Avenue U and McDonald Avenue, where the accident occurred. (Source: Google Maps) A vehicle making a left turn on McDonald Avenue struck a motorcycle this morning, leaving the 35-year-old biker in critical condition. The New York Post reports [http://nypost.com/2014/05/13/biker-injured-after-being-hit-by-vehicle-in-brooklyn/] : > The victim was driving
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IS 228 Principal Dominick D’Angelo and Bridg-iT founder Jeff Ervine (Source: Bridg-iT.com)I.S. 228 David. A Boody Junior High School (228 Avenue S) is the first school in the nation to deploy bullying prevention software designed to curb harassment within its hallways. Using any web-enabled device, including
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Source: tim caynes/FlickrThe New York Police Department kicked off a citywide crackdown on inattentive drivers today, and will be doling out tickets to drivers talking on cellphones, texting and failing to yield to pedestrians. SILive.com reports [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/drivers_beware_nypd_
Source: tim caynes/FlickrThe New York Police Department kicked off a citywide crackdown on inattentive drivers today, and will be doling out tickets to drivers talking on cellphones, texting and failing to yield to pedestrians. SILive.com reports [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/drivers_beware_nypd_
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This is what the header of SheepsheadBites.com looked like when we first launched in 2008. What was I thinking?!Six years ago on this date, May 12, I registered the domain name SheepsheadBites.com. Within two hours, I customized a blog template and published the first post [/about-sheepshead-bites/] to
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Come tonight and you could learn how streets like this got their names. (Source: GerritsenBeach.Net/Flickr)The Bay Improvement Group is holding its annual history night presentation tonight. The event, which serves as the lead-up to May 18’s BayFest [http://www.bigbayfest.org/]. The group asked us to
Source: Susan NYC/FlickrD LINE There are no subway service adjustments scheduled for this week. N LINE All times until October 2014: there are no N or R trains running between Court St, Brooklyn and Whitehall St, Manhattan. Late-night N (11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.) and weekend
Source: Susan NYC/FlickrB LINE From 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday to Friday, Manhattan-bound B trains run local from Sheepshead Bay to Prospect Park. Q LINE From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Tuesday, 57 St/7 Av-bound Q trains stop at 49 St.
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Source: Joint Base Lewis McChord/FlickrFor more than a decade, the Dyker Heights Civic Association has been running one of those awesome programs that makes you feel proud to be a Southern Brooklynite, by providing a no-cost service to families of those serving our country overseas and helping them stay
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Our friends at Arbuz tell us [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152416824887673&set=a.10151698748482673.1073741824.214204112672&type=1&theater] they’re set to have a new neighbor, Life Made A Little Easier, a head shop slated to replace Luv My Vision Optique on Sheepshead
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Colton (Source: Facebook)The following is an op-ed by Assemblyman William Colton, representative from the 47th District serving Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. Improving and restoring public transit services, such as our subway and bus lines, will greatly improve the quality of life for those living and working in southwest
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The New York Rising project, a state-sponsored, federally-funded program [/community-takes-storm-resiliency-plans-into-own-hands-at-ny-rising-workshop/] to make coastal communities more resilient in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, will unveil the final proposals for Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach tonight [/monday-public-engagement-meeting-restore-protect-sheepshead-gerritsen/], revealing the $21.3 million vision to help us better withstand and more quickly recover