(Photo courtesy of Brooklyn View [http://thebrooklynview.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/developing-murder-in-the-bay/]) (Updated 4:11 pm [and again at 4:35]) From the Brooklyn View [http://thebrooklynview.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/developing-murder-in-the-bay/]: > A 32-year-old white man was stabbed to death at 3:30 a.m. on Oct.
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Have an event you want to promote? E-mail nberke [at] sheepsheadbites.com [nberke@sheepsheadbites.com] The 13th season of the “Music at Good Shepherd” chamber series will open to the public this Sunday evening, October 19, at Good Shepherd Church. Located at Avenue S and Brown Street in the Marine
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Reader Celeste Leibowitz sent this in last night: > Today around noon my husband and I were waiting for the Manhattan-bound Q train on the Sheepshead Bay station when we noticed a number of transit police on the platform. The Q train pulled in halfway and then stopped. It appeared
From the Sheepshead Bay/Plumb Beach Civic Association: > Come to our October 7th meeting at the Baron DeKalb Knights of Columbus (3000 Emmons Avenue) for a special presentation on emergency preparedness from the Red Cross. The program is sponsored by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein. All participants will receive a FREE
Landmarks Preservation Committee
http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf (Photos by Ray Johnson) The lettering and awnings of the historic Lundy’s building have been taken down by the new tenants, Cherry Hill Gourmet Market [/blog1.php/lundys/new-lundy-s-tenant-revealed], in what Community Board 15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo says is a possible violation of
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This came in via email: > Dear Friends, > On Sept 7, the closing day of Coney Island’s historic Astroland Park, I was part of a grassroots effort by the Save Coney Island group which distributed 10,000 flyers to visitors. City Hall must have gotten a gazillion emails
(Photo courtesy of Ray Johnson) UPDATE: Massey Knakal’s Brian Hanson has told Sheepshead Bites that the buyer of the Courier Life building is a local investor and developer who has not yet decided what will be done with the building. “The new owner will look for the best way
(Photo courtesy of Ray Johnson) (Note: this article has been updated here [/blog1.php/realestate/update-bay-news-building-sold].) The Courier Life building, home of the Bay News, has sold for $3.1 million after almost 11 months on the market. Courier Life has not announced the location of its new site, but
Flickr’s erinmelina [http://www.flickr.com/photos/erinmelina/] dropped this beautiful shot into the Gowanus Lounge [http://www.gowanuslounge.com/2008/08/26/in-the-pool-sheepshead-sunset/] photo pool. The sight of the fishing boats docked at sunrise/sunset is quite a doozy, and one of the reasons I love living in
Fact: The Brigham Street Park Project [http://www.sbpbcivic.org/brighampark/] is without question the Bay’s most innovative and captivating community initiative in recent years. The project’s benefits to the community are many, including developing a blighted lot into a sprawling greenspace for public use, adding a fantastic
Since the launch of Sheepshead Bites, we have been referring to ourselves as “we” and “ourselves” (and also “us”), even though it was just me, Ned Berke, sitting alone, tapping out pluralized pronouns to boost our ego. Yes, it’s true, Sheepshead Bites runs on self-importance. And often Doritos. It’
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/451231027/]AOL’s City’s Best Guide to New York gave top honors to Randazzo’s Clam Bar [http://www.randazzosclambar.com/] (2023 Emmon’s Ave.) in its seafood category. The neighborhood staple beat out such elite eateries as Le Bernardin and the Aquagrill