Map from Google MapsA plan to add 375,000 cubic yards of sand to a Jamaica Bay marshland habitat is great news for wildlife, but a tougher commute for drivers going to and from the Rockaway peninsula. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is executing a $7 million initiative
From Notify NYC: > Notification issued 01/20/12 at 4:10 PM. Due to impending snow, The New York City Department of Transportation has suspended Alternate Side Parking Regulations Citywide for Saturday, 01/21/12. Parking meters and all other posted parking restrictions will remain in effect. For more
Like many legislators, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz mails a pamphlet with the New York City Parking Calendar to each of his constituents. The parking calendar is a useful resource that lists the days in which alternate side parking is suspended or when legal holiday rules apply. Unfortunately, due to a postal
wheelers
BREAKING NEWS! GROUNDBREAKING REPORT! SHEEPSHEAD BITES EXCLUSIVE! YOUR READ IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS! The restaurant at 1705 Sheepshead Bay Road formerly known as Wheeler’s and then became Wheelers is now once again Wheeler’s! Ah, Wheelers, we hardly knew ye. I mean, you only existed for three months. And,
smoke shops
A second roll-your-own-cigarette smoke shop, Green Leaf Smokes, has opened up at 1326 Sheepshead Bay Road, off the corner of East 14th Street. It’s the second such business to open in the area, following the November opening of City Smokes at 2695 Coney Island Avenue [/roll-your-own-cigarette-store-opens-on-coney-island-ave/]. These shops allow
emotionally disturbed person
Reader Alina T. sent in the above photo and filled us in on the incident, which occurred at around 9:00 p.m. Here’s what she says happened: > I was just on Sheepshead Bay Road and East 15th and there was a Russian guy – I believe he was
Half a week in, and the race to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger is already getting dirty. Since the campaigns officially kicked off on Monday, City Councilman Lew Fidler and Republican opponent David Storobin have been trading barbs. Storobin is lambasting Fidler for being a Democratic insider whose interests
sales
Real estate citywide is seeing a buyer’s market these days, and buyers are looking to Sheepshead Bay and other Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods ahead of all others. While the sale of homes spiked 6 percent for the final quarter of 2011 Brooklyn-wide, neighborhoods in the borough’s southern stretches boomed
catholic diocese
More than 100 members braved Sunday’s winter chill to celebrate the final event of St. Mark Catholic Church parish’s 150th anniversary with an outdoor dedication of a newly-installed prayer garden. The Marian Prayer and Memorial Garden, located on Jerome Avenue between Ocean Avenue and East 19th Street, replaces
The following is a press release from Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes: Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the sentencing of Maksim Gelman, 23, to 200 years in prison for Four Counts of Murder in the Second Degree, Two Counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree,
butcher boy
Tovushi, a Kavkazi Jewish Youth Center, has moved into 2309 Avenue Z, former site of the remarkably short-lived Butcher Boy Meats. Butcher Boy closed in October [/butcher-boy-aint-man-enough-to-stay-in-business/] after just a few months in business. Kavkazi Jews form one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, having settled in the
We’ve just received a tip that a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Ocean Avenue and Avenue X. A woman was crossing the intersection when a car hit her. Ambulances have arrived on scene and are transporting her to the hospital. Her condition is unknown. This is a