Bainbridge Center at 3093 Ocean Avenue… assuming hell is a place where your neighbors hate you. Residents living around the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Voorhies Avenue have been putting up with a screeching alarm from a nearby community facility for the last three days and nights. Reader Jacalyn S.
Sheepshead Bay Library
From the Brooklyn Public Library: > Brooklyn Public Library is facing a potential budget cut that could devastate our ability to provide Brooklynites with the materials and services they need. Should this budget cut take effect, library service would be drastically cut, affecting everyone who relies on us.Visit our
Sheepshead Bay/Plumb Beach Civic Association invited Congressman Anthony Weiner to tonight’s meeting in order to get some answers about the fate of Plumb Beach. While the congressman himself isn’t likely to show, a representative may be dispatched to discuss progress on the issue. Since pounding waves tore
jack's barber shop
Photo by David BerkeLet’s face it: you can’t so much as let a gerbil loose on Sheepshead Bay Road without it getting its fur frosted, quiffed, and faux hawk-ified. Sheepshead Bay is home to more salons and stylists than this neighborhood could possibly need. But for some of
animal rights
State Senator Carl Kruger may not care much for gay rights [/sheepsheads-senators-stand-alone-in-gay-rights-battle/], but he’s pulling his weight on animal rights issues. Kruger sponsored a bill in the State Senate that would make illegal “canned shoots” – fenced-in hunting facilities where shooters pay to kill animals that are not wild. The
The nut that sent Congressman Anthony Weiner an envelope full of powder [/weiner-receives-threats-hate-mail-and-powder/] hailed from the Sheepshead Bay area, officials said. Investigators on the case tracked the letter’s postal history back to the 11235 area code, which includes Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach. But they’re still searching for
elliot korenblyum
An unfortunate pit bull attack left a 3-year-old’s face mangled after the dog became agitated during a family dispute on Saturday. The boy, Elliot Korenblyum, whose family lives on 86th Street near Avenue W in Gravesend, was in serious but stable condition at Lutheran Medical Center after the attack
bay shish kebab
Photo by Arthur BorkoLara Turkish Cuisine is now open at 2255 Emmons Avenue. The location was previously Bay Shish Kebab [/bay-shish-kebab-closed/], which we reported closed back in early March. At the time, the neighbors at Emmons Bagels told us they were just renovating, but obviously they didn’t know what
Reader nolastname spotted this car on East 29th Street between Avenue W and Avenue V. That’s just a few blocks from this car last week that was stripped to nothing but its wheels [/i-think-they-left-something-behind/]. Seems like a match made in heaven to us… Oh, and note the license plate,
Apparently, Friday’s photos [/photos-sunset-off-the-coney-island-pier/] hit a nerve with some readers, and beach photos are all the rage now. Here’s a set sent to me by reader Elina N., who would also like to introduce her dog, Rusty, to the neighborhood. Just like Sheepshead, he bites.
Facebook readers [http://www.facebook.com/sheepshead.bites] got a sneak peak at these photos I took during a bike ride to Coney Island.
marwan mohemed
We’ve heard complaints throughout the city about NYPD officers sometimes, well, blowing off residents’ concerns. We were delighted to tell you last week about how a resident successfully got some personal attention from the 61st Precinct’s Captain Mastrokostas [/61st-pct-captain-makes-house-calls-cleans-up-hood/]. But Marwan Mohemed didn’t have the patience to