The 61st Precinct Community Council will meet at 7:30 p.m., April 11, at Homecrest Presbyterian Church, 1413 Avenue T, on the corner of East 15th Street. The Community Council offers neighbors an opportunity to ask questions and express concerns about crime and safety issues in the area. The
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Photo by PaypaulAnother pawn shop is coming to Sheepshead Bay, this time at 2695 Coney Island Avenue – just up the block from one we reported on last month [/pawn-shop-claims-territory-on-coney-island-avenue/]. It replaces City Smokes, a roll-your-own-cigarette place that closed in the face of a city lawsuit [/legal-threats-cause-roll-your-own-cig-store-to-close-second-sheepshead-bay-shop-in-citys-sights/] . It’s the third
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Firefighters are responding to an all-hands fire at 602 Avenue T, between Ocean Parkway and East 7th Street in Gravesend, according to reports coming in over the police scanner. The building is a six-story apartment building, and the initial report states the fire is on the first floor. Additional FDNY
The team at Sheepshead Bites would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to Captain Al Pizzano, Detective Kenneth Ayala, Detective Mike Keenan and Police Officer Matthew Granahan – the four officers wounded in the weekend shootout at 3301 Nostrand Avenue [/four-cops-shot-suspect-in-critical-after-standoff-on-nostrand-avenue/]. Although, as part of our reporting, we often find
It must be something in the air. In the past two weeks, Sheepshead Bay has seen several brutal crimes in the area [/tag/violence/], as neighbors turned on neighbors. What next, squirrel-on-squirrel violence? Yup! Reader nolastname spotted this squirrel chomping down on another squirrel earlier in the day. Sitting on
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After an attempt to resolve the issue on their own, Monica’s Bridal (1637 Sheepshead Bay Road) has now gone to police and released the photo of the vandal who destroyed three of the storefront’s solid brass light fixtures last week. The incident occurred at approximately 4:00 a.
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We received the following e-mail this morning. If you have any information, please help out: My name is Masha, I wanted to let your blog know about my mother in law who has been missing since Tuesday (4/3/12) night. Her name is Ludmila Tulman, well known in the
We received the following e-mail this morning. If you have any information, please help out: My name is Masha, I wanted to let your blog know about my mother in law who has been missing since Tuesday (4/3/12) night. Her name is Ludmila Tulman, well known in the
Detectives examine the body in an alley next to the day care.YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: While putting out a fire at 2281 Ocean Parkway, firefighters discovered a man who appears to have shot himself in the head. According to an FDNY EMT on the scene, it appeared the
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Photo by nolastnameIt’s so rare that Easter and Passover actually line up, putting two of the most important holidays of two of the largest faiths (in our coverage area) in sync. Since it feels like it almost never happens, I was looking for a truly appropriate photo for this
UPDATED (4:58 p.m.): We’ve just posted a more accurate version of this story here: Ocean Parkway Man Sets Fire To Home, Commits Suicide [/ocean-parkway-man-sets-fire-to-home-commits-suicide/]. Original post (note: there are inaccuracies in this version!): We’ve received word that there is an all hands fire at 2281 Ocean
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Nelson scored a perfect 100 on NYLCV's Environmental Scorecard, and also sponsored two of the bills on which other councilmembers' votes were evaluated. If you listen to the putzes up in “the city,” our little corner of Brooklyn is full of backwards yokels, intent on destroying the