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Pizzeria Del Corso Gets Slammed By DOH Lunacy

Those passing by Pizzeria Del Corso on Avenue U and Batchelder Street last weekend may have noticed the restaurant shuttered and a Department of Health notice in the window. According to owner Nino Coniglio, DOH bungling of his permit, mixed with harassment from an anonymous “tipster,” has cost them around

Another One Hits The Rust

This time at Avenue R. By the time they replace the B/Q stations there’ll be no more train line to service them.

Bus Stop Wrecked, Then Cleaned

Photo by Arthur Borko. Got that, News 12?The bus shelter in front of 2222 Coney Island Avenue (near Avenue S) was wrecked by a car accident some time last night. This morning a city contractor cleans the glass. Our world, humdrum, slinks forward yet another day…

Spring Arrives, And So Do Sheepshead Bay Garage Sales

Welcome to the first day of spring, everyone. The sun is shining, the Bay is sparkling, and the gulls are cawing. You know what else the spring season brings? Garage sales and flea markets! I’ve spotted the garage sale of the season and it’s happening tomorrow. The flyer

Brand Z Replaced By Value Depot

We previously reported about Brand Z For Less [/brand-z-for-less-closing-doors/] at 1805 Avenue U closing a few weeks ago and we had no idea what whould replace it. We do now – the last few days saw some renovations and minor construction at the site, and yesterday I saw the new sign

Four Days Later, Streets Still Blocked By Fallen Trees

These scene, at East 23rd between Avenue W and Avenue V, is repeated on many local streets. Four days after the weekend storm toppled scores of trees [/photos-damage-from-the-storm/] in our area, many roads remain blocked. What streets do you know of that remain blocked?

Bike Shop To Open On Bedford Avenue

Well, wouldn’t you know it, but yet another real estate office has closed. We’re not sure how long ago it happened, since such things kind of pass beneath our notice at this point, but the real estate office at 4175 Bedford Avenue has been replaced with something new.

Brennan & Carr Considering Expansion?

Brennan & Carr [/tag/brennan-and-carr/] (3432 Nostrand Avenue) seem to really love their Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-NY/Brennan-Carr/412166715533?ref=mf], using it to connect with fans and pump up the rivalry with Roll-N-Roaster [/brennan-carr-calls-out-roll-n-roaster/]. Now, they’re musing on a second location. They asked, “If

Businesses Put Graffiti Artists To Good Use

Recently we ran an article that covered a graffiti problem on East 19th Street [/east-19th-street-a-haven-for-graffiti/] and other places [/artists-put-their-mark-on-local-subway-stations/] (and here [/southern-brooklyn-criminals-still-plague-us/], here [/redfish-smoking-graffiti-flyers-raises-q-1/], here [/nyp-nazi-graffiti-back-in-bay/]and here [/bolshevik-criminal-plague-graffiti-plagu/]). It began to look like Sheepshead Bites is anti-graffiti, but in reality this blog’s editor, Ned Berke, i

Wheelers Throws “Wing in the Ring”

Local bar and grill Wheelers [/tag/wheelers/] (1707 Sheepshead Bay Road), famous for their No Sushi sign [/wheeler-s-no-sushi-sign-becomes-a-little/], has entered the “Throw Your Wing Into The Ring” Chicken Wing Competition. Apparently the hipster scum up in North Brooklyn think they make the best wings around. Boy are they in for