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City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Councilman Mark Treyger plans to introduce a package of bills requiring more stringent safety measures and better oversight for contractors removing Sandy-damaged trees after a bicycle delivery man was crushed to death by a falling tree in Red Hook. “You
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Photo by Erica ShermanA bill introduced by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz to protect 5,000 seniors and people with disabilities from losing benefits that would protect them from rent hikes has been signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. “This bill will make sure that if your rent was frozen, it
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Community residents pal around on the dance floor during the 2010 BNA holiday party. (Photo: Erica Sherman)The Brighton Neighborhood Association will hold its annual holiday party this Thursday at the National Restaurant located at 273 Brighton Beach Avenue, near Brighton 2nd Street. The party kicks off at 6:30pm
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A 62-year-old woman was killed Monday night after she was hit by an MTA bus while crossing East 17th Street at Avenue Z, authorities say. The NYPD identified the woman as Eleonora Shulkina. They say she
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Visitors posed for photographs with Sinterklaas at the Lott House’s tree lighting ceremony. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)More than 600 people lined up along East 36th Street in Marine Park Friday evening to enter the newly renovated grounds at the Hendrick I. Lott House and herald in the
Police & Fire
Strike 10 Lanes in Mill Basin. (Photo: Google Maps)Three men were injured Saturday after a dispute outside a Mill Basin bowling alley erupted in gunfire, News 12 Brooklyn reports [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/3-men-shot-outside-mill-basin-bowling-alley-1.11221050] . Cops told the news channel the shooting occurred at 2:20am outside Strike
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The Be Proud Foundation’s 2014 Toys for Tots drive. (Photo: Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY/photos/a.326426244224860.1073741834.226935024173983/326426410891510/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get in the holiday spirit with some karaoke with your neighbors. There’
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The Be Proud Foundation’s 2014 Toys for Tots drive. (Photo: Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY/photos/a.326426244224860.1073741834.226935024173983/326426410891510/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get in the holiday spirit with some karaoke with your neighbors. There’
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The B Train entering the Brighton Beach Station. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Below you’ll find early week Sheepshead Bay subway changes on the B, F and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back later this week to see what’s happening this weekend. B Line > 145th Street-bound B