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Source: Abraham Ravett via GothamistPhotographer Abraham Ravett put together a new book filled with haunting black and white photos of Brighton Beach in the early to mid-80s. Gothamist clued us in [http://gothamist.com/2013/08/20/brighton_beach_in_the_1980s.php#photo-12] to Ravett’s new work consisting
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Photo courtesy of Vinnie BoombotsIn the hustle and bustle of running Sheepshead Bites and our sister site, Bensonhurst Bean [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com], we forget to remind the readers how wonderful we think you all are [Ed. – No, not all of you.]. Well, the actions of reader Vinnie Boombots, who
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Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (Source: Cymbrowitz’s office)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is incorporating a novel feature on his website that allows people to suggest laws that they would like to see enacted. In a press release, Cymbrowitz unveiled his “There Ought To Be A Law” button, making him the first Assembly
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“Dangerous” elderly people roaming the streets of Brighton Beach. (Photo By Uliana Bazar via npr.org)A survey conducted by MIT and published [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/height_of_affluence_bVMSDUKXpd8oLtrArnrUEO] by the New York Post has declared that Brighton Beach is the third most dangerous looking
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Photo via Justin BrannanCouncilman Vincent Gentile and Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a deal with the Department of Health (DOH) that would reduce restaurant fines across the board and introduce specific fines for violations. In a press release from Gentile’s office, it was announced that the new deal would
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Source: Openmarket.orgA Brighton Beach man busted in a $100 million illegal poker ring has claimed that federal authorities targeted him because he was Russian. The New York Post is reporting [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ringleader_targeted_because_studded_PB6e0MAaf05CbxgbjbpP3H] that even though Kiril Rapoport pleaded
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Source: Null Value via flickrThe third worst public housing complex in Southern Brooklyn [/in-list-of-citys-worst-housing-projects-marlboro-houses-ranks-41st-out-of-349/] was the scene of a murder this past Friday night. According to a report [http://www.brooklynews.com/2013/08/fatal-shooting-outside-marlboro-houses-in-gravesend/] by Brooklyn News, Perice Brown, a resident of the Marlboro Houses (2740 86th Street), was
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Source: whitecapmarine.netWhen boats in Southern Brooklyn get smashed, a certain captain comes to the rescue. The captain in question is Jack Schachner, and he and his lucrative White Cap Marine and Salvage business is the subject of a fascinating report by the New York Times report [http://www.nytimes.
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Bill Murray (center, back row) hanging out with some Avenue U fans (Photo courtesy of Dominick Arabia)The odds of Bill Murray moving to Southern Brooklyn might be growing as long as people like Dominick Arabia and his family keep up the friendly community relations. Previously, we reported on the
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Ofer Biton, an Israeli man who may have illegally raised $500,000 for Michael Grimm’s congressional campaign in 2010 [/fbi-continues-probe-on-congressman-michael-grimms-finances/], pleaded guilty to visa fraud in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/associate-rep-grimm-pleads-guilty-visa-fraud-article-1.1429304] that as part
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One of the suspects pictured. (Source: CBS via the NYPD)Cops are looking for a couple of criminals who stuck up a livery cab in Midwood on Saturday morning. CBS NY is reporting that one of the suspects threatened the driver with a knife while the other pushed the driver’
Alliance for Coney Island
Sea lions and tigers and walruses, oh my! Castles, and ladies and coasters, and even the Predator, too! The sands of Coney Island had it all – nay, became it all – this weekend at the 23rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Competition on Saturday. Over the weekend, Sheepshead Bites editor Ned