Members of Community Board 15. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Residents are invited to raise issues and concerns about their neighborhood during Community Board 15’s monthly general meeting [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb15/downloads/pdf/agenda_11-17-15_board_meeting.pdf] Tuesday night. The meeting will take place at
attempted robbery
(Photo: pointnshoot [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pointnshoot/432984523/] / Flickr)A man pulled a gun on a McDonald’s employee Monday night after being asked to pay for a Big Mac, then tried to rob the store, cops say. According to the NYPD, the suspect entered the McDonald’s on
department of Parks & Recreation
No need to buckle up for this ride. City Councilman Mark Treyger, in partnership with the Parks Department and the New York Aquarium, will be hosting a free drive-in movie screening [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/coney-island-beach-and-boardwalk/events/2015/11/21/nyc-parks-retro-drivein-cinema-the-addams-family-pg13] of the 1991 creepy, comedy classic, The Addams
free flu shots
(Photo: dmitritretyak [https://www.instagram.com/p/xdQCOGM_yY/] / Instagram)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the book store going on to raise money for the Sheepshead Bay Library. There is also a digital camera tutorial, a yoga exercise, free flu shots, a smoke alarm giveaway
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The flagpole flying over Asser Levy Park. (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 all week long. Just follow
Swans on Weber Court. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz)Governor Andrew Cuomo has barely a week to sign a piece of legislation, passed overwhelmingly by the Senate and Assembly, to block the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) from exterminating the state’s mute swam population. In a press release sent Thursday,
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City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In partnership with a city-wide effort to drive down the number of fire-related deaths and injuries, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch will hold the first of three smoke detector giveaways at his office next week. The giveaways are part of the city’
oil scam
Photo by Park Slope StoopMS 51 — William Alexander Middle School is among scores of victims [http://manhattanda.org/sites/default/files/Addresses%20of%20Charged%20Shorts.pdf] cheated by oil companies in a city-wide scam to short customers on their heating oil deliveries, the Manhattan District Attorney revealed Tuesday [http://manhattanda.
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Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Despite an overall drop in crime [/city-officials-honor-volunteer-cops-for-daring-halloween-weekend-arrests/] across the 61st Precinct, the station house’s commanding officer reported there has been a recent ‘uptick’ in burglaries and said drug addiction was behind increase. Speaking at
> Auxiliary officers are volunteer eyes & ears for local precincts. It was an honor to award them w/ @MarkTreyger718 [https://twitter.com/MarkTreyger718] pic.twitter.com/mbYWI6kX77 [https://t.co/mbYWI6kX77] — Councilman Deutsch (@ChaimDeutsch) November 12, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ChaimDeutsch/status/664616671282352129] The 61st Precinct’s Community Council
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(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for a man who last week pulled a gun on a store employee during a robbery at a Neptune Avenue Deli. Police say the suspect entered the Shop N Smile on Neptune Avenue, between East 14th Street and East 12th Street, just
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Photo By Erica ShermanEdward R. Murrow and James Madison high schools are among scores of victims cheated by oil companies in a city-wide scam to short customers on their heating oil deliveries, the Manhattan District Attorney revealed Tuesday [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/da-vance-nine-companies-44-defendants-indicted-connection-multimillion-dollar-heating-] . Authorities indicted nine companies and 44 individuals