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A collection of 5 issues

Life In Sheepshead Bay’s Bungalow Courts Is Still Rotten Three Years After Sandy

The bungalows between Brown and Batchelder streets. (Photo: Hayley Lind)By Hayley Lind Residents of a vulnerable stretch of Sheepshead Bay devastated by Superstorm Sandy say they’re still waiting for help after more than three years of empty promises. According to the city’s Office of Housing Recovery [/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/

Swath Of Emmons Avenue’s Waterfront Bungalow Colony Up For Sale

The bungalow communities near Emmons Avenue provides a glimpse into how people in Sheepshead Bay – along with much of coastal Southern Brooklyn – used to live when development first began coming to the resort destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The small waterfront homes were built for summer

In Emmons Avenue’s Hard Hit Waterfront Bungalow Colonies, No One Pays A Visit

Port Sheepshead Marina, nothing but rubble.Despite more than a week of cleaning, Emmons Avenue’s eastern end, a strip of waterfront condos, bungalows and boating clubs, remains in shambles. We visited Emmons Avenue’s two waterfront bungalow colonies earlier this week, and, though Hurricane Sandy destroyed several homes and

Midweek Photo: Surprise!

This week’s Midweek Photo comes in from Lisanne via Flickr. She’s been quietly documenting the construction at this house on East 14th Street and Avenue V, and the recent direction of it comes as a pleasant surprise from where she thought it was going. She writes on Flickr,

Brighton Beach Decay Gets Its Close Up

Courtesy of Nathan KensingerBrighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay share a lot of things. A huge Eastern European population. A beautiful waterfront. And a screwed up history of poorly planned development. The last bit got highlighted in Brighton Beach by urban photographer Nathan Kensinger [http://kensinger.blogspot.com/2010/03/brighton-beach-bungalows.