Open Thread Mondays: Nolastname’s Soapbox
I believe reader nolastname wanted to “bitch.” So, please, the floor is yours, nolastname.
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BREAKING: Cop Car Slammed Into Light Pole
UPDATE: Here’s a more detailed description that comes via e-mail from reader PR, who lives near the intersection: > So here’s what happened: we hear two big bangs a second apart. Run to the window and see a police car in a light pole on Ocean Avenue and
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Horse Racing In Sheepshead Bay: Track Roundup
Brooklyn Jockey Club at Gravesend Racetrack (1893)I get a lot of e-mails and phone calls asking about Sheepshead Bay’s horse racing history. People want to know what tracks were around, where the tracks were, how long ago they existed, and – of course – photos, photos, photos! Sheepshead Bites has
Going To Sheepshead Bay? Nah, It’s “The Canal”
See how it just kind of, uh, ends? That's what makes it a bay, not a canal.Every community has its quirks, and discovering new ones always gives me a little kick. Even if it is small. The latest discovery I made was on a recent bike ride
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Two Renovations And A Facelift In Nostrand Area
Sneaker Corner's old look - Source: Google MapsThree businesses on and around Nostrand Avenue are fixin’ up the joint, including Brooklyn’s Sneaker Corner, which redid its storefront. The decades old business at 3570 Nostrand Avenue has a new look with a real sign on the way. It’
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Cricket Comes To Kingsborough
Source: NewYorkCricket.comI played cricket once. I was in New Zealand, and my host family decided to show it to me in the backyard. All I remember is: 1) I sucked, 2) Holy crap! Is that a wooden ball? Why are they throwing it at me so hard?! 3) I
61st Precinct Crime Statistics: 7/26 – 8/1/2010
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.
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BREAKING: Multi-Car Accident On East 23rd Street
Just got this in from reader Janelle F.: > There was a bad bang up on East 23rd Street & Avenue O- no one was hurt, but 3-4 cars were involved in some pretty messed up damage. This minivan being one of the casualties. The other involved was a Zipcar
Car Bursts Into Flames On Nostrand Avenue
Photo by GeorgeNostrand Avenue and Avenue Y was blocked off for about 45 minutes this afternoon, after a car burst into flames in the middle of the intersection. The car was traveling southbound in the left-hand lane at around 2:15 p.m. After pulling into the intersection, the driver
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On Cable Issue, Weiner & Fidler At Odds (For Now)
Congressman Weiner and Councilman Fidler in a pointlessly photoshopped image. Councilman Lew Fidler isn’t finding an ally in Congressman Anthony Weiner for his crusade to protect consumers from feuding cable companies and content providers. But the councilman says it’s just a matter of time before he successfully woos
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Brighton Landlady Rages On Renter
How much is $315 worth to you? For Alexandr Aliev, a 60-year-old Brighton Beach landlady, it was worth going to jail for. According to the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_Ig5yRshtZFKicBNc9yXA2O?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=] , Aliev was arrested for shoving
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Sheepshead Bites Named Best Local Blog
L Magazine must have known we needed some lettered love. The publication of the city’s uber-hip took a rare look down under (ie. below Park Slope) in a search for the borough’s best local blog. And what they found is that Sheepshead Bites is hard at work bringing