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Assemblyman Cymbrowitz Steals The Show At The Turkish Cultural Center’s Friendship Dinner

Last Thursday night Turkish Cultural Center held its 8th annual friendship dinner at the Baku Palace in Sheepshead Bay. This year the theme was combatting hate crime, and the event brought together about 300 neighbors, dignitaries, and public officials from across the borough and across religious denominations. Local Assemblyman Steven

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The $21 Million Vision For A Resilient Sheepshead Bay: What You Need To Know

The New York Rising project, a state-sponsored, federally-funded program to make coastal communities more resilient in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, will unveil the final proposals for Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach tonight, revealing the $21.3 million vision to help us better withstand and more quickly recover from future

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Local Students Bring Home 21 Medals From Nation’s Largest Karate Championship

Some of Amity’s champions, posing with their sensei. (Source: Brooklyn Amity School)They’ve done it again! Students from the after-school karate program at Brooklyn Amity School (3867 Shore Parkway) traversed the nation to compete in America’s largest karate championship, and returned with 21 medals – nearly double the

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Young Peace Builders Unite Muslims And Jews

Jewish and Turkish-Muslim teenagers come together to share experiences through the Peace Builders program. (Source: youngpeacebuilders.org)In New York, people of all races, religions and opinions are crammed together in a vibrant democracy that has forged a unique situation never seen before in world history. Still, even in a

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Paul Moses To Speak At Amity School

Author Paul Moses. Source: Random House, Inc.As part of the Turkish Cultural Center Brooklyn’s (TCC Brooklyn) “Media Talks” series, the Amity School will host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Marine Park resident Paul Moses, who will discuss “How to Build a Career in Media,” Monday, February 4 at 3:

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Local Pols Honor Amity School’s Karate Kids

Two weeks ago, we told you about how Amity’s students kicked butt at at the U.S. National Karate Championships, racking up 13 medals for the 3867 Shore Parkway private school. Now, local politicians have taken note, and converged on the school on Wednesday to honor the feisty fighters.

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TCC Anti-Semitism & Islamophobia Forum Rescheduled

The Turkish Cultural Center of Brooklyn’s forum on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, originally scheduled for this afternoon, has been postponed. A new date has yet to be selected. On the upside, the organization’s director has told Sheepshead Bites they’ll be using the time between now and the rescheduled

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Amity School: The New Face Of Golden Gate Motel

Renderings of the new Brooklyn Amity School, at Knapp Street and Shore BoulevardRumors have been swirling since the close of Golden Gate Inn at the end of December, but Sheepshead Bites has confirmed the new use for the property – Brooklyn Amity School, a Turkish-owned private school currently located on Coney