Bensonhurst
Police say 81-year-old Santos Carrasquillo, left, and 59-year-old Alexey Goryunov went missing in separate incidents on December 25. (Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are asking for the public’s assistance finding two men who were reported missing in southern Brooklyn on Christmas Day. The NYPD did not say the
Police & Fire
Police say 81-year-old Santos Carrasquillo, left, and 59-year-old Alexey Goryunov both went missing on December 25. (Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are asking for the public’s assistance finding two men who were reported missing in southern Brooklyn on Christmas Day. The NYPD did not say the missing person
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Holidays
Members of the Good Shepherd Church choir singing Christmas carols. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bites would like to wish our readers a very wonderful holiday weekend filled with delicious food, plenty of eggnog, and family and friends. If you’re staying in the city over Christmas weekend, make
Animals
Looking for birds in Marine Park. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The local volunteer and conservation groups have kicked off a multi-year project to preserve and improve Marine Park’s unique ecosystem and create new trails for hikers and birdwatchers, the Parks Department announced last week [http://www.nycgovparks.org/
Announcements
Source: WikipediaThe Brighton Beach Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/brighton-beach] will close in January — and reopen in the fall — while the branch gets a $1.5 million overhaul of its heating and cooling system, according to a spokesperson for the Brooklyn Public Library. The branch will shutter its doors
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Animals
Trump Village (Source: Google Maps)It’s the latest legal kerfuffle involving a certain Trump Village co-op board and its embattled former president, Igor Oberman. The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the co-op at Trump Village Section 4, as well as Oberman, who
News
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)It’s the latest legal kerfuffle involving a certain Trump Village co-op board and its embattled former president, Igor Oberman. The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the co-op
Food & Drink
(Photo by Ned Berke)A local Turkish restaurant has added some extra holiday cheer to Sheepshead Bay this year by sponsoring holiday banners in the neighborhood for the first time in recent memory. Opera Cafe [http://www.operacafelounge.com/], the Turkish eatery located on Emmons Avenue, who wowed us this
Bensonhurst
(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts have ramped up their
Business
Macy’s Backstage, a new discount clothing store, opened in the Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza on September 2. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, mega