da vinci tattoo and body piercing
Tipster nolastname tells us that the folks at Da Vinci Tattoo and Body Piercing [/tag/da-vinci-tattoo-and-body-piercing/] (1826 Gravesend Neck Road) teamed up with Graffiti Free NYC this week to get the East 19th Street portion of their building cleaned up. East 19th Street between Avenue X and Gravesend Neck Road
A car veered off the asphalt on Bedford Avenue and Avenue Y yesterday afternoon, slamming into the stoop of a family home. Tipster Andrey G. snagged the above photograph of the aftermath. The incident occurred at approximately 5:00 p.m. We’re short on details, so if you have
chinar restaurant
Photo by Arthur BorkoDefying the never-ending rumor that an IHOP is destined for the Sheepshead Bay area, the former site of Chinar [/former-chinar-building-at-avenue-u-and-gerritsen-ave-demolished/], a.k.a. the former site of Jahn’s, a.k.a. the former site of The Flame… is now the present site of a parking lot
We’re trying out a new format for meeting coverage, which for now will be called “Bullet Points.” It will be published the day after Community Board 15’s monthly meeting, featuring all the takeaways we think are important. Information in Bullet Points is meant to only be a quick
A rally to save Sheepshead Bay High School when it faced closure in 2010. Parents, teachers and students at Sheepshead Bay High School are poised to fight back tonight against the Department of Education’s plans to close the school and fire up to half the teachers, as the school’
MetroPCS
After less than a year in operation, the MetroPCS at 1419 Sheepshead Bay Road closed down this week. We walked by yesterday and were shocked to see that the storefront had been cleared out seemingly overnight. The no-contract cell phone dealer opened up last July [/theyre-multiplying-second-metropcs-coming-to-sheepshead-bay-road/]. That’s probably good
[polldaddy poll=6083982]The Supreme Court heard two hours of oral arguments [http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=11-398-Tuesday.%3C/p%3E] today before their hotly anticipated ruling on national healthcare reform [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/27/us-usa-healthcare-court-idUSBRE82L1CJ20120327] , in a case that
west end ave
Cymbrowitz looking at a winning entry from P.S. 195. (Photo by Erica Sherman) Hundreds of children packed the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center (60 West End Avenue) on Sunday, gathering with parents, teachers and community leaders for Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’s 12th annual Holocaust Memorial Essay, Poetry, Performance and Art
food distribution
SOurce: ohad/FlickrWe should all do a mitzvah every day, but, if you’re falling behind, Passover offers an excellent chance to catch up with some good deeds. That’s why we’re happy to tell you about these upcoming Passover food collection and distribution events in our area, where
Turner struttin' his stuff on Sheepshead Bay Road, where he has opened a new office.The following is a press release from the offices of Congressman Bob Turner: Congressman Bob Turner (NY-09) today opened the doors of his Brooklyn district office. “Since being elected to office, ensuring the residents
Over the weekend, I revealed one of my true desires on the Sheepshead Bites Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites] (which you should “Like” if you haven’t already!). That desire is to have a speaking role on an episode of Law & Order. Any of the Law &
Hundreds of people are left without power this afternoon somewhere between Nostrand Avenue and Knapp Street, between Avenue Y and Voorhies Avenue. The cause of the outage is unclear at this time. We first heard from two tipsters in the area, one near Haring Street and the other on Ford