old man was shot twice in the leg just before 8pm outside the Carey Gardens housing project on West 23rd Street, near Mermaid Avenue, according to police. The
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News
A patch of mud was all that was left of the grass that caught on fire. (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
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Fire fighter hosing down a brush fire next to the Cyclone. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hours after elected officials christened the Cyclone to celebrate Luna Park’s spring opening [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/03/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] , plumes of smoke began billowing from a parking lot next to the ride.