Community Board 11 with hold its monthly general meeting Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (1740 84th Street). The Board serves as a local conduit to the government of New York City, representing neighbors’ needs and concerns. If you have a
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You will almost never read on this site that I’m glad a business has left the neighborhood. But when I walked past 1727 Sheepshead Bay Road the other day and realized that the “Pawn Shop” – really, a cash-for-gold operation – had given way to a new business, well, I was
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The murder scene.Murder! Mayhem! Magnolias! A brazen criminal is on a rampage near Dahill Road, beheading the carefully tended tulips of neighbor Diane Pagen and leaving the disembodied buds as a demoralizing force to future blooms. Pagen emailed us about the tragic killing spree, which now spans two spring
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Sheepshead Bay Road-staple Anatolian Gyro has moved off the main thoroughfare to a brand new storefront around the corner, and is now serving its yummy Turkish treats at the new location. We announced the move was forthcoming [/anatolian-gyro-to-move-off-sheepshead-bay-road-as-landlord-embarks-on-third-renovation/] back in October, with a planned opening date in January. As usual,
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2007 Surf Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Marcell Dockery, charged with setting the Coney Island fire [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/index.php?s=coney+island+fire] that led to the death of police officer Dennis Guerra [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/04/deceased-cop-injured-in-coney-island-fire-has-died/] and the severe injury of Rosa Rodriguez [http:
Source: marcoderksen/FlickrD LINE From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Tuesday to Friday, 205 St-bound D trains run local from 59 St-Columbus Circle to 145 St. N LINE From 10:15 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, Ditmars Blvd-bound N trains skip 39 Av,
Source: marcoderksen/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 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, there are no Q trains between 57 St-7 Av and
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Police are on the hunt for the driver of the Buick photographed above, with license plate GFR-1370, following a hit-and-run this morning that left a pedestrian in critical condition. The car struck the 60-year-old man in the crosswalk of Ocean Parkway and Avenue O at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries will speak to the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association during their monthly meeting tonight, at 8:00 p.m., at P.S. 195 (131 Irwin Street). Jeffries, who represents Manhattan Beach, the Sheepshead Bay waterfront, and Brighton Beach, among others, will discuss measures to protect the area from
Anti-Semitic messages and swastikas were found painted on several properties on Exeter Street in Manhattan Beach over the weekend, and police believe the perps were five white teenage males. The graffiti was discovered on homes, a tree stump and a construction site early Sunday morning, according to a message sent
A still from surveillance video.Authorities arrested Michael Setiawan, a former police officer, and charged him on Sunday with criminal mischief as a hate crime and aggravated harassment as a hate crime after he was captured on camera spray painting anti-Semitic messages in Borough Park. The New York Times reports
Sheepshead Bay from the Marine Park bridge. Photograph by LL. Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send them to photos@sheepsheadbites.com.