appreciation luncheon
Be Proud Foundation's Raisa Chernina and the 61st Precinct Community Council's Theresa Scavo present Deputy Inspector Mastrokostas with a gift to honor his recent promotionCommunity leaders gathered at the 5th Annual Appreciation Luncheon to honor local police officers and firefighters this past Friday, where they heaped
The Sheepshead Bay / Plumb Beach Civic Association is holding its annual holiday meeting tomorrow night. In addition to unveiling the slate for the 2011-12 board of directors, they’ll be serving refreshments and holding free raffles for giveaways from local businesses. Come down and get to know your neighbors! When:
mass transportation
After two years of work, the new entrance to the Gravesend Neck Road subway station opened to the public on Saturday. The spacious lobby is brightly lit and is lined with glass windows, making commuters feel a little safer than the dingy, dirty nuclear-war-bunker decor the old facilities. It gives
norfolk st
This scene occurred around 8:00 a.m. at Norfolk Street and Oriental Boulevard in Manhattan Beach. We don’t believe anyone was injured.
hit and run
We received a report of a hit and run on Avenue Y and East 21st Street over the weekend. The reader previously sent us several reports [/another-serious-car-accident-on-ave-y-aa/] of accidents at the intersection [/blog1.php/EmergencySituations/car-accident-on-ave-y]. He believes the area needs an All Way Stop sign. He writes: > It
classifieds
It’s Chanukah, and Christmas and Kwanzaa are just around the corner. Personally, I’m a bit of a grinch. That fact aside, though, Sheepshead Bites wishes you a happy, healthy holiday season. And don’t forget to check out our Classifieds section [/classifieds/], chock full of gift ideas from
Source: MTAThe MTA is deploying its fleet of “nostalgia trains” and vintage buses [http://www.mta.info/news/stories/?story=152] for the holiday season, replacing lines including the B1 with vehicles from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Other bus routes running the historic fleet are the B65 in Brooklyn;
homeless
by Councilman Lew Fidler It is a statistical fact that tonight 3,800 children WITHOUT their families will be homeless on the streets of NYC tonight. Over the past 9 years that I have chaired the Council’s Youth Services Committee, I have conducted over 18 hearings on the issues
craig fennell
Victor Koltun (Source: NYPost.com)New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/rabbi_busted_in_cop_hit_15pnYcxfPYrqsjA2JZhHZP#ixzz174CFnmM9] reports: > A Brooklyn rabbi was charged yesterday in the contract killing of a former suburban police officer and his nephew, authorities said. > Victor Koltun, 41
brighton 4th st
When I was a kid sitting in the back seat of my old man’s car on a long road trip, every time we got stuck in traffic I thought of one thing. Wings. If we had wings we could go up and over these jerkwads in our way. They
winter
Councilman Michael Nelson is kicking off his annual donation drive for warm clothing to distribute to needy children this year, and is asking residents to contribute. The councilman is seeking new hats, scarves and gloves to give to the children of P.S. 811K, a special school for children facing
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 every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.