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The NYPD is seeking your help in their effort to track down a man who robbed the 7-Eleven located at 2702 Knapp Street. According to a Brooklyn News report [http://www.brooklynews.com/042913-sheepshead-bay-seven-eleven-store-robbed-at-gunpoint/] , the convenience store was robbed around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night. As you can
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The Nostrand Avenue building where Sergeny Mamontov chopped up his roommate, Aleksandr Zilbergleyt. Source: Google MapsSergey Mamontov, the 50-year-old lunatic who brutally [/horrid-testimony-from-sergey-mamontov-in-roommate-slaying-case/] butchered [/sergey-mamontov-found-guilty-of-gruesome-roommate-murder/] his 55-year-old roommate Aleksandr Zilbergleyt received a 25 years to life sentence on Monday. The New York Daily News reported [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/
american kennel club
Source: crashmaster007 via flickrWhen the economy is in bad shape for a long time, people expect crime to increase across the board. It comes as no surprise when gang related violence and robberies surge, but it is startling when strange crimes like animal kidnapping become more common. Such was the
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Activists were displeased when the Parks Department decided to replace the wooden boardwalk on Coney Island [/plastic-future-for-coneys-boardwalk/] with a cement and plastic one. Now, six months after Superstorm Sandy battered our shores, the New York Post is reporting [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/dune_it_wrong_coney_
Activists were displeased when the Parks Department decided to replace the wooden boardwalk on Coney Island [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/12/plastic-future-for-coneys-boardwalk/] with a cement and plastic one. Now, six months after Superstorm Sandy battered our shores, the New York Post is reporting [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
Avenue I
The plaque, dedicated to the memory of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, before it was ripped out of the stone. Source: Alyssa Katz (@alykatzz) via Twitter President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Source: WikipediaResidents near the intersection of Avenue I and East 16th Street in Midwood were distressed to discover that a 67-year-old
100th anniversary of st athansius
St. Athanasius. Source: Google MapsSt. Athanasius Church, a beloved Bensonhurst religious institution at 2154 61st Street, is celebrating its 100th year with a series of celebrations for the community. According to The New York Daily News, the church will ring in their centennial [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/st-athanasius-century-service-brooklyn-article-1.
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David StorobinThe race for Michael Nelson’s term-limited 48th District Council seat is heating up. Politicker reported [http://politicker.com/2013/04/david-storobin-files-for-council-run/] that former State Senator David Storobin officially kicked off his campaign by registering as a candidate after losing his Senate seat [/following-defeat-at-the-polls-storobin-gives-staffers-a-big-pay-hike/] to redistricting last year. Storobin
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Assemblywoman Helene WeinsteinThe New York State Assembly passed the Consumer Credit Fairness Act, a bill designed to protect low-income and elderly New Yorkers from aggressive debt collection practitioners. According to a report [http://www.poststarnews.com/news/x91989969/Assembly-Approves-Consumer-Credit-Fairness-Act] by the Post Star News, the primary purpose of the Consumer
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Photo By Maria DanalakisIt has been six months since Superstorm Sandy [/coney-island-hospital-evacuated/] caused millions of dollars [/fema-doles-out-103-million-for-city-hospitals-hit-by-sandy-including-coney-island-hospital/] of damage to Coney Island Hospital and even though the facility has reopened, it might take another year for the hospital to be fully restored, according to a report [http://bronx.ny1.com/
1950's
First we brought you the stunning lady lifeguards of 1940s-era Manhattan Beach [/video-the-lady-lifeguards-of-manhattan-beach-circa-1940/]. Then we showed you what the Brighton Beach lifeguards looked like in 1921 [/the-female-lifeguards-of-brighton-beach-baywatch-circa-1921/]. Now Sheepshead Bites is proud to present the Modern Venus Beauty Contest held at Steeplechase Park on Coney Island in 1939. This priceless
First we brought you the stunning lady lifeguards of 1940s-era Manhattan Beach [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/12/video-the-lady-lifeguards-of-manhattan-beach-circa-1940/] . Then we showed you what the Brighton Beach lifeguards looked like in 1921 [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/03/the-female-lifeguards-of-brighton-beach-baywatch-circa-1921/] . Now Sheepshead Bites is proud to present the Modern Venus Beauty