News
Rendering of Red Hoek Point. (Courtesy: Thor Equities)Brooklyn’s historic industrial waterfront continues its transformation — this time in Red Hook. Red Hoek Point [http://www.redhoekpoint.com/], an 800,000 square foot-plus “tech-complex” is slated to rise on the former site of the Revere Sugar Refinery. As
Bensonhurst
The organization City Year with a van full of food for needy neighbors. Photo via RCS-Reaching Out Community Services’ FacebookIn a time of general lack of funds and food at food pantries citywide, an allocation of $4 million by the City Council for pantries in 2017 can be anticipated
News
The Daily News dug this photo up from Jaden’s mother’s Facebook page.What happened to Jaden Jordan [/jaden-jordan-toddler-life-support-pronounced-dead/], allegedly at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend, Salvatore Lucchesse, 24, can only be described as vicious, senseless, and tragic. The details of
News
The Daily News dug this photo up from Jaden’s mother’s Facebook page.What happened to Jaden Jordan [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/12/jaden-jordan-toddler-life-support-pronounced-dead/] , allegedly at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend, Salvatore Lucchesse, 24, can only be described as vicious,
Events
Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a
Arts & Culture
Image via Shinya Suzuki / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shinyasuzuki/17867297140]The independent bookstore institution BookCourt [http://www.bookcourt.com/] will be closing its doors at the end of this month. BookCourt owners Mary Gannett and Henry Zook released a statement this morning, writing that “after 35 years of
Police & Fire
177 Degraw Street. (Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/177+Degraw+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11231/@40.685003,-73.9997179,3a,75y,35h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s--SDI8_bIsR-EfSzEdeX6w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25a5b90a34c9b:0x568c6fbd6de1da85!8m2!3d40.685122!4d-73.999604!6m1!1e1]
Food & Drink
Courtesy of Nargis CafePark Slope is about to get a taste of Uzbek food. The noted restaurant, Nargis Cafe [/yelpers-place-nargis-cafe-list-brooklyns-top-100-eateries/] in Sheepshead Bay, will open another location at 155 5th Avenue [/quintet-of-new-restaurants-playing-soon-on-slopes-5th-avenue/] (Lincoln
Arts & Culture
(Photo credit: Cari Ann Shim Sham)On the cusp of releasing a new album, Afro-jazz fusion band Molly Tigre [http://mitchmarcusmusic.com/molly-tigre/] is returning to Bar Chord, where they’ve locked-in many of the improvisations that shaped the songs they’ve recorded. The quintet, which features
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
Food & Drink
Courtesy of Nargis CafePark Slope is about to get a taste of Uzbek food. The noted restaurant, Nargis Cafe [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/12/yelpers-place-nargis-cafe-list-brooklyns-top-100-eateries/] in Sheepshead Bay, will open another location at 155 5th Avenue [/quintet-of-new-restaurants-playing-
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.It was a brisk morning on Sunday when a crowd of outraged Brooklynites rallied on the corner of Avenue J against the new prohibition of right turns at certain key intersections on Ocean Parkway. The “Save Ocean Parkway” protest was organized by State Assemblymember