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More Public Garbage Pickups Coming To Sheepshead Bay

Photo: Tova ChatzinoffSHEEPSHEAD BAY – All commercial corridors in District 48 will receive increased trash collections seven days a week, up from the three to five days a week pick-ups, starting later this month. “No New York City community should be scattered with litter and garbage all over the streets,” Council

Food Challenges, Family Fun, and Health Awareness Come Together in Sheepshead Bay

Steven Cymbrowitz, Assemblyman for the 45th District, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/] and the Sheepshead Bay Merchants Association will host the fourth annual Sheepshead Bay Summer Stroll and Lena Cymbrowitz Community Health Fair, a free event taking place along Sheepshead Bay Road with activities, food and

More Party Boats = More Trouble On Sheepshead Bay’s Piers, Locals Say

(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Trouble is rising again on the Sheepshead Piers, with a spike in party boat numbers spurring the return of gridlock, trash heaps, and drunken rows every weekend, say neighbors. The boats and their clientele have been a long-time nuisance for many [/booze-cruise-lovers-sheepshead-bay/] who live south

Additional Sanitation Pickups For Passover

Just a quick reminder to everyone cleaning and getting their homes ready for Passover: NYC Sanitation department has added the following special pickups in Brooklyn: CB12: Kensington, Midwood, and Boro Park The Sanitation Department is asking everyone who has bulk items to start placing them out for collection as early

Group Home For Disabled Young Men Overwhelmingly Shot Down At Community Board Meeting

The proposed location of the group home. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. Typically, community board meetings last for about an hour. In that hour a myriad of topics are discussed and decisions made. However, at the meeting last night, an entire hour was spent dissecting and probing the proposed group

Zero Waste Fall Leaf Collection Begins This Weekend

(Photo via annanovv [https://www.instagram.com/p/vULKyEsLH4/?modal=true] / Instagram)This weekend, the NYC Department of Sanitation [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSNY-2016-Leaf-Collection.pdf] is collecting your fallen leaves for composting, which they will use to support street trees and parks. Composting is part of

Stryker Court Residents Demand That Their Parking Returns To Normal

Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago

Mega-Developer Rybak Approved To Extend His Manhattan Beach Home With Special Zoning Permit

Photo screenshot from Google Maps.The big-name developer Sergey Rybak’s [/?s=rybak] Manhattan Beach home, at 239 Beaumont St, was the center of debate at the Community Board 15 meeting last night. Rybak filed for a special permit to go beyond the zoning variance of the floor ratio of

Mega-Developer Rybak Approved To Extend His Manhattan Beach Home With Special Zoning Permit

Photo screenshot from Google Maps.The big-name developer Sergey Rybak’s [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?s=rybak] Manhattan Beach home, at 239 Beaumont St, was the center of debate at the Community Board 15 meeting last night. Rybak filed for a special permit to go beyond the zoning variance of