Although State Senator Carl Kruger has been attempting to go back to business [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/13/all_krugeratcojo_2011_4_1_bk.html], it looks like federal authorities are turning up the heat on him. Prosecutors in Manhattan unveiled a rewritten indictment of the embattled state
Photo by Laura Fernandez, acclaimed photographer of such other stupendous scenes as Poop Machine: The Original [/morning-mug-poop-machine-on-the-pier/].
Emergency Preparedness
After putting forward 16 bills in March to improve the city’s snow response [/bloomberg-shrugs-off-councils-snow-response-plans/] in the wake of the December 26 Blizzard Boondoggle, [/photos-blizzard-plagues-all-corners-of-sheepshead-bay/] Mayor Michael Bloomberg threatened to toss out the whole package. Now the two sides have reached a compromise, and yesterday the City Council passed just
Do you know of a Brooklyn-based band with a sizable following? Tell them to get in touch with Sheepshead Bites as soon as possible! The Bay Improvement Group (BIG) is looking for a Brooklyn act to play in BayFest 2011, and they’ve asked Sheepshead Bites to aid their search.
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.” – Vincent van Gogh Photo by nolastname, taken on Ocean Parkway between Avenue O and Avenue
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Okay, guys. It’s time to name this little bugger. He looks like the same fellow that was hanging out at the Miramar Yacht Club in February [/photos-seals-at-play-in-sheepshead-bay/], and probably a relative of the GPS-cyborg-seal chilling on Brighton Beach [/photos-seal-on-brighton-beach/] last month. This time, Franz (I’m naming him Franz
We just got word that there was a “pretty nasty” car accident at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Emmons Avenue within the past 40 minutes or so. We’re told one of the vehicles broadsided the other, and then they both spun out into the lightpole at the northwest
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Department of Sanitation Community Affairs Officer Iggy Terranova attended last night’s Sheepshead Bay / Plumb Beach Civic Association meeting, answering questions from the public about sanitation laws and keeping the neighborhood clean. Do you know that lids are required when you put your garbage can out (but that there are
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A T-Mobile store is opening at 1507 Sheepshead Bay Road, and employees were there today putting the finishing touches on the storefront. The Ameritel-operated exclusive T-Mobile dealer plans to open on Tuesday, April 12, if not sooner, they told Sheepshead Bites. Ameritel operates mobile phone retailers all over the globe,
Preparations for BayFest 2011 will be held in the Comfort Inn meeting room at 3218 Emmons Avenue tonight, April 6, at 8:00 p.m. Help Bay Improvement Group prepare for this year’s 20th Annual BayFest this May, where they hope to rock out with a ton of bands
The last bunch of Morning Mug photos have shown the prettier elements of our neighborhood. Here’s one that shows the other side of things. Photo by Erica Sherman, taken on Knapp Street.
We just received the following note from Reeves Eisen, Councilman Lew Filder’s chief of staff: > I just spoke to Principal Debbie Garofalo, who said that it was a small, construction material related fire on roof. Fire didn’t come into building, but FDNY broke open ceilings on the