King's Chapel. Source: Google MapsThe Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association will hold its next general meeting at 7:30 p.m., March 15 at the King’s Chapel, 2702 Quentin Road, corner of Quentin and East 27th Street. From Ed Jaworski, president of the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic: > We’ve had
The forecast calls for a photo of a bicyclist on a bike lane on Sheepshead Bites followed by 100 MPH gusts of heated comment threads. From the photographer: > A canopy of winter branches over the Ocean Parkway bike lane. Looking north from Avenue Y. Photo by Allan Shweky
The Bainbridge Center. Source: Google MapsThe 61st Precinct Community Council will meet at 7:30 p.m., March 14 at The Bainbridge Center, 3093 Ocean Avenue between Voorhies Avenue and Shore Parkway. The Community Council is comprised of concerned residents and top brass from the 61st Precinct, and offers neighbors
Or, more appropriately, the winged monks. Shot in Midwood. Photo by nolastname
Source: urbanshoregirl / FlickrOtherwise known as “The Good, The Bad And The Inconvenient,” here are the service changes on the B and Q lines for this week, as well as a heads up on Q line service changes for next week. This week’s changes are in effect for today through
coney-brighton boardwalk alliance
Source: blhphotography / FlickrAs reported on our sister site [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/03/hearing-on-coney-boardwalk-next-monday-march-12/] , Bensonhurst Bean, the much-anticipated and twice postponed [/hearing-postponed-as-parks-continues-push-for-concrete-walk-in-coney-island/] public hearing that will render the final decision by the NYC Design Commission on whether we can keep our beloved wooden boardwalk, or whether we will get
From the photographer, plus technical deets: > A man with a Leica M9 [Ed. — a $7,000 camera. Oy!], spotted among the spectators at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Fuji Superia X-Tra 400. Canon A-1. Sigma Zoom 80-200mm 1:4.5-5.6. Photo by David Tan
Shot at 1/500, f/3.5, ISO-800. Photo by Randy Contello
61st Precinct
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Shot with film in Manhattan Beach. There is just something about film, some brilliant facet that it captures, which is simply lacking in digital photography, and I cannot put my finger on it. Photo by Michelle Selwa
Shot at Kingsborough Community College. I wonder what other Marvel characters Kingsborough will employ to enforce its impending smoking ban on campus [/kingborough-to-ban-smoking-campus-wide/]. (I keed, I keed) Photo by Michael Goldstein
I really cannot tell. Photo by David Talalovky