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Historic Methodist Church To Tear Down Iconic Steeples

Heaven help us, but the charming steeples of Sheepshead Bay’s oldest standing church, at 142 years old, will soon be plucked from Sheepshead Bay’s skyline. Officials at the Ben Car Building Corp. – the contractors hired to remove the twin spires comprising part of the Korean United Methodist Church

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Outsiders Converge On Voorhies For Mosque Showdown

by Joe Maniscalco Neighbors rallying against a controversial new mosque planned for Sheepshead Bay [/index.php?s=mosque] clashed with counter-demonstrators outside the proposed site on Voorhies Avenue on Sunday, once again turning the sleepy block located between East 28th Street and East 29th Street into an ideological battleground of

Civic Group Rallies Behind Embattled President

by Joe Maniscalco After taking flak [/scavo-rips-into-mbcg-leadership-at-meeting/] for failing to attend a traffic safety meeting [/mbna-pushes-traffic-plan-declares-victory-over-rival/] set up with representatives from Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s office over the summer, embattled Manhattan Beach Community Group President Ira Zalcman received a welcomed show of support from some of his neighbors