Sean Egan recently graduated from Brooklyn College, where he studied journalism. You can find him around the neighborhood, snapping photos and taking notes, probably with a coffee in hand.
Business
A rendering of Neptune/Sixth. Photo via Cammeby’sApple Bank is coming to the epic, in-the-works Coney Island three-phase, mixed-use project Neptune/Sixth, located across from Trump Village at 532 Neptune Avenue . Project developer Cammeby’s made the announcement yesterday, after Apple Bank signed a lease, joining CVS at the
Events
Photo via Flickr/Marcela. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelamcgreal/17266191336/in/photolist-5BtSXZ-bHmKci-siKK95-GZ7fAW-5E8vrU-7z9K7M-fY431-saqNhB-9Rm9tQ-949Rcp-ddmee8-mRYU9X-dac1YZ-jm61hy-bzn8re-ztVUY3-oRiDuG-tFxS7Y-dnG94q-fY6Ff-9J97Hi-xbcAWm-FecfiJ-evGAjR-4gVLFZ-74YcAo-fWfi3-rsGxza-s9N3ne-u5Zm8B-tmAwnL-EU2JoH-Ff9kPF-GYuTom-73JpTQ-sqHtcb-uj6bxW-cjiXCL-6v26yB-4qppN8-8quJ5P-9KBRry-eyD1Az-nVRjwq-81dnit-jq65vt-7GPusm-fjwbq-82WGZ-4XFLPA] Here’s our list of great things to do in and around the n
Education
Photo via the Hebrew Language Academy’s webisteA new charter school is headed for southern Brooklyn. Hebrew Language Academy 2 will open its doors to early elementary students in the fall of 2017. This is the latest charter school for Hebrew Public Charter Schools, which already has two schools in
Arts & Culture
Photo by Kathy Kalayci.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
Bensonhurst
We reposted a video of a whale [https://www.facebook.com/BensonhurstBean/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE] that was taken near the Statue of Liberty on Facebook earlier today. In doing that, another video that was taken in our water, Plumb Beach specifically, by our reader Rolf Mayleas came to our
Police & Fire
Mikhail Chernyaev, 49, who was convicted in September in the killing his ex-lovers boyfriend was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison, according to acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Chernyaev stabbed, suffocated, and strangled Charles Butler, and then went to great lengths to cover his tracks, according
Animals
We reposted a video of a whale [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites/posts/1479879975373721] that was taken near the Statue of Liberty on Facebook earlier today. In doing that, another video that was taken in our water, Plumb Beach specifically, by our reader Rolf Mayleas came to our attention. This
Police & Fire
Photo of the Asa Robert provided by the NYPD.The trial for Asa Roberts, 19, who allegedly broke into an 82-year-old woman’s Brighton Beach home to rob and rape her in 2015 [/teen-accused-raping-82-year-old-brighton-beach-woman-arrested-friday-morning/] , is underway and the victim’s son-in-law offered insight as to how the incident might have
Police & Fire
Photo by Stefan Levine.This photo, along with others, was sent to us last night at around 6pm from a reader of ours, Stefan Levine. The crash depicted in the photo happened on Shore Boulevard and Falmouth Avenue in Manhattan Beach last night. There appears to be three cars involved.
Arts & Culture
Photo by Bella Karas.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
green
The project in question is the Jamaica Bay/Rockaway Draft Reformulation Plan [/everything-need-know-new-storm-resiliency-proposal/], and its objective is to enhance storm resiliency efforts on the shorefront areas that were blasted by Superstorm Sandy. The $3.8 billion plan talks of raising bulkheads and sea walls, as well as even larger projects
Police & Fire
Photo via Google Maps.The FDNY has ruffled the feathers on some firefighters by banning political paraphernalia from the firehouses and trucks after the Madison Engine 276 displayed a Donald Trump mask on the front of a truck. A memo sent out across the department asked firefighters to “remain out