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Video Shows Why Belt Parkway Bridges Need Repair

The Seven Bridges Project on the Belt Parkway sure is plodding along [/dot-finishes-1st-phase-of-belt-parkway-bridges-project/], but we’re sure there are still plenty among you wondering why the heck such a large-scale project needed to be done. Well, worry not. Crazeenydriver is here to explain it to you… and with a spectacular

american princess

We Knew We Had Seals, Now We Have Seal Watchers

It’ll soon be a year since we first reported a seal sighting at the dock of the Miramar Yacht Club [/photos-seals-at-play-in-sheepshead-bay/]. The adorable animal was seen just lounging around, getting his tan on. At the time a yacht club member said he has never seen a seal in the

breaking

Fire Ravaged Building Reopened, But Not All Residents Allowed To Return

The scene of the fire at 2775 East 12th Street on Saturday evening. (Photo by Ian Sellick)Residents of the Bel-Air building at 2775 East 12th Street are being allowed to return to their homes after a fire forced them to evacuate on Saturday [/breaking-fire-on-guider-avenue-and-east-12-street/]. Sheepshead Bites visited the building

bullpen comics

Remembering Sheepshead Bay’s Old Comic Shops

Source: welcometotripcity.comSeth Kushner, a Sheepshead Bay native and now famous photographer [http://www.sethkushner.com/], recently wrote a piece on Welcome to Trip City [http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/02/my-youth-in-comics/] about his love for comic books – and his early adventures going to several stores in the area where he

sam angert

Midwood Veteran Returns Home After 2 Years In Limbo

Sam Angert (right) and friend Lt. Joseph Forton, who was killed in the explosion. (Source:NYDailyNews.com)A Midwood veteran who was severely injured while honorably serving his country in Iraq is finally going home after waiting 28 months to be medically discharged by the U.S. Army. “It’s

photographers

Marine Park Native, Daily News Photographer, Featured By WNYC

Todd Maisel (Photo by Erica Sherman)It’s hard to be a reporter in Southern Brooklyn and not run into Todd Maisel now and again. If you find yourself at a halfway decent crime, accident or disaster scene, chances are you’ll see Maisel darting to-and-fro, whipping his cameras around

preservation

Bloomberg Releases Plans For Jamaica Bay, Wetlands – Public Comment Period Begins

The Bloomberg administration is pushing a plan to help restore the existing wetlands throughout the city, and the city has released a draft of its strategy to restore the natural environments along New York City’s waterfront. The initiative originates from a directive signed by Bloomberg in 2009, ordering relevant

clare droesch

Cancer-Stricken St. Edmund Basketball Coach Needs Your Help!

Droesch during her Boston College days. (Source: oocities.org)A former New York City hoop star/current St. Edmund Preparatory High School (2474 Ocean Avenue) basketball coach is doing her best to fight her stage four breast cancer… and the medical bills its bringing in. Rockaway Beach native Clare Droesch

jeff smith

Previously Imprisoned Pol Offers Advice For Kruger

Instead of shelling out thousands of dollars on a prison consultant before pleading guilty [/kruger-spent-thousands-on-prison-consultant-before-pleading-guilty/], former State Senator Carl Kruger could have just talked to someone who was in his shoes a couple of years ago. Formerly incarcerated Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith appeared on The Brooklyn Politics Show [http:

Dems Hold Out Hope For Bob Turner’s Seat

Bob TurnerWith New York State set to lose two of its 29 congressional seats in the House of Representatives, the Democrats hope a Republican’s seat isn’t one of them. Democrats are hoping that Bob Turner’s seat isn’t on the chopping block because they strongly feel that

bart ocuto

Sheepshead Bay H.S. Teacher Resigns After Allegedly Asking Student About Anal Sex

Source: Wikimedia CommonsSheepshead Bay High School (3000 Avenue X) teacher Bart Ocuto resigned in September after complaints were filed of inappropriate and distasteful conversations with several female students, including an alleged incident in which he cornered one girl and asked her about anal sex. The New York Daily News [http:

basketball

Reality Show To Follow Lincoln H.S. Basketball Team

Source: mvongrue/FlickrThe reality TV bug has bitten Coney Island’s top basketball school. Abraham Lincoln High School, a program that is rich with basketball history, is the subject of an upcoming reality series, says the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/lincoln-railsplitters-boys-basketball-team-featured-tv-series-airing-nyc-life-channel-article-1.1009748] . The series,

Frank Seddio

New Candidate In Race For Fidler’s Council Seat

Facebook via PolitickerNY.comThey come in threes now. Another candidate has stepped forward with the intention of running for Councilman Lew Fidler’s City Council seat, says Politicker NY [http://www.politickerny.com/2012/01/23/new-candidate-emerges-for-lew-fidlers-council-seat/] . “If the seat opens, I will be contesting it,” Ivrol Hines, the publisher

dating

Study: Sheepshead Bay’s Got Booze And Boys!

Good lookin' lady holding a Sheepshead fish = perfect for this post, right? (Source: gulfshores.com)All the single ladies (All the single ladies) All the single ladies (All the single ladies) All the single ladies Now come to Sheepshead Bay! Sorry, that was a lame reference, but it just couldn’

boardwalks

Hearing Postponed, As Parks Continues Push For Concrete Walk In Coney Island

The January 30 hearing for the Parks Department’s plan on converting the Coney Island Boardwalk into concrete has been moved to February 21, says Amusing the Zillion [http://amusingthezillion.com/2012/01/20/jan-30-nyc-design-commission-to-meet-again-on-coney-island-concretewalk/] . “I just received an e-mail from the Parks Department’s liaison to the Design Commission

59th assembly district

Candidates Line Up For Lew Fidler’s City Council Seat

Frank Seddio with Lew Fidler (Source: Facebook)With Councilman Lew Fidler running for disgraced State Senator Carl Kruger’s seat [/video-fidler-makes-first-campaign-speech-for-krugers-seat/], Frank Seddio is hoping to fill Brooklyn’s 46th City Council District seat, which would be empty if Fidler wins the special election in March. “I’m very confident

Golden Pushes To Upend Ban On Worship In Schools

Source: Golden's officeBrooklyn State Senator Marty Golden and several other legislators are working to stop the Department of Education from prohibiting churches from using schools for a place of worship, according to NY 1 [http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/153949/new-bill-aims-to-permit-religious-meetings-in-school-buildings] . Golden introduced a bill that will allow

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Randazzo’s To Open Sheepshead Bay Rd Sandwich Shop

Source: BSH Shooter/FlickrThere is going to be beef on this block. Roast beef. And maybe corned beef. Probably pastrami, too. Randazzo’s Clam Bar [/randazzos-spicy-crab-corn-chowder-the-bite/] (2023 Emmons Avenue) is opening up a sandwich shop on Sheepshead Bay Road between East 15th Street and East 16th Street, putting the shop,

green

Kings Highway’s Beth Israel Med Center Goes Green

Beth-Israel Medical Center at 3201 Kings Highway took a leap into green tech last Wednesday. A 12-ton clean energy co-generation system was hoisted by crane onto the roof of the Kings Highway Division [http://www.wehealny.org/patients/BI_home/BI_KHD.html]. The center expects to save $455,000

bicycle lanes

DOT Installs Bike Lane Signs On Oriental Blvd, Infuriating Manhattan Beach Civics

With a tainted history of traffic accidents [/index.php?s=%22manhattan+beach%22+%2B+%22car+accident%22] and the death of a 4-year-old boy [/mother-child-struck-by-bus-in-manhattan-beach/], Oriental Boulevard is now sporting brand new bike lane signs courtesy of the New York City Department of Transportation. The agency hopes the signs will

recreation

Video: Windsurfers Take Their Own New Years Day Plunge

In the first 30 seconds of the above video, I thought some new breed of elite soldiers landed in the sand trenches of Plumb Beach and were getting ready to infiltrate the neighborhoods of Southern Brooklyn. My fears, though, were unwarranted. Turned out it was just those lunatic windsurfers over

blizzards

City To Launch Website To Track Snow Plows

The city will soon implement a GPS-powered website allowing residents to check on the location and schedule of snow plows in future blizzards, reports the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/yorkers-check-online-snowplows-hit-streets-article-1.1000614?localLinksEnabled=false] . The GPS technology that New York City will use is modeled after

Mulchfest

X-Mas Tree Mulchfest Kicks Off On Jan. 7 In Marine Park

nycgovparks.orgTired of kicking around the Christmas tree, and sweeping up all the dead needles on your floor? Well, the city will soon kick off its annual mulching event to take that timber off your hands. You can take part in the MulchFest on January 7 and 8 [http://www.

thomas brady

Good Shepherd Honors Priest Accused Of Sex Abuse

A copy of the sign, via NYDailyNews.comEven after allegations surfaced of Monsignor Thomas Brady attempting “inappropriate sexual contact [/good-shepherd-monsignor-accused-of-sexual-abuse/]” with teenage boys, officials at Marine Park’s Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church still dedicated their Christmas tree lighting to him. Now, the family of an alleged victim [/father-of-good-shepherds-alleged-child-abuse-victim-says-priest-groped-son/] is

alan maisel

Brigham Park Raises More Money, But Still No Progress

The future site of Brigham Street ParkIn the 1990’s, city officials made a promise to Sheepshead Bay residents that a park will be built south of Emmons Avenue at Brigham Street on city-owned parkland. Two decades later, that promise is closer to being kept with Councilman Lew Fidler, Mayor