The Sprint store at 1743 Sheepshead Bay Road closed up shop sometime in the last few weeks and is currently being gutted. I don’t know why owner Dan Jacobs decided to pack up the shop, but we hope he’s on to bigger and better things. He was helpful
43rd st
The cigarettes seized as part of the bust. (Source: Dept. of Taxation and Finance)A Bath Beach man was one of two people arrested yesterday after authorities seized 3,236 cartons of contraband cigarettes from his home and a Borough Park stash house, the New York State Department of Taxation
autism
Previous walk. (Source: Shorefront Y)The following is a press release from the Shorefront Y: This Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., the Brooklyn Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (BASDI) & the Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach will host its Fourth Annual Walk for Autism. The annual Walk
2700 ocean ave
Source: Google MapsOcean Medical Plaza at 2700 Ocean Avenue, a medical office with 35 examination rooms, is now on the market for $5.75 million. The 12,500 square foot building wedged between residential apartments between Avenue W and Gravesend Neck Road is being marketing by Massey Knakal Realty Service,
2021 ave u
The long-lived Sysut Computers Computer Service Center – one of the neighborhood’s first tech stores at 2021 Avenue U – has moved. In its place comes Premium Style, a new clothing store set to open soon. Apparently it will focus on European fashion. As for Sysut, a Yelp reviewer notes that
TreygerAdd Mark Treyger to the handful of New York City Council members to embrace participatory budgeting [http://pbnyc.org/], a progressive initiative that allows constituents to vote on allocating $1 million on local projects. Treyger reps announced at civic meetings last month that his office was working on rolling it
astroland
The rocket returns! Last night, the rocket was trucked into Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. (Photo by Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project)For the first time in five years, the most prominent symbol of Coney Island’s Astroland – the amusement park’s iconic rocket ship – has returned to the
The rocket returns! Last night, the rocket was trucked into Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. (Photo by Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project)For the first time in five years, the most prominent symbol of Coney Island’s Astroland – the amusement park’s iconic rocket ship – has returned to the
Anthony Weiner
Deutsch with Trottenberg, Palmieri and other DOT representatives on Coney Island Avenue.Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg stood at the base of the Coney Island Avenue overpass at Guider Avenue last Tuesday, as cars whizzed around her, made illegal turns, crossed into oncoming traffic and failed to get out
block parties
The first ever Sheepshead Stroll took place this Sunday drawing thousands of attendees, and highlighting local merchants through a block party atmosphere on Sheepshead Bay Road. The Stroll is a local version of the Department of Transportation’s Weekend Walk initiative, in which the agency works with community partners to
alligators
Source: Cordey/FlickrWhile others are fighting to make ferrets legal to own again in New York City [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/05/sheepshead-resident-ariel-jasper-leads-fight-legalize-ferret-ownership/] , one Bensonhurst man is fighting to keep his pet alligator, Dino. Victor Alexandria was cuffed, fined and saw his alligator confiscated last Tuesday, after authorities learned
2712 emmons ave
It’s been a long journey, but Rocca Cafe & Lounge is finally open to the public at 2712 Emmons Avenue, the former site of Dunkin’ Donuts, which closed in 2009 [/goodbye-dunkin-donuts-hello-liman/]. The revamped building is not only the latest restaurant to open on Emmons Avenue, but one of the