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A gun-wielding robber is lucky to be alive after trying to rob a Mapleton flower shop. Florist Moti Azreal proved he is no wallflower when the crook entered his shop brandishing a weapon, reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-flower-store-worker-fights-gun-wielding-
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A shoplifter got more than he bargained for when he tried to jack several containers of instant coffee from the shelf of an Avenue J Supermarket. Samir Samedon’s crime, which took place at an Associated Supermarket (1413 Avenue J), prompted a wild chase involving three Sanitation workers, Flatbush Shomrim,
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Source: DiFara.comLegendary Midwood establishment Di Fara Pizza (1424 Avenue J) took to Facebook late last week and over the weekend, vowing to fight a $1,600 fine from the Department of Health for having too many chairs in the notoriously seat-strapped storefront. Maggie DeMarco, daughter of famed dough-
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Source: DiFara.comThe beloved dough-tossers at Midwood’s Di Fara Pizza were forced to defend themselves against allegations that they existed only to feed New York City’s elite, after mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio declared it his favorite pizza. The issue surfaced after the Daily News, in yet
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GarbageYou see it everywhere in Southern Brooklyn; bins overflowing with garbage, trash strewn across the streets and collecting over sewer gutters. It is getting so bad that it is hard to blame people for littering when the alternative consists of trying to balance your coffee cup on a trash pyramid.
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Photo via ny.eater.comI have to admit, I am a little wary of writing this article. The daily lines to get a slice of Di Fara’s incredibly perfect pizza are already so long that I am loath to spread the word of the new spinoff spot [/legendary-di-
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Yoseph Robinson, Source: haaretz.com via facebookCouncilmember Jumaane Williams wants to honor the tragically slain Yoseph Robinson, a former hip-hop artist turned Orthodox Jew, by renaming the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue J in his honor, according to a press release. Robinson, who was murdered [/man-sentenced-for-
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Before there was Balducci’s, before there was the Chelsea Market, and even before there was Whole Foods – there was The Orchard and its owner Daniel Spitz, pioneer of the gourmet fruit and vegetable movement in New York City. Established in 1957, The Orchard and its owners were the first
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Track replacement along the Brighton line within our coverage area wraps up this weekend, meaning it’s the last weekend in which underpasses at Avenue Y, Avenue Z and elsewhere between East 15th Street and East 16th Street will be closed due to the work. Crews will be on Avenue
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Photo Credit: Paul Martinka via New York PostThree cars found torched and scrawled with anti-Semitic graffiti [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2011/11/midwood-hate-crime-3-cars-torched-swastikas-found/] on Ocean Parkway in Midwood last November may be part of an insurance scam, and not a hate crime
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Sheepshead Bites reader Paul (a.k.a PayPaul [http://www.flickr.com/photos/paypaul/]) came across this nasty scrape earlier today between a callous truck driver and an overpass at Avenue J and East 15th Street. That’s the B/Q station at Avenue J, and as you can see