office space
Nothing says luxury like wooden teethWe’ve already pointed out the marketing trend in our area that labels any piece o’ junk “luxury.” There was the luxury condo [/gravesends-latest-condo-keeps-it-unreal/]that, well, wasn’t. There was the luxury day care center that certainly wasn’t [/my-baby-wears-prada/]. And now there’s the
Sheepshead Bites turns two this week. We’re not going to make a big deal out of it; really, we’re getting old and now we just want it to be a hush-hush event. It’s like you turn one, and then all the years just sort of blend together
big daddys
From Wikipedia: > The first Big Daddy’s Restaurant opened in 1964, and was located on Coney Island Avenue in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, NY. It was known to be the only true competitor of Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs. The driving force behind Big Daddy’s success
One of the thugs being arrestedA friendly outing to Manhattan Beach turned violent this afternoon, after a brawl left six people bloodied and one man in the hospital. Just minutes after 3 p.m. a group of four visitors enjoying a beachside barbecue were attacked by two men. The two
Maimonides Medical Center is putting the final touches on its newly-opened Sheepshead Bay Rehabilitation Center, but they’ve been admitting patients for a little over a month. It’s not the first time Maimonides has had control of the 3121 Ocean Avenue building. Working in reverse chronological order, the building
manor electric supply corp
This is an unconfirmed report. We just received the following message from an anonymous source. We’re not sure, but we think he’s talking about Manor Electric Supply Corp. at 2737 Ocean Avenue. We’re heading out of the office for the day and can’t look into it,
[/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/powell.jpg] (l. to r.): Mary Powell, Pastor Ron Weinbaum of the King's Chapel, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Ed Jaworski at MMHCA's 2009 Holiday PartyMadison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association (MMH) is creating an award for civic-minded students of Marine Park Junior High School
CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. As a new feature on Sheepshead Bites, we’ll be summarizing the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct as the reports become available (usually on Monday, one week after the closing date). The 61st Precinct
Siren Music Festival 2007 (Photo courtesy of Jalapeño via Flickr)Woo! Are you ready for one of Southern Brooklyn’s biggest parties?! Village Voice, organizer of the Siren Music Festival, has announced the initial lineup for the 10th year of the Coney Island celebration. The free all-day, all-ages event is
The New York State budget is now more than one month late. Timid “leaders” in the state legislature are so afraid to unveil cuts during an election season that we face a $9 billion budget deficit, a figure that’s rapidly increasing as the state continues to take out loans
save coney island
Thor's vision for its Surf Avenue propertiesWe received the following e-mail from Save Coney Island, a group dedicated to, um, saving Coney Island. To give you the gist: in order to help preserve the district’s character, the group asked the Landmarks Preservation Committee to create a historic
Department of Youth and Community Development
This kid is a freeloader (Photo courtesy of eric-m on Flickr)Back in my day, kids worked. We worked our butts off. By the time I was 16 I had already worked at nearly a dozen jobs. I had done field work and concessions at Kings Bay Little League, wrote