brighton beach Bicycle-Riding Thieves Snatch Cell Phones Across Sheepshead, Brighton Beach SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Preying on women and children, a duo of cell phone-snatching bicyclists blazed a trail of robberies through Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach late last month. Police said they identified a pattern of five robberies over the course of a week where two men on bicycles stole phones out
accidents BREAKING: Police-Involved Car Accident Leaves Four Injured On Brighton Beach Avenue, Ocean Parkway (Photos) Police-involved car accident. Photo by James Wall.A police van and private car collided on Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Avenue at approximately 1:00pm today, resulting in four people – including two officers – being taken to the hospital. “I was a block south of Neptune Avenue and heard two really
News Silver Alert: Dominico Rodriguez, 78, Last Seen Near Brighton Beach Avenue Source: NYPDAuthorities and loved ones are searching for Dominico Rodriguez, a 78-year-old man who went missing near his doctor’s office located on Brighton 12th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue yesterday morning. Rodriguez was last seen at 10am on Thursday, April 9. He was wearing a black wool cap, blue
brighton beach ave Woman Wanted For Robbing 79-Year-Old Man In His Brighton Beach Home Cops say a woman in her 20s posed as a utility representative to rob a 79-year-old man in his own home. The woman knocked on the man’s door at approximately 3pm on January 8, in a building near Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue. When the victim answered,
607 brighton beach ave Police Arrest Man Accused Of Stabbing Wife In Brighton Beach Police arrested a man [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/ravshan-saibnazarov-30-arrested-in-connection-with-stabbing-in-brighton-beach-1.9600215] Saturday night who they say stabbed his estranged wife multiple times in Brighton Beach. Ravshan Saibnazarov, 30, approached his 22-year-old victim from behind as she walked to the subway station on Brighton Beach Avenue near Brighton 6th Street on
713 brighton beach ave Brighton Beach’s Mandee Clothing Store Set To Shutter, Citing Business Impact Of Superstorm Sandy Mandee’s to the rescue? More like turn tail and run. The long-lived Brighton Beach Avenue location of Mandee is having a storewide sale as it gets set to close its doors for good. Its parent company, Big M, is retreating from the neighborhood following bankruptcy proceedings last year that
60th Precinct Cops Hunt Brighton Beach Jewelry Store Robber Source: NYPD via Home ReporterA man smashed the window of a Brighton Beach jewelry storefront last week and stole $15,500 worth of jewelry, and now police are turning the public for help tracking the suspect down. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 28, at approximately 10:35 a.m.
117 brighton beach ave One Month Later, Brighton Beach’s $130 Million Powerball Winner Still Hasn’t Claimed The Prize Rocco’s Bakery and Deli (Source: Google Maps)The $130 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Brighton Beach’s Rocco’s Bakery and Deli (117 Brighton Beach Avenue) still hasn’t been claimed a month after the drawing. We told you about the local winning ticket in late-November, when Rocco’
arts and crafts 37th Annual Brighton Jubilee Coming This Sunday Source: FacebookAnother year, another Brighton Jubilee. The half-mile-long street festival on Brighton Beach Avenue, featuring entertainment, food and special deals is back for one and all. The jubilee kicks off on Sunday, August 25, and runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. If previous [/sunday-brighton-jubilee-kicks-off-with-food-entertainment-and-bargains/
273 brighton beach ave Be Proud Foundation, Brighton BID Host Safety Town Hall With NYPD From our friends at the Be Proud Foundation and the Brighton Beach Business Improvement District:
brighton 14th st Is This Your Clothing Donation Bin On Brighton Beach Avenue? Remove It, Pronto If you put clothing into it, that clothing will not go to the homeless. It probably will just end up in a landfill. About a month ago this bin appeared on Brighton Beach Avenue near Brighton 14 Street. It is adorned with a wide variety of stickers from charitable organizations,
1002 brighton beach ave The BNA Finally Returns To Its Office Today After Sandy Brighton Neighborhood Association Executive Director Pat Singer, left, and her staff (not pictured) have returned to their office at the Chase Bank in Brighton Beach following Superstorm Sandy. Photo by Erica ShermanAfter being displaced and working from remote locations to serve their community in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, our
1002 brighton beach ave Tomorrow: Brighton Neighborhood Association Hosts Voting Event The Brighton Neighborhood Association is inviting people to an instructional event [https://www.facebook.com/events/190746171059546/] tomorrow morning, September 29 at 10:00 a.m., which will educate people on how to use the new voting machines as well as how to protect the privacy of their vote. Items
brighton beach ave MTA Caught With Their Pants Down: Part II Students walking two extra blocks to Kingsborough Community College. Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Yesterday I discussed service irregularities on the B1 and B49 last Thursday afternoon [/mta-caught-with-their-pants-down-part-i/], a day when the temperature reached the mid-90s and passengers were trying to get home from the beach. Today we
60th Precinct Oceana Hall, Scene Of Recent Violence, Operating Without Cabaret License Oceana Hall, a Brighton Beach venue whose late-night events have spurred complaints from neighbors, has been illegally hosting parties without a cabaret license, Sheepshead Bites has learned. The Department of Consumer Affairs – which issues cabaret licenses – has confirmed that it does not have a license on record for the venue’
brighton beach ave Op-Ed: Don’t Be Scared, Brighton Beach Is A Safe Place! Yelena MakhninThe following Op-Ed is written by Yelena Makhnin, executive director of the Brighton Beach Business Improvement District, representing businesses on and around Brighton Beach. Makhnin wrote this piece after the fatal shooting on the boardwalk on Thursday, June 9 [/update-five-people-shot-on-brighton-beach-boardwalk/]. She believes that the NYPD leadership should have been
brighton beach ave Update: Brighton Beach Hostage Situation After a five-hour standoff, the police situation near the Brighton Beach Starbucks came to an abrupt and tragic end on Saturday, as police shot and killed Samuel White. Police allege White kidnapped and raped an ex-girlfriend, who sparked the standoff by escaping out a window to the building’s roof
