gateway national recreational area
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed a deal yesterday establishing a management agreement between the city and the National Parks Service [/tag/national-parks-service/] for 10,000 acres of parkland in and around Jamaica Bay [/tag/jamaica-bay/]. The deal, announced nine months after the
regal entertainment group
Is that the UA parking deck behind Batman?Looks like the rebooted Batman series Dark Knight is trying to reclaim the coveted mantle of “Biggest All-Time Opening Weekend at the Box Office,” and it’s getting a little help from Regal Entertainment, operator of the United Artists Sheepshead Bay Stadium
So I was hanging out on one of the piers and this creepy mo-fo refused to move. Then he started staring me down, giving me the evil eye and all that good stuff. It went on for a while. Crazy gull all up in my face, yo. Really, five minutes
george mastrokostas
In the video above, 61st Precinct’s Deputy Inspector Georgios Mastrokostas give his monthly crime report, explaining some of the incidents – and arrests – that continue to fuel the command’s place at the top of the city’s list for increase in major crimes [/video-61st-precinct-commander-gives-detailed-report-on-rise-in-crime-discusses-strategy-for-improvement/] .
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east 28th st
CBS’s crime drama Person of Interest will be shooting in the Bay tomorrow, meaning no parking around the location beginning tonight at 10:00 p.m. Signs showed up on meters and telephone polls around Roll-N-Roaster late last week, letting residents know that parking will be off-limits for the
63rd Precinct
A swastika found in Gerritsen Beach last week (Source: GerritsenBeach.net)A militant Jewish organization announced over the weekend that it will send “security teams” to Marine Park, calling for Jewish residents witnessing anti-Semitic acts of vandalism to “smash the neo-Nazis to pieces physically.” The Jewish Defense Organization is deploying
adam lisberg
Photo by Allan RosenThe MTA is poised to unveil a slew of bus and subway service improvements this week, but the fate of the B4 bus line is still uncertain. With finances at the authority steadily improving, MTA officials are studying service in the five boroughs to determine locations for
The following is a press release posted on Friends of the Boardwalk’s Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/groups/184850918232970/]: Various grassroots organizations, and Coney Island and Brighton Beach Residents have filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn seeking to prevent the New York City
asser levy seaside summer concert series
The following is a press release from Borough President Marty Markowitz: On Thursday, July 12, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz presented a proclamation to Coney Island resident Lawrence Bowers prior to the Seaside Summer Concert Series, honoring him for rescuing a man and child off Coney Island this summer. At
1501 sheepshead bay rd
Sheepshead Bay Road is getting its second frozen yogurt spot soon, as yooberry Frozen Yogurt prepares its digs at the former location of the Flagg Tax Center. Located at 1501 Sheepshead Bay Road, yooberry will be right across the street from the Sheepshead Bay train station entrance – and the Dunkin’
art exhibits
From our friends at the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group: