The quiet corner of Gravesend Neck Road and East 18th Street became a grisly crime scene with victims spanning three generations of a family, after a domestic dispute elevated to a homicide. A 29-year-old motherwoman was declared dead at 6:35 p.m., after allegedly being stabbed by a man
home invasions
This post has been updated with the full story of the Sheepshead Bay stabbing murder [/breaking-sheepshead-bay-homicide-on-neck-road/]. Just got word that there has been a home invasion and possible stabbing at 2260 East 18th Street. We’re heading to the scene now. If you have any information, please e-mail it to
small businesses
Source: NYPost.comFrom the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/sick_law_job_slash_warning_JOs7LDRTIoYalxJQjtq7rM] : > Brooklyn restaurant owner Vinnie Mazzone is steaming over a City Council proposal to require that even small businesses offer paid sick days to their workers. > Mazzone, owner
brighton 3rd st
A lot of activity in Brighton Beach at 2:45 this afternoon on Brighton 3rd Street near Oceanview Avenue. Four firetrucks, two rescue trucks and two ambulances. No smoke, no fire, just a ladder extended to a second story window. No injuries were apparent. UPDATE (6:25 p.m.): Gothamist
A pedestrian was hospitalized after being hit by a car a few minutes before 2:00 p.m. on East 14th Street, just off of Sheepshead Bay Road. The driver of a silver Hyundai told Sheepshead Bites that a pedestrian ran into the street, attempting to avoid a car pulling
benefits
Ten dollars. Eleven bands. Helping thousands. Cha Cha’s in Coney Island (1229 Riegelman Boardwalk) is hosting Rock Against Dystrophy, a balls-to-the-wall rock-out [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150945781593274&ref=ts] to raise money for one of the least rockin’ diseases afflicting man – muscular dystrophy [http://en.
discrimination
Source: NYDailyNews.comSo much for those “progressive bastions” known as higher education institutions. Or maybe that title is reserved for four-year schools… Officials at Kingsborough Community College were ordered to head back to school themselves – for a workplace discrimination class – after illegally firing a chemistry professor because she is Muslim.
Street Signs
From the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/30/2010-09-30_bureaucrats_order_city_to_change_every_street_sign_leading_ny_to_say__it_is_just.html#ixzz117IFnkjN] : > The city will change the lettering on every single street sign – at an estimated cost of
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.
josh nathan-kazis
It pains me to admit that the best reporting on the issue of the Voorhies Avenue mosque did not come from Sheepshead Bites, but is the most recent report in The Forward [http://www.forward.com/articles/131727/#ixzz1133TwVrz]. Until now, I have not yet seen any other media outlet
bulletin boards
As part of the renovations at B/Q subway stations, the MTA is adding bulletin boards to organize and display information about service changes. This photo, sent in by BrooklynQ, shows the Neck Road train station bulletin board, already packed with the mind-boggling array of service disruptions. Meanwhile, over at
flooding
The New York City Office of Emergency Management [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/pr/10_9_29_heavyrain_wind.shtml] is urging residents to exercise caution as the storm passes over the city. In addition to concerns about weakened trees, flood-prone areas – which include portions of Sheepshead Bay