Photo by Erica ShermanYOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Neighbors who want a Trader Joe’s to replace Pathmark [/tag/pathmark/] at 3785 Nostrand Avenue may be happy to learn that Aldi, a low-cost food market owned by Trader Joe’s parent company, will soon serve up fresh produce and other
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GalloRepublican Russ Gallo is screaming “Shenanigans!” after the latest round of Board of Elections bungling handed the Independence Party ballot line over to Democrat Ben Akselrod, and turning the November election into a three-way race. Akselrod lost his Democratic primary bid for Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz’s seat but, at first,
Are you waiting to get your tickets to A Taste of Sheepshead Bay 2012 at the door? Well, don’t! If you buy online, you save money over the door price! Remember, it’s $25 online, and $35 at the door. Additionally, check-in should be that much quicker, so you
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The lights are out for hundreds of Con Edison customers in Gerritsen Beach and Marine Park, where Con Edison is reporting a power outage. According to Con Edison’s power outage map [http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html], 826 households are without power, primarily in Gerritsen Beach. The
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Source: Geoffrey Croft via awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.comWhen we first broke the story about the Paerdegat Basin oil spill [/oil-spill-brooklyn-national-grid/], in which an estimated 800 to 1,400 gallons of natural gas condensate, compressor oil and turbine oil poured into the waters near Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, info was scarce. Representatives
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Source: Geoffrey Croft via awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.comNational Grid is expected to wrap up decontamination operations of last week’s gas and oil spill [/oil-spill-brooklyn-national-grid/] by the end of this weekend, while authorities note that the problem may be worse than originally expected. A test of the oil that gushed from
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We wrote back in July about State Senator David Storobin’s attempts to get the city to revisit the issue [/sheepshead-bay-mosque-storobin/] of the Islamic mosque and community center at 2812 Voorhies Avenue [/tag/2812-voorhies-ave/], hoping they’d squash the project. Some time between then and now, the mayor’s office
October 1 kicked off “heat season,” during which landlords are required to provide heat and hot water to tenants or face costly violations from the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). The regulations require that landlords maintain a minimum indoor temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit between 6:
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Source: Friends of Ocean ParkwayIf you’re a bicyclist or pedestrian who makes Ocean Parkway a part of your routine, you’ve probably noticed how nice the pavement is above Avenue O. And you’ve probably noticed how cruddy it is south of that spot. That’s because the Parks
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From our friends at Congregation Israel of Kings Bay (3903 Nostrand Avenue):
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M & I International, the “mecca of Eastern European food [http://www.yelp.com/biz/m-and-i-international-foods-brooklyn#hrid:o-nMNxIokKylxjj2Aom68g] ” at 249 Brighton Beach Avenue, shuttered its doors in September with plans to renovate and enlarge the building, but neighbors are threatening to oppose the construction if the landlord fails to add
A Taste of Sheepshead Bay
[http://atosb2012.bpt.me/] We’re only 10 days away from A Taste of Sheepshead Bay 2012, hailed by some as “the biggest tasting this side of the East River.” Sponsored by Il Fornetto, A Taste of Sheepshead Bay features favorite dishes from 20 local restaurants, giving neighbors, foodies and