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The former synagogue at 2261 bragg street. (Photo: Google Maps)Elected officials are moving quickly to mobilize community opposition to the proposed halfway house on Bragg Street. Three southern Brooklyn politicians — Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Helene-E-Weinstein/story/67295/], Councilman Alan Maisel [http://council.nyc.gov/
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Sergeant Gaspar Teri speaking at PS 195 in Manhattan Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)“My job is not to scare anybody. I’m just here to give you a kick of reality,” Army Sergeant Gaspar Teri shouted at a crowd of about 150 people gathered in the auditorium of
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Paper lanterns. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Lunar New Year party at the library. There’s also a foreign film screening, poetry jams, open runs and much more! Send us your own event listing by posting it for free
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Paper lanterns. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Lunar New Year party at the library. There’s also a foreign film screening, poetry jams, open runs and much more! Send us your own event listing by posting it for free
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The former Burger King on Knapp Street is now being used as a temporary mosque. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)When a local Muslim group rented out the long-abandoned Burger King [/knapp-street-burger-king-converted-temporary-mosque-ramadan/] on Knapp Street in the summer of 2014, it was supposed to serve as a short-term place for
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Source: Nick Ares/FlickrOne of the ringleaders of the largest no-fault auto insurance frauds ever recorded was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Prosecutors alleged that Mikhail Zemlyansky oversaw a sprawling criminal conspiracy that cheated auto insurers out of hundreds of
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Two of the suspects. (Photo provided by the NYPD)Police are searching for a group of thieves who allegedly made off with $15,000 worth of fur coats last month from the new Macy’s Backstage on Emmons Avenue. Cops say that a woman and two men entered the store,
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Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyIn 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 Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites]and Facebook
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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.