From the photographer: > The pic with the cat ready to pounce the baby, the mom/pop behind it was today [Ed. — July 16]….I actually got there in time to throw my shoe and put the baby back in the yard for now….. Photo by nolastname
I hate my cell phone. Just about everyone I know hates their cell phone, too. And, when you’re in the kind of work environment I’m in – fast-paced, digital, mobile – everyone out there expects you to have the sleekest, cutting-edge tech there is. Except when you’re in the
brush fires
FDNY Marine Units are underneath the Gerritsen Inlet Bridge, dousing the beach with water in an effort to quell a brush fire. The fire broke out on the eastern bank of the waterway, across from Plumb Beach. Reader Bill W. sent us the above photo, taken at 1:00 p.
1515 ave z
Contractors demolished the 38-year-old garage at 1515 Avenue Z this morning, eliminating the last remaining marker of the mechanic and gas station that formerly occupied the East 16th Street corner. The owners, October Sky LLC, purchased the property at auction [/seven-years-and-7-5-million-later-a-14-story-dream-heads-to-auction/] for $4.75 million last year, and told Sheepshead
We found the above photo in our inbox this morning, sent by tipster Eli L. According to Eli, the two-car accident occurred at approximately 1:40 a.m. on the corner of Avenue V and Bedford Avenue. It’s unclear if there were any major injuries.
At a rally attended by approximately 150 area residents, Assemblyman Bill Colton and heads of various local organizations blasted a Department of Sanitation plan [/assemblyman-william-colton-fights-to-block-a-waste-transfer-station-from-moving-into-bensonhurst/] to install a waste transfer station in Gravesend Bay, saying they don’t trust the organization and will continue their fight to halt construction. But
after school karate program
Two weeks ago, we told you about how Amity’s students kicked butt at at the U.S. National Karate Championships [/u-s-national-karate-championships-amity-school-wins-13-medals/], racking up 13 medals for the 3867 Shore Parkway private school. Now, local politicians have taken note, and converged on the school on Wednesday to honor the feisty
Night Out Against Crime
Hundreds turned out for the 29th National Night Out Against Crime, celebrated locally in the yard behind the 61st Precinct (2575 Coney Island Avenue) on Tuesday. Kids played on giant inflatable amusements, while their parents devoured food supplied by ChopStix Chinese Restaurant (3790 Nostrand Avenue), as well burgers and hot
Cymbrowitz inspects the graffiti (Source: Cymbrowitz's office)After Sheepshead Bites broke the story yesterday about the anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on the centerpiece of Holocaust Memorial Park [/breaking-anti-semitic-graffiti-found-at-holocaust-memorial-park/] (West End Avenue between Shore Boulevard and Emmons Avenue), several elected officials and candidates for political offices sent in additional comments
307 kings highway
We got a call last night from Mimma Careri, owner of Gravesend’s Italia Pizza and Restaurant (307 Kings Highway), who told us that just days after we published a report about her son’s wrongly-suspended driver’s license [/italia-pizza-owner-suffers-as-authorities-bungle-id-theft-case/], the DMV reinstated his driving privileges. “From your piece, my
Source: Councilman Nelson's officeYOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Neighbors woke up this morning to find that the area’s beloved Holocaust Memorial Park, New York City’s only public Holocaust memorial, was the target of what appears to be anti-Semitic vandalism last night. Police responded to a call
Though the proposed installation of a natural gas pipeline beneath Jamaica Bay [/tag/gateway-pipeline/] has sparked wide-ranging concerns from opponents [/jamaica-bay-pipeline-analyzing-the-concerns-and-transco-williams-response/] – from environmental damage to the risk of a terrorist attack – a growing coalition of activists say its biggest threat is setting a precedent that would open up all national