david paterson
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz has fired off a statement criticizing Governor Paterson’s proposal to sell wine permits to grocery stores, bodegas, and gas stations. Statewide it would introduce 19,000 new outlets for wine shoppers and bring in millions of dollars in permit sales, but the assemblyman said the increase
boutiques
Remember Socks & More…, the Sheepshead Bay Road “designer boutique” that used to have two of its three walls covered in crazy socks? Yeah, those made great gifts for the people in your life who ask very little of you. I bought my mother a few pairs… Well, Socks &
ave u train station
As we informed you last week, the Avenue U and Neck Road train stations have reopened [/local-subway-stops-almost-complete/] their Coney Island-bound platforms after more than one year. Featuring wider platforms and wood-ish paneling, the station had its first commuters yesterday and were caught by photographer Paul Anderson. Below you’ll see
albert hasson
Despite a nail-biting deadline, Manhattan Beach’s private security force appears to have rallied enough support to continue operations throughout 2010. Though Beachside Patrol hasn’t yet made an official announcement, leaders from the group say they received last minute pledges that brought them into the black. Beachside Patrol President
The restaurant with the most redundant name in Sheepshead Bay, Fuel Energy, looks to be closed. For the past several days, the establishment also known as Fuel Restaurant & Juice Bar at 1715 Sheepshead Bay Road has had its gate down and door locked. It seems strange that they’d
So get this: instead of doing the work I was supposed to do this weekend, I retreated into the great multimedia bunker that is my brother’s apartment. I spent the entire time playing and beating Assassin’s Creed 2 on Playstation 3, projected onto a wall in high-definition and
For those goys among us, “Hetsken zich!” is Yiddish for “Shake and dance with joy!” And there’s good reason to do so: Orthodox hip-hop maven DeScribe [http://www.reverbnation.com/describe] is coming to the Chabad of Sheepshead Bay this Sunday to drop some knowledge bombs on Jewish youth.
east 28th st
As Niklas, the reader who sent this in, said, “How many traffic signs are needed to get the message to a driver?” Gross waste of taxpayer money #938
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED: “Halikarnas Reopen and Clean, Lost Big To DOH Mess” [/halikarnas-reopen-and-clean-lost-big-to-doh-mess/] We told you Wednesday that Halikarnas, a Turkish restaurant on Emmons Avenue, closed down by order of the Health Department [/halikarnas-restaurant-closed-by-doh/]. But we stopped by in the afternoon and – guess what – staff was there and
When a resident of East 19th Street first began complaining to us – months ago – about the graffiti here, we shrugged it off. We figured, “This is New York City, there’s always going to be graffiti. You just gotta report it and remove it, like everyone else does.” When the
dooley st
The new construction at 30 Dooley Street, between Emmons Avenue and Shore Parkway, is coming along pretty swiftly. We wrote about the building back in October [/dooley-st-office-building-moving-along/] as the supporting steel for the first floors began to go up. Now the towering building, hulking over Emmons Avenue from the Sunrise
faith palmer-persen
Bay Improvement Group President Steve Barrison informed us yesterday of the untimely passing of Faith Palmer-Persen just before New Years. Palmer-Persen, who was fighting cancer, is the artist behind the mural on East 15th Street between Avenue Z and Sheepshead Bay Road. Her passing came as BIG prepared for a