Morning Mug: Busy Night
Photo by Natalya Serebrennikova [/a-beautiful-film-from-a-bay-artist-needs-your-vote/].
Ned Berke
Open Thread Monday: SAVE THE DATE! (June 18)
Good Monday, everybody! Sheepshead Bites is on the verge of making another big announcement, this time regarding our very first event! We’re not quite ready to unveil the details, but we’re asking all of our readers looking for some fun and excitement on a nice Saturday to keep
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Golden Responds To Pro-Gay Rights Constituents
A scanned image of Golden's response letter. (Click to enlarge)After we urged readers to contact State Senator Marty Golden in opposition to his proposal to roll back same-sex marriage rights [/golden-pushes-hateful-anti-gay-legislation-again/] in New York State, at least one reader (and Golden constituent) did – and got a response
stanley roher
BJ’s Wholesale Club Coming To Bensonhurst
The future site of Bensonhurst's BJ's Wholesale Club? Maybe. (Source: PropertyShark.com)Our little sister site has nabbed its first scoop! Bensonhurst Bean [http://www.BensonhurstBean.com] is reporting that Thor Equities – the developer behind much of Coney Island’s interim destruction [http://www.bobguskind.com/
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Report: No Evidence Of Union Slowdown After Blizzard
More than five months after allegations surfaced blaming a union slowdown for the city’s bungled response to the crippling December 26 blizzard [/photos-blizzard-plagues-all-corners-of-sheepshead-bay/], New York City’s Department of Investigation released a 47-page report [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/04/nyregion/20110604-NYCDOI-snow-report.html] saying there is no
Morning Mug: Clean Up Needed!
Seen under the Sheepshead Bay Road train station, across from the entrance. Photo by Erica Sherman.
Puzzle: Charlie Swan
Here’s a description from the photographer, PayPaul: > Charlie Swan (Sheen) may have caught his break with a retelling of the hit series he was fired from. It takes place in an up and coming hamlet of Brooklyn known as Sheepshead Bay. However, Charlie still can’t keep his
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Schumer Says Bring Law & Order Back To NYC, We Say Bring It To Sheepshead Bay
Chuck Schumer in the 1960s, competing for James Madison High School on the It's Academic television quiz show.U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is keeping busy with important national business these days. Just this week, he has demanded an investigation into possible gas price fixing by oil companies
anthony giacobbe
Tomorrow: Madison-Marine Community Yard Sale
One person’s junk is another person’s treasure, right? Well, there will be a lot of junk and a lot of potential treasure available tomorrow, June 4, when the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association cobbles together 15 to 20 garage sales worth of stuff into one location: the Neighborhood Yard Sale
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Roy’s Bicycle Shop Gets A Modern Makeover
The old sign.Roy’s Sheepshead Bicycle Shop (2679 Coney Island Avenue) put up a new sign recently, giving a more modern look to the longtime storefront, which first opened in 1931. News like this is always mixed in my book. On the one hand, investments like this mean the
61st Precinct Crime Statistics: 5/16 – 5/22/2011
Click to enlargeIt appears we’ve had a steep drop in Grand Larceny Auto lately. Seems the Midnight Conditions Unit [/under-cover-of-dakness-precincts-special-midnight-team-to-combat-auto-theft-and-vandalism/] is doing its job. CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports
Morning Mug: Nice Haircut
Photo by Erica Sherman.