valley national bank
When we told you about the bank robbery last week at Valley National Bank [/robbery-at-valley-national-bank/]at 1633 Sheepshead Bay Road, we couldn’t get much more information beyond “something happened.” Well, it turns out that, according to a source, it was an inside job… sorta. A teller’s boyfriend held
katherine stinson
Katherine Stinson races her plane against Dario Resta's automobile(Courtesy of historyans.wordpress.com)Katherine Stinson, aka “The Flying Schoolgirl”, was one of America’s first female pilots, having earned her pilot’s license in 1912 after only four hours of classes. Below are newspaper excerpts from just
Courtesy of Koonisutra via FlickrFrom Crain’s New York [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100425/REAL_ESTATE01/304259964]: > The 630,000-square-foot Gateway II shopping center off Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn is among the sites Walmart is eyeing in a renewed push to build its first New York City store,
Some media bury any criticism towards them. At Sheepshead Bites, we’ll put it front and center. This is regarding the controversial Voorhies Avenue mosque-in-planning. My initial reaction is this: saying I posted the fliers because they were “grabby” is ridiculous. That story basically amounted to “Hey, there are a
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Community Liaison Charles Glover told members of the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association that this year will be a “much bigger improvement over what we’ve seen there in the past.” During the April 19 civic meeting, Glover said the plans were slowed by the bad weather
Readers say portions of the flier prove that it's fakeIf you haven’t been paying attention to the debate raging on Thursday’s post, “In Sheepshead Bay Mosque Debate, Fliers Go ‘Round [/in-sheepshead-bay-mosque-debate-fliers-go-round/],” many readers raised questions about the flier’s authenticity. They said the poor wording is
Residents of East 23rd Street around Avenue W woke up this morning to discover brown water flowing throughout their homes. Why is this news? Well, the DEP came within an hour of lodging the complaint with 311. We rarely get to report quick results from 311, so it seemed worthy
First week in some time that we’ve seen a reduction in Grand Larceny Auto – no matter how small. Still up overall for the year. 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
downhouse lounge
Downhouse Lounge at 250 Avenue X (off McDonald Avenue) is importing some German rock weirdness tonight. BudZillas blend punk rock and swing with traditional klezmer beats and instruments. The German band is playing the Gravesend bar for one-night only. This sounds like an awesome event, and more of the kind
Flier being circulated by mosque advocatesTwo fliers from opposite sides of a controversial Sheepshead Bay mosque [/sheepshead-bay-mosque-controversy/] are being distributed around the neighborhood, each packed with heated accusations. The flier above comes from the mosque’s advocates and calls for support in building the Islamic establishment at 2812 Voorhies Avenue.
That's pretty. (Photo courtesy of Atomische • Tom Giebel via Flickr)It’s no secret that parking is a huge problem along Kings Highway [/is-dot-destroying-kings-highway-businesses/], but adding bicycle stations around the avenue is a wasteful solution, according to Community Board 15 Chair Theresa Scavo. The Department of Transportation is
Hey, dude in the hood, what the hell are you doing? Are you spraying graffiti? Don’t you know we just got this block – East 19th Street between Avenue W and Avenue X – cleaned up? Oh, my bad. You’re with the Graffiti Free NYC crew. So you’re here