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(Photo: Chillax Manhattan Beach Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/chillaxMBcafe/photos/pb.1103576223006858.-2207520000.1456358365./1138233606207786/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)An upstart cafe has drawn the ire of community leaders over its application to serve alcoholic drinks on a residential street in Manhattan Beach. The Community Board has submitted
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City Councilman Chaim Deutsch speaking to Community Board 15. (Photo: NHSatSheepshead [https://twitter.com/NHSatSheepshead/status/702297626574598144] / Twitter)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch told the Community Board Tuesday that he will stand with his colleagues in passing two controversial pieces of the mayor’s affordable housing plan so long as he
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Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,
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Members of Community Board 15. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Are you passionate about engaging in significant decisions in your community? Do you have opinions about real estate development, educational institutions, city-wide policies, and the future of our neighborhood? If you are a New York City Resident and passionate about
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Photo by Leon LipkovichMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — will now move to the City Council for a final review after it was approved Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning
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State Senator Martin Golden. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)State Senator Marty Golden has created an online petition [http://www.nysenate.gov/questionnaires/martin-j-golden/petition-prevent-2261-bragg-street-becoming-half-way-house-federal] for neighbors to voice their opposition to a proposed halfway house [/local-pols-outraged-over-planned-halfway-house-near-schools-senior-centers/] on Bragg Street — located across the street from the Sheepshead Bay/Nostrand Houses.
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(Photo: Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) [https://www.facebook.com/NYCACC/photos/pb.125204517523362.-2207520000.1453099082./1010499222327216/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Animal Care Centers of NYC’s mobile pet adoption center in Sheepshead Bay. There are also
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Visitors posed for photographs with Sinterklaas at the Lott House’s tree lighting ceremony. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In 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
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Attorney Eric Palatnik explaining the new parking plan for the health center at 3133 Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community Board 15 gave the go-ahead Tuesday night to a controversial special zoning permit that allows an Emmons Avenue healthcare center to enlarge its property by adding an extra
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The Be Proud Foundation’s 2014 Toys for Tots drive. (Photo: Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY/photos/a.326426244224860.1073741834.226935024173983/326426410891510/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get in the holiday spirit with some karaoke with your neighbors. There’
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCommunity Board (CB) 10 is joining the chorus of folks apposing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s five-borough rezoning plan, which aims to add 200,000 affordable housing units citywide over the next decade. The plan, called Zoning for Quality and Affordability [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/
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Police at the 61st Precinct pray for Officer Randolph Holder. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In 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