One of the EMPTIED cans underneath the Sheepshead Bay Road station remains surrounded by trash.Garbage Gazette [/tag/garbage-gazette/]: It’s been a while since we’ve had a Garbage Gazette, but it’s certainly not because there hasn’t been anything to write about. Our local Sanitation Department garage
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One of the senior centers' residents was very thankful for her Thanksgiving meal. (Source: JCCGI)Teams from the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island hit the streets this Thanksgiving, delivering traditional Thanksgiving meals – with all the trimmings – to 1,041 local area seniors. Thirty-one staff members and 59
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Sheepshead Bites reader Stan Kaplan recently passed along a copy of the May 10, 1973, edition of Scepter, the student newspaper of Kingsborough Community College. Its yellowed pages commemorated the 10th anniversary of the school’s establishment, illustrating the complex story of Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay and the higher education
Police are on the hunt for a suspected anti-Semitic vandal after several Jewish artifacts were ripped off doorways in a Brighton Beach apartment building over the weekend, in the latest Southern Brooklyn bias crime [/local-hate-crimes-underscore-surge-in-anti-semitism/]. Jewish residents of seven units inside 3000 Ocean Parkway woke up the morning after this
City Smokes, the latest in a New York City trend of “roll your own cigarette” stores, has opened at 2695 Coney Island Avenue, the former site of Easy Leasing. The store sells cheap cigarettes – $29.95 for a carton, according to a sign outside – but there’s a catch: you’
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Nearly 100 teachers, parents and students from a slew of Southern Brooklyn schools rallied on Wednesday, November 30, to decry the continued cuts to public education in New York City. The rally was mostly comprised of teachers and students from Leon M. Goldstein High School in Manhattan Beach, but organizers
From our friends at the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association: Please join us for the next meeting of the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association (MBNA) Monday – December 5, 2011 – 8:00pm @ PS 195 Elementary School (131 Irwin Street) Topics of Discussion * “Property Tax” Increases Going through the Roof in Manhattan Beach * “Budget
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It’s here, it’s here! It’s finally here! The re-opening of the East 8th Street Bridge – a.k.a. the Guider Avenue Bridge – is scheduled for tomorrow, December 2, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. That means motorists heading from Brighton Beach to the westbound Belt
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The following is a press release from the office of Councilman Vincent Gentile: CITY HALL – Councilman Vincent J. Gentile joined his colleagues Councilmembers Jessica Lappin (Chair of the Aging Committee) and David Greenfield (Chair of the Subcommittee on Senior Centers), on the steps of City Hall this morning to urge
The Brighton Beach Post Office (3157 Coney Island Avenue) has been on the chopping block for more than two years, but it and four other Brooklyn post offices have escaped closure yet again. The announcement was made by Don Brown, Community Board 15’s liaison to the post office, during
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This photo is totally unrelated. I just thought it was funny.If you see a lot of emergency response teams, active military personnel and a slew of official-looking vehicles running around the Fort Hamilton Army Base tomorrow, be aware: China is not invading. No, no, no… all the commotion is
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Screenshot from ABC newscastA Brighton Beach couple living in the ritzy Oceana condo development has been arrested for illegally collecting thousands of dollars in Medicaid benefits by claiming to be poor. The wife said on application forms that she was single, and the man who is really her husband, a