Vladimir "The Situation" Putin, Milla "JWOWW" Jovovich, Catherine "Snookie" the Great, DJ Ivan DragoOkay, let’s start by saying that we have no idea if this is real. However, a A website popped up five days ago claiming to be the application page for
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Community Board 13 is demanding the Department of Education begin taking toxic chemicals in schools more seriously. Responding to recent reports that some Brooklyn schools contain the toxic Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), the board wants the city to host public hearings on the issue and improve communication with parents and educators
Community Board 15 is holding its February meeting tomorrow night at Kingsborough Community College. I’d love to tell you what’s on the agenda, but I never seem to get their mailings on time. Perhaps if they joined their constituents in the modern era [/hey-cb15-join-us-in-the-21st-century/] it wouldn’t be
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Chinar Restaurant, the Russian banquet-style eatery at 3110 Avenue U, has closed shop and will be opening up on Coney Island Avenue next week, the owner told Sheepshead Bites. According to the owner, their Avenue U location (at Gerritsen Avenue) was just too small. Over the past several years, demand
Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen, because it’s finally official: Grillin’ On The Bay, New York City’s only sanctioned barbecue contest, is just one month off. Of course, it’s been “official” for a while. But in our world, things are only official when banners go public. The
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Councilman Michael Nelson’s office sent us a note last night that they got word from the Department of Transportation that the Operation Iraqi Freedom Way sign [/missing-sign-sparks-soviet-outrage/] should be back up by the end of the day on Monday, February 22. The stalled construction site at 2820 Avenue Z
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A street sign honoring Iraq War veterans appears to have been stolen from a Brighton Beach corner, leading residents to point the finger at anti-war activists. The sign renamed the corner of Corbin Place and Oriental Boulevard as Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom Way in 2005. According to the Daily
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As expected, the Guider Avenue/East 8th Street Bridge reconstruction began yesterday. The overpass has been closed, and we heard some reports during yesterday evening’s rush hour of total madness in the area. The Belt Parkway was standstill, and surrounding streets – including Neptune Avenue and Avenue Z – were packed
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From the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/nyregion/15graffiti.html]: > Boy’s Leg Is Severed in Tunnel on N Line > A teenager’s leg was severed by a train while he was in a Brooklyn subway tunnel on Saturday night, planning to paint
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How can I talk about wings without a yummy picture to look at? (Photo courtesy of disneymike via Flickr)Well, as far as Brooklyn goes, the answer is “No.” Wheelers [/tag/wheelers/](1707 Sheepshead Bay Road) lost last weekend’s “Throw Your Wing Into The Ring” Chicken Wing Competition at
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Unlike the rest of us cowardly souls who parked ourselves on the couch during last week’s blizzard, Max Sitnikov braved the cold outdoors. The 22-year-old photographer and filmmaker was rewarded with a stunning set of photos that captures the beauty of the snowfall in our coastal community before it
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Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is urging Governor Paterson and the state legislature to rekindle discussions about congestion pricing or the commuter tax in an effort to stave off increases to the MTA mobility tax. The governor’s proposal includes a 60 percent increase in the mobility tax levied on area businesses.