Yesterday’s snow storm left a mess on the ground, but children and family were out in the streets having a great time. Today, store and home owners are chiseling through the ice to make paths, and the area’s major arteries are covered in brown sludge. Ah, New York
joseph ditta
After seeing our posts about 1811 Voorhies Avenue, now known to some as the “Hell House” for its graffiti and nefarious residents [/welcome-to-hell-voorhies-home-gets-a-makeover/], local historian Joseph Ditta [/gravesent-brooklyn-joseph-ditta-intervie/] sent us the above photo of the same house published 101 years ago. According to Ditta, the photo came from a very
notify nyc
Notify NYC has sent out the following message: > New York City public schools will be open and operate on a normal schedule Thursday, February 11, 2010. After school programs also will operate on a normal schedule. Alternate side parking rules will continue to be suspended tomorrow.
We just got word of an accident at Homecrest Avenue and Shore Parkway, at the southeastern corner of the park. Apparently a car flipped over at around 2 p.m. today. We do not know if anyone was hurt or what role the weather played in the accident. We will
The reconstruction of the East 8th Street Bridge (a.k.a. Guider Avenue Bridge) over the Belt Parkway will kick off “on or about February 17.” As we noted last week, the Belt Parkway will see closures, including periodic 15-minute open-close intervals [/15-minute-closures-to-haunt-belt-parkway/], as the contractor sees fit. The document
Mary Powell, the longtime president of the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association, suffered a severe stroke yesterday morning. The 91-year-old activist is now on a respirator in Beth Israel Hospital/King’s Highway Division. Powell is a staple of local community organizing and an advocate for integrity at all levels of government.
courier life
[/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/boardinghouse.jpg]The owners of the two houses at 1809 and 1811 Voorhies Avenue told Courier-Life reporters they would prefer to subcontract the houses to the city for use as a halfway house or homeless shelter. We wrote about the houses last week, after tenants at
alan streets
We got a photo of this lovely painting recently purchased by a Sheepshead Bites reader (who can reveal himself if he wishes, but I figured it best not to identify people with valuable art in their homes). This is an Alan Streets original streetscape of Coney Island. Streets is a
New York City officials have announced they are shuttering all of the city’s public schools tomorrow, February 10, in anticipation of about 1.5′ of snowfall. All after-school activities, PSAL events, and all other events taking place in school buildings will also be cancelled. Additionally, alternate side parking will
Department of Health
Courtesy of Gene BerardelliWe wrote about Halikarnas’ sudden closure last month by the Health Department [/halikarnas-restaurant-closed-by-doh/], and then told you days later about how it reopened, broke the law, and reclosed [/halikarnas-reopens-breaks-law-recloses/]. Well, we stopped by there last week and found out the complete story. First of all, Halikarnas (3075
advocacy
[/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/scavo.jpg]Theresa Scavo, Community Board 15 ChairpersonThe New York City Community Boards – the 50 member panels forming the hyper-local level of city government – are accepting applications until Monday, February 22. For nearly half a century, the Boards have served as a go-to resource for residents
Courtesy of the NYS SenateSheepshead Bay State Senator Carl Kruger is once again getting panned by the city press for his money magic. Back in November he invited a storm of criticism [/kruger-slammed-by-city-papers/] for holding up the budget process and nearly putting the state in bankruptcy. The Penguin – err, the