Photo: SheepGuardingLlama via FlickrSheepshead Bay is home to cyber-bully number one, Vitaly Borker, a cut-throat online retailer exposed in a New York Times article over the weekend [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?pagewanted=1]. Borker, through his online eyeglass store DecorMyEyes, specializes in belittling customers
emotionally disturbed person
UPDATE: It appears it was not an emotionally disturbed person, but an elderly driver who was in a minor accident, losing his side mirror. The man pulled over and was trying to recover the mirror. Police took him off the road. Original post: We just received word that an emotionally
arthur melnick
Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group (BSAG) [/brooklyn-streetcar-artists-group/] is currently sponsoring an exhibition of work by the students of Mark Twain Middle School and Abraham Lincoln High School in the gallery at Coney Island Hospital. The exhibition consists of 47 pieces, including watercolors, graphite sketches, ink drawings and photographs. True to its
Councilman David G. Greenfield is demanding the immediate suspension of two police officers after an incident on Friday night in which the patrolmen from the 61st Precinct allegedly forced an Orthodox man to violate Jewish law. According to Yeshiva World News [http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/76751/First-Report:
sofia pizza ii
Business must be going well at Sofia Pizza Restaurant (2822 Coney Island Avenue) [/sofias-pizza-major-competitor-to-local-pizzeria/], which we deemed a serious competitor to local stalwarts like Del Mar Pizzeria and Bay Pizzeria shortly after they opened. The year-old pizza joint is opening a second location, aptly named Sofia Pizza II, at 3033
With just over one month left until the New Year, I’m getting a head start at a fresh slate. A number of things in both my personal and professional life are turning around. Some for better, some for worse, but all different. The changes pile on, one after the
waldbaums
The holidays can be tough. Hauling frozen turkeys and canned goods back and forth, back and forth all day long… it takes its toll. This poor shopping cart gave up in the middle of it, collapsing at the curb by Waldbaum’s at 3100 Ocean Avenue. Photo by Ed L.
Black Friday
Yeah, yeah, yeah – we’re all about local and never shut up about supporting our local businesses. But there’s one day a year when local businesses really can’t compete with the big boys – Black Friday. So here’s your guide to the big stores in the Sheepshead Bay
I intended to write a nice Thanksgiving post yesterday, but unfortunately my internet connection went down and stayed down until I headed out of state for dinner. If I had written it, it would’ve gone something like this: On this Thanksgiving Day, the team at Sheepshead Bites and I
albert hasson
Things might be getting a bit more lovey-dovey in Manhattan Beach between its two civic associations, but as the video above shows, tensions remain between the elder of the two groups and the community’s private security patrol. That’s not really to say things are calm between the civic
Verizon
Hurray, another cell phone store! Arthur Borko reports: > A Brand spanking new verizon store has opened today at the corner of East 17 and Kings Highway (previously Hollywood Video and a Con Edison payment center before that). I caught them taking their publicity photo and the manager tried to
conference on jewish material claims
The overseers of a Holocaust survivor fund are looking to make up the $42 million local fraudsters stole [/local-scammers-bilk-holocaust-survivor-fund/] by asking recipients of the funds to pay back thousands of dollars. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, responsible for doling out funds to Holocaust survivors on behalf of