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Mute swans in Sheepshead Bay. (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 on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on
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(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are after a man who snuck through an open window last week and snapped up valuables from a Shore Parkway apartment. Police say the brazen criminal climbed into the apartment during the the middle of the afternoon on January 28. He grabbed several rings
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity council members are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced
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The Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Source: DEP)The rancid smell from the wastewater treatment plant over on Knapp Street has long been a nuisance [/sheepshead-bay-is-tops-in-poop-smell-complaints/] for residents in the area. However, following last month’s record-breaking blizzard [/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/], neighbors say the stink has become intolerable and are calling on
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Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Photo by globegallivanter [https://instagram.com/p/zePqDAIn97/?modal=true] Attention straphangers: The MTA is reporting that southbound B & Q service has been suspended after of Kings Highway due to a fallen tree. A spokesperson for the MTA said the tree fell across the tracks south of the Sheepshead
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity councilmembers are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced by
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — will now move to the City Council for a final review after it was approved Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning
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Photo by Leon LipkovichMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — will now move to the City Council for a final review after it was approved Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning
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Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo [https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/23994415209/] / Flickr) Several Albany Legislators called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for stripping a law from his executive budget that protects seniors from losing their savings when a spouse falls ill. They