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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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