Just a quick reminder that the Sheepshead Bay/Plumb Beach Civic Association is holding its June meeting tomorrow at the Baron DeKalb Knights of Columbus. We’ve heard rumors that a big announcement will be made towards the end of the meeting. Date: Tuesday, June 2 Time: 7:30pm Location:
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Brooklyn author Richard Grayson [http://www.richardgrayson.com/] does. He posted this terrific shot of the Deauville Beach Club’s entrance on his Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116522&id=506064917&saved#/album.php?aid=116522&id=506064917] account. The photo was taken on
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Coming in from Five Boro Sports [http://www.fiveborosports.com/ssp/news?news_id=2990]: Leon M. Goldstein High School – formerly Kingsborough High School – competed for the first time in the Mayor’s Cup this past weekend. The team was led by freshman Becky Shtilkind, who last week defeated Cardozo
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We haven’t covered the controversy over the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School (HLA) very much these last few weeks, largely because there has been some great work by other sites who have been able to attend the meetings. But we thought we’d take the time to announce that
New York Road Runners
We just got wind of this today, so this article is geared more towards the “Driver’s Beware” part of the headline. New York Road Runners [http://www.nyrr.org] has planned a mini-marathon [http://www.nyrr.org/races/2009/grandprix/brooklyn_reg.asp] tomorrow that will close down a
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Mayor Bloomberg has announced the citywide launch of Notify NYC [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2009a/pr227-09.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1]
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Looking to learn a bit about writing mystery? Meredith Cole is coming to Sheepshead Bay Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/branch_library_detail.jsp?branchpageid=123] to discuss her debut novel, Posed for Murder [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312378564?ie=UTF8&tag=sheepbites-20&linkCode=as2&
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We found this photo posted in Flickr’s Sheepshead Bay photo group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/sheepsheadbay/]. It’s an awesome night shot of the pedestrian footbridge connecting Sheepshead Bay with Manhattan Beach at Ocean Avenue. I really love how great the gold reflection from the flash looks against
We reported last night [/blog1.php/crime/sheepshead-hs-student-shot-near-school] about a shooting in the Nostrand Housing Projects at 3023 Avenue X. The Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/25/2009-05-25_teen_bystander_shot_in_brooklyn.html] that the 17-year-old victim, a Sheepshead Bay High
It looks like St. Mark School is gearing up for a new tradition: an annual talent show. This Friday, May 29th, and Saturday, May 30th, the school is launching the first of what they say will be an annual event benefiting the school. The flyer says there will be “singing,
A female student from Sheepshead Bay High School was shot around 3:30pm today. The incident occurred near her family’s apartment in the Nostrand Housing Projects (3023 Avenue X). The 17-year-old’s injuries are not believed to be life threatening. She was shot just before entering the building, witnesses
Memorial Day
We’re a little late on passing this on to our readers – sorry – but tomorrow there will be a parade in honor of Memorial Day. Parade marchers are gathering at 11:30am at Emmons Avenue and Ocean Avenue. There will be a ceremony afterwards in which awards will be given