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(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)Almost 7,000 people lost power for several hours Sunday after two power outages struck Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend. The first blackout was caused by a fallen tree limb near East 26th Street and Avenue I, a spokesperson
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(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)Almost 7,000 people lost power for several hours Sunday after two power outages struck Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend. The first blackout was caused by a fallen tree limb near East 26th Street and Avenue I, a spokesperson
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Cricket Wireless has opened a new outpost at Avenue U and East East 17th Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A new player has entered the cellphone market on Avenue U. Cricket Wireless [https://www.cricketwireless.com/], the no-contract, wireless service provider, opened up in a corner storefront last month
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One of the costumed characters at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. (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
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Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bay’s station house, the 61st Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_061.shtml], came up short by a hair in having the greatest reduction in crime out of all
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The b82 bus. (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )Community leaders are concerned that a proposal to bring Select Bus Service (SBS) through Kings Highway could bring further congestion to an already cramped commercial corridor. The MTA is considering adding SBS to the B82
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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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Isabella’s Wedding Center at 2299 Coney Island Avenue. (Source: Google Maps) Several wedding parties were left in the lurch after the owners of a local bridal shop abruptly closed their store and vanished along with their customers’ cash and dresses. Victoria Viviani, of Marine Park, said she put a
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https://youtu.be/jMg4aas6Fio Assemblywoman Pamela Harris took her seat in the state legislature Wednesday as it held its first session of the new year. The newly-elected assemblywomen stood beaming as she was introduced on the Assembly floor by Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, who described Harris’ career as a corrections