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
Randazzo's
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
eei properties
Looks like the Hell House has been granted salvation. Since November of 2010 [/winsor-mccay-house-sheepshead-bay-renovation/], contractors have been renovating the spacious white-colored house where legendary animator Winsor McCay [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsor_McCay] once resided, and now the property owner said the project is almost complete – and has a
Congressmen Bob Turner (R-NY) and Peter King (R-NY) are against a proposed investigation into the NYPD that accuses the department of collecting intelligence on New York’s Muslims without probable cause. The two members of the House Committee on Homeland Security spoke out after Democratic colleagues sent a letter to
b1
Photo by Erica ShermanWelcome Big Brother! Hoping to provide everyone with more safety, the NYPD and MTA are installing cameras and driver safety partitions in hundreds of buses, according to the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/picture_this_safer_buses_MHfFFFkms3UtAikYnUsXwN#ixzz1fmdxmxuH] . Since last year,
Photo by Randy ContelloSince dropping the ball by forgetting about hundreds of passengers stranded during last year’s blizzard [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/nyregion/mta-details-winter-emergency-plans-to-city-council.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=Tom%20Prendergast&st=cse] , the MTA has developed a game plan to brave
nostalgia train
The exterior view of a 1932 R9 subway train. Source: NY Daily NewsThe MTA has brought back the Nostalgia Shoppers’ Special Train for the holidays. You can ride the classic R1/9 subway [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R1_%28New_York_City_Subway_car%29], which was the city’s
Source: Golden's officeState Senator Marty Golden is taking back his initial support of the proposed bill that would allow livery cab to pick up street hails in areas outside of downtown and midtown Manhattan. The plan is to issue permits to about 30,000 specially-marked livery cars to
natalia pelevine
Natalia Pelevine tells voters to deface Russian ballots on the Boardwalk in Brighton Beach (Source: Alissa Ambrose/nycitynewsservice.com)A small group of Russian activists were urging Russian emigres in New York to go against the opposition on the December 4 election by defacing their ballots, challenging Prime Minister Vladimir