First of all, a big thank you to Cupcake Kings for throwing Sheepshead Bay’s first annual cupcake eating contest on Saturday – and for inviting Sheepshead Bites to include a rep and sponsor the event. Good times! Look for video and photos later. And another thank you to Elaine and
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We got the following e-mail from reader Stan R. over the weekend, who witnessed a “crazy” accident between a group of motorcyclists and a car at Ocean Parkway and Neck Road. The accident happened Saturday night. > 30 year old male driving a 2005 honda accord was making a right
This ain’t Photoshopped, folks. Photo by Erica Sherman.
New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/three_alarm_bensonhurst_blaze_2YcNl9JsGFMRlKg94vEzhO] is reporting that six firefighters and no civilians were injured in this morning’s blaze on 86th Street, which tore through a row of stores. > A three-alarm fire ripped through a row of
Empire Beauty School (Source: Google Maps)We just received word that a three alarm fire has broken out at 2384 86th Street, near the corner of 24th Avenue, the site of Empire Beauty School. Emergency personnel are on the scene, and streets are blocked off. This is a breaking news
Just a friendly reminder that Cupcake Kings’ cupcake eating competition takes place tomorrow, starting at noon, at their 1613 Voorhies Avenue storefront. Sheepshead Bites, as an event sponsor, will be there with stickers, and Cupcake Kings will have their own giveaways. So come on down and root for our our
City Councilman Lew Fidler painted a gloomy picture of New York City’s budget situation, and the last glimmer of hope may have just collapsed. Fidler took the opportunity to speak on the budget during Wednesday’s 61st Precinct Community Council meeting, pointing out that City Hall was scrambling to
This might be our hardest one yet. It’s gross, too. Photo by Robert Fernandez.
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Oh, Kings Plaza Diner, we hardly knew ye. Wait, that’s nonsense. We knew ye quite well, actually. All those late night burgers with high school pals. The Sunday brunches to cure the ol’ hangover. The business meetings and old-friend reunions. The eavesdropping – and relentless mocking – of our fellow patrons…
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Signs have gone up showing that a MetroPCS location will soon open at 1419 Sheepshead Bay Road, the former storefront of Alfa Vision, which moved to the corner at least a year ago. The problem is that there already is a MetroPCS at 1710 Sheepshead Bay Road, and they don’
Photo by Knightmare6 [http://www.knightmare6.com].