Police & Fire
Cops cuffed two teens believed to have savagely mugged a 55-year-old man in Midwood [/graphic-video-shows-jewish-man-brutally-mugged-in-midwood/] last week, according to the NYPD. Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were taken into custody on Thursday and charged with robbery and assault, authorities announced. The teens both live in Midwood — about four
Bensonhurst
One of the costumed characters at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)You can’t conquer the Atlantic Ocean. That’s the conclusion I came to when I joined thousands of New Year’s Day revelers in Coney Island Friday for the annual Polar Bear
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)Police took a 15-year-old girl into custody after authorities discovered two bullet-riddled corpses Sunday night inside an apartment at the Sheepshead Bay Houses, according to the NYPD. Police said they found the bodies inside the fifth-floor
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Neighbors
(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)We’ll admit it. There’s often a lot of gloom and doom on Sheepshead Bites. And if you regularly follow the site, you’re aware there have been quite a few horrible crimes [/brighton-beach-man-charged-with-murdering-natik-nisimov-on-ocean-parkway/], multimillion dollar scams [/three-managers-of-two-local-medical-centers-accused-of-running-61-million-fraud-scheme-as-part-of-largest-bust-in-history/] , and political scandals [/michael-grimm-inmate-83479-053-
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)A 32-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint on Christmas eve by someone responding to the Craigslist ad for his iPhone 6, police say. The pair met just before 8pm near Avenue U and East 16th Street, according to the NYPD. The suspect entered the victim’
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Food & Drink
Kebabs roasting on spits at Nargis Cafe. (Photo: Nargis Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/nargiscafe/photos/pb.230968093699355.-2207520000.1451510650./696743370455156/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Nargis Cafe, the darling neighborhood restaurant that’s attracted glowing reviews in the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/nyregion/
Police & Fire
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The vacant lot at 1780 Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Google Maps)The Department of Buildings (DOB) this month denied a property owner’s application to raise a six-story, 70-foot-tall residential building on Sheepshead Bay Road. Property records show [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=1&passjobnumber=321267464&
Central Brooklyn
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead