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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]After a decades-long absence, F express service will be returning to Brooklyn next year. Regular F express service should be in place by Fall 2017, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz confirmed today, and will run during rush hours from Jay Street-MetroTech
Business
DOT is planning to repave part of Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Following a meeting with Councilman Chaim Deutsch, the DOT has agreed make some changes to the much-maligned [/stop-residents-demand-dot-halt-sheepshead-bay-traffic-plan/] Sheepshead Bay Road traffic plan. Starting Monday, May 23, the city will begin repaving Sheepshead Bay Road,
Police & Fire
A police cruiser parked outside the 61st precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors living near a troubled playground will have to wait for the Verizon strike to be resolved before police reinstate a regular patrol to deter drug activity in the area. Speaking at the community council meeting Wednesday,
Business
Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&
Announcements
Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [/councilman-treyger-moves-make-coney-island-boardwalk-city-landmark/] for the Landmarks Preservation Commission
Events
Bicycle lessons. (Photo: NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/leon-s-kaiser-park/events/2016/05/01/learn-to-ride-helmet-giveaway] )The weather is heating up. And that means lots of fun activities in southern Brooklyn! Check out “The Wizard of Oz” at the drive-in movie night in Manhattan Beach Park. Luna Park’s kick-off
News
Photo by Michael GoldsteinIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites]and Facebook
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(Photo: Councilman Chaim Deutsch [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=594763670692464&set=pcb.594763717359126&type=3&theater] / Facebook)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has swapped out the sun-baked dunes of Tatooine for the yellow brick road of Oz. The councilman announced on Facebook Monday [https://www.facebook.
Announcements
Community leaders, including City Councilmen Chaim Deutsch and Rafael Espinal, cut the ribbon to celebrate the Shorefront JCC’s expanded Holocaust Survivor Social Services Program. (Photo provided by the Shorefront JCC)Thanks to support from the City Council, the Shorefront Jewish Community Council [http://www.shorefrontjcc.org/] has expanded its
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Photo: Councilman David Greendfield & Alex Ellefson/Bensonhurst BeanTwelve members of City Council’s Jewish caucus, including Councilmen David Greenfield Mark Treyger, and Alan Maisel, endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee in New York’s primary election next week, reports the Jewish Daily Forward [http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/
News
The bungalows along Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)For the second year in a row, Sandy-battered homeowners are getting squeezed by the FEMA flood insurance program. Homeowners in high-risk flood zones could see their insurance rates spike by as much as 25 percent, under new FEMA guidelines that
Announcements
Bayfest 2015. (Photo: Sheepshead Bites)Despite looking forward to their 25th year celebrating on Sheepshead Bay’s waterfront, the organizers of Bayfest [http://bigbayfest.wix.com/bayfest-of-sheepshead-bay#!] say they will likely have to scale down the event due to less-than-anticipated funds from local sponsors and the City Council. The biggest