“Q Train” (pastel on paper, 22 x 30) by Nigel van WieckNavigating the MTA is like navigating the Cretan Labyrinth. But your pals at Sheepshead Bites are here to help you be like Theseus getting through Daedalus’ mess. So here are this week’s service changes, and when you get
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Source: SalFalko/FlickrA federal judge threw out the conviction of a man sentenced for a 1989 murder in Brighton Beach after already serving 23 years of his sentence, with the judge calling the case “rotten from day one.” Village Voice has a great rundown [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/
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The FDNY’s Marine 3 headquarters in 2009. (Source: Vlad Iorsh/Flickr)The fire eaters of the FDNY’s local marine unit will have to rebuild their summer headquarters – or find themselves homeless, thanks to Superstorm Sandy. The Marine 3 summer vessel. (Source: FDNY)The unit – FDNY Marine 3 – operates
Delmar Pizza & Italian Eatery at 1668 Sheepshead Bay Road hung up a temporary “opening soon” banner this week. So please – please, please, please, please, please – stop e-mailing, calling, texting, Facebooking and Tweeting me about whether or not they’ll open. They’re opening. Soon. Just how soon? When we
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Photo by Erica ShermanThere’s a new class of despicable low-life in the neighborhood: the Rapid Repair con artist. According to an e-mail blast from Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, his office has been fielding complaints from residents about fraudsters who – somehow – got a hold of the Rapid Repairs client directory and
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Thick clouds of black smoke billowed through a Sheepshead Bay Road building this afternoon, forcing the evacuation of Dynasty Sports (1612 Sheepshead Bay Road) and Forces of Nature (1614 Sheepshead Bay Road). Firefighters rushed to the scene following a 4:00 p.m. call that Dynasty Sports was filling with
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Two and a half months after Superstorm Sandy doused the Sheepshead Bay branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, the location reopened to the public yesterday. The 2636 East 14th Street branch is the first BPL location shuttered by the floodwaters to reopen. When we stopped by yesterday, there was already
Last week we wrote about how redistricting was altering the City Council district demographics [/coney-island-council-candidate-to-heck-with-the-lines-im-all-in/#more-41301] in Southern Brooklyn. Politicker then tackled the Brooklyn Districting Commission [http://politicker.com/2013/01/russians-and-orthodox-jews-clash-at-brooklyn-redistricting-hearing/] , where Southern Brooklyn was all the rage: > It was not the controversial draft map that placed potential
“Q Train” (pastel on paper, 22 x 30) by Nigel van WieckIt’s that time of week again when we remind you that, no, you don’t live in transit utopia. We’ve got another week of service changes on the B and Q line. Here’s this week’s
The following is a press release from FEMA: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of the State of New York, has approved a 14-day extension to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane Sandy who cannot return to their homes to stay in participating
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Sheepshead Bay Fruit & Vegetables Market at 1717 Avenue Z unveiled a new wing of the building approximately two weeks ago. The wing, located on the East 18th Street side of the building, expands their deli and bakery offerings, and even has a small counter for hot coffee, soups and
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Source: foodbanknyc.orgCity Councilman Lew Fidler, Assemblyman Alan Maisel and three other pols from around Brooklyn filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) and its commissioner Robert Doar, claiming that the city’s decision to limit emergency distribution of food assistance was “arbitrary and capricious,