To celebrate the new school year, local Muslims, the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) are teaming up to give out free school bags and school supplies to the Sheepshead Bay community this Saturday, August 25. A total of 300 school bags containing notebooks,
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Players from the Chernomorets Soccer Club accept their award (Source: First Chernomorets USA)The Brighton Beach-based Chernomorets Soccer Club wrote to us, boasting of their latest achievement: their players once again emerged victorious at the New York Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League Championship in the under-16 category. “Every year we are
brighton jubilee
Our friends over at the Brighton Neighborhood Association are celebrating the 36th Annual Brighton Jubilee, a half-mile street festival on Brighton Beach Avenue featuring, food, entertainment and tons of bargains. Above is the flier, and below is the text of a news release the organization sent us: > 36TH ANNUAL
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State Assembly candidate Ben Akselrod is likely a little red in the face today, after thousands of mailers went out to Democratic voters in the 45th Assembly District saying that crime is up in the “negrohood.” In an inset in the mailers, received by most
1613 voorhies ave
Those who take the Voorhies Avenue route to the Sheepshead Bay train station may have been dismayed about the loss of a morning coffee place when Cupcake Kings closed back in June. [/cupcake-kings-on-voorhies-avenue-closed-for-good/] But, don’t despair, Espresso & Grill Room will replace the coffee and cupcake locale at 1613
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Source: Commercial AcquisitionsYOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After more than 30 years serving the community, Brighton Beach’s Met Foods supermarket at 100-120 Brighton Beach Avenue will close down to make way for a modern two-story office and retail complex. The supermarket lost its lease to the building to a
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It’s not even two hours since doors opened, and hundreds of people have already flocked to the new Marshalls at 1623 Avenue Y for the grand opening [/marshalls-stocked-and-ready-to-open-this-thursday/]. We’ve received several e-mails already from passers-by stunned at the long lines, as residents look for deals and giveaways for
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Hazel Chatman, in her bathroom. (Source: NYTimes.com)When I was just a lad, attending after-school instruction at Temple Beth Avahath Sholom (then in Bensonhurst, later replaced by condos) years before my bar-mitzvah, I made a discovery that has forever left me with feelings of inferiority.Women have much nicer
Photo by JohnLast month, a recently opened recycling center – a hub for those bottle-and-can scavengers – became the target of angry neighbors on East 15th Street and Avenue U. Neighboring businesses and residents complained about crowded sidewalks, awful stenches and litter [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2012/28/bn_reuseandabuse_2012_
For you budget-conscious fashionistas out there who’ve been e-mailing us – over and over and over again – about the opening of the new Marshalls on Avenue Y and East 17th Street, well, your day has come. The business will celebrate its grand opening this Thursday, August 23, 2012, from 8:
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UPDATE (8/21/2012 @ 11:42 a.m.): The 61st Precinct just informed us that the boy was found safe and sound during the mobilization yesterday. Great work, NYPD! Always nice to have a happy ending to a story like this. Original post: The NYPD has issued a Level 1
Just sayin’. Anyway, the open thread is now open. Please talk about whatever you want to talk about. Like bidets. What the hell is that about? Bidet… Biden? You see where I’m going with this, right? (‘Cause I don’t.)