National Grid vans pack the Ocean Parkway service roads as over 300 crews respond to the scene.National Grid has resumed service to 30 percent of the Gravesend households that have been without natural gas since Tuesday [/1000-households-affected-in-ocean-parkway-gas-crisis-national-grid-says-service-to-be-restored-friday/] , when a nearby water main leak caused gas lines to flood. But
2944 gravesend neck rd
We at Sheepshead Bites love it when there’s free stuff for our readers. So our ears perked up when the folks at TD Bank came knocking, talking some jive about free hot dogs and ice cream. I mean, it’s free hot dogs and ice cream! Who can say
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City workers ripped out a flag pole at the end of Pier 3 on Emmons Avenue, near Bedford Avenue, sparking anger with a local group that says they fought to renovate and redesign the waterfront more than a decade ago. Sheepshead Bites first reported on the removal of the flag
3495 nostrand ave
Hundreds of community leaders, elected officials, clergy and community members will gather on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. for the Annual Holocaust Commemoration Program to be held at the Kings Bay Y located at 3495 Nostrand Avenue (between Avenue U and Avenue V). The Jewish Community
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Source: mikealex/FlickrThe city’s plan to roll out a new class of taxi to serve neighborhoods in Brooklyn, northern Manhattan and other areas [/livery-cabs-to-pick-up-street-hails-beginning-2012/] poorly served by yellow cabs, is now heading to court, courtesy of a lawsuit filed by a lobbying group representing the largest yellow medallion taxi
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Photo by nolastname.Two new stores have opened on Avenue X, between Coyle Street and Bragg Street – Ave X Drugs Pharmacy at 3050 Avenue X and 99¢ Plus Discount Variety at 3054 Avenue X. Welcome to the neighborhood.
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Amahal Lynch offered no apologies after a judge sentenced him to 40 years to life for the brutal 2010 murder of his girlfriend and her 8-year-old daughter. “People make mistakes,” Lynch told the victims’ relatives who demanded a statement, according to the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-thug-strangled-ex-girlfriend-daughter-40-years-life-article-1.
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Photo by PayPaulONLY ON SHEEPSHEAD BITES: A National Grid representative said the company was forced to cut gas to 1,100 Gravesend clients this week, after a leaking water main interfered with their gas lines and caused a drop in pressure. Gas is cut along the areas marked in red.
Nakwon Foxworth (Source: MySpace)Prosecutors charged Nakwon Foxworth, the suspect who shot and wounded four police officers on April 8 [/four-cops-shot-suspect-in-critical-after-standoff-on-nostrand-avenue/], with seven counts of attempted murder this morning. Foxworth, 33, opened fire on several members of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit in the early Sunday morning shooutout, striking
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Source: Villy Fink Isaksen, "Ghost Bike" via Wikimedia CommonsThe grieving family of the 13-year-old boy killed [/young-cyclist-killed-in-bensonhurst-hit-and-run/] in one of the weekend’s two hit-and-runs [/elderly-man-struck-in-bensonhurst-hit-and-run/] is now asking neighbors for help burying their son. The 13-year-old, Henry Garcia, was bicycling home from a family errand on Saturday
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UPDATED: 1,000+ Households Affected In Ocean Parkway Gas Crisis, National Grid Says Service To Be Restored Friday [/1000-households-affected-in-ocean-parkway-gas-crisis-national-grid-says-service-to-be-restored-friday/] Original post: While we’re still waiting to hear back from National Grid representatives about yesterday’s gas leak, [/gas-leak-means-no-service-for-some-ocean-parkway-residents/] which caused an ongoing service outage in the area and construction