aiden folan
Yesterday, graphic footage of a brutal attack [/subway-assault-18th-ave-brooklyn-vide/] that took place at the 18th Avenue F train station went viral. News sites all over the world covered it and internet sleuths the world over went to work in trying to identify the creep who savagely attacked the 56-year-old Dina Perez.
One year ago [/sergey-mamontov-nostrand-murderer-threw-victims-fingers-into-sheepshead-bays-waters/] , police arrested Sergey Mamontov after he confessed to brutally murdering his roommate for being noisy. When police first arrived at the scene [/nostrand-murder-update-suspect-cut-victim-into-pieces-tried-to-dissolve-in-bleach/] , they were horrified to discover victim Aleksandr Zilbergleyt’s body parts strewn about the apartment in pieces. This week, testifying in court, Mamontov
apartment building
Source: whatleydude via FlickrWe all know that looking for new apartments is a horrible soul-deadening experience. Just ask Sheepshead Bites editor Ned Berke [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/04/open-thread-apartment-hunting-sucks/]. Finding a decent new apartment is a maddening, expensive affair that usually ends with you crammed into a closet with
Source: whatleydude via FlickrWe all know that looking for new apartments is a horrible soul-deadening experience. Just ask Sheepshead Bites editor Ned Berke [/open-thread-apartment-hunting-sucks/]. Finding a decent new apartment is a maddening, expensive affair that usually ends with you crammed into a closet with three strange roommates who never clean
jacob riis park
Jamaica Bay Pipeline Source: WilliamsAfter months of protests [/opposition-to-proposed-pipeline-is-still-growing/], legal wrangling [/proposed-rockaways-pipeline-project-takes-another-step-forward/] and more last-minute protests [/opposition-to-the-jamaica-pipeline-barrels-on/], the controversial Jamaica Bay Pipeline project is now in construction. According to a report [http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/the-eye-opener/entry/city/2013/03/27/work-officially-begins-on-natural-gas-pipeline-p
bay 50th
A Huffington Post article [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/31/the-shoemaker-short-film-_n_2981088.html] keyed us onto The Shoemaker, a gorgeous short film featuring the fantastic life of Frank Catalfumo, a 91-year-old World War II wonder who has been repairing shoes in Bensonhurst for more than 50 years. The
abundant life agency
Source: Memasa via WikiMedia CommonsHayley Zarzana is a teenager in Midwood with severe medical problems. Bound to a wheelchair and forced to use a ventilator, Zarzana requires around the clock care from a team of five Brooklyn nurses. The nurses, who work for the Abundant Life Agency, have filed complaints
Dean Skelos
Source: nesnad via wikimedia commonsThe fight over speed enforcement cameras is getting nastier. Last week [/bloomberg-golden-speed-cameras/], Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally called out State Senators Marty Golden, Simcha Felder and Dean Skelos for having blood on their hands in refusing to include funding for speed enforcement cameras in the state budget.
Source: nesnad via wikimedia commonsThe fight over speed enforcement cameras is getting nastier. Last week [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/03/bloomberg-golden-speed-cameras/], Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally called out State Senators Marty Golden, Simcha Felder and Dean Skelos for having blood on their hands in refusing to include funding for speed
mugger
Police are hunting for a subway mugger who brutally assaulted a woman at the 18th Avenue F train station at 2:40 a.m. on March 9. According to a report [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/video-captures-mugging-in-subway-station/?ref=nyregion] in the New York Times, the mugger is
gps
Source: NASA via Wikimedia CommonsIt looks like Coley, the famous osprey, might be giving the slip to the scientists that track the Jamaica Bay bird’s every move. According to a blog update [http://www.jamaicabayosprey.org/2013/03/concerns-arise.html] posted by Coley’s trackers, the majestic bird’s
community development block grant - disaster recovery program
Photo By Erica ShermanPeople have been waiting a long time to see the the $60 billion promised by Congress last January [/house-finally-approves-full-sandy-aid-package/]. The first round of money dispersal is finally coming in the form of a $1.77 billion Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery fund (CDBG-DR) and the city
igo
Marty Golden, Photo By Erica ShermanAs the upcoming mayoral race heats up, sharp battle lines between Democrats and Republicans are being drawn. The latest hot-button issue centers around City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s plan to create a special new oversight committee that would monitor and review NYPD policies and
Marty Golden, Photo By Erica ShermanAs the upcoming mayoral race heats up, sharp battle lines between Democrats and Republicans are being drawn. The latest hot-button issue centers around City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s plan to create a special new oversight committee that would monitor and review NYPD policies and
1 million trees
Ebbets Field via baseballforum.comYesterday was opening day in baseball. I’m a huge baseball fan and it was glorious. My favorite team, the Mets, won handily and the Yankees got a healthy spanking from the Boston Red Sox. I was so juiced up on baseball, I couldn’t help
gay marriage
Patton Oswalt (Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia)Long before Facebook made supporting marriage equality cool, New York State Senator Diane Savino gave a stirring speech on the issue back in December of 2009. It was both moving and humorous, and Savino respectfully laid out her case for marriage equality. The speech