Announcements
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two yeshivas have been ordered to shut down by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as cases of coronavirus rise, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office“We’ve shut down two yeshivas. No one wants to shut down the yeshiva. That’
Health
PARK SLOPE – Early in the summer, tenants at the corner of 5th Street and Prospect Park West saw the garden in front of their home being removed because of a recurring rat problem, but some on the block believe poor trash management is at the center of the issue. The
Announcements
(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.Weather permitting, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key mosquito breeding locations in three marshy areas and non-residential Brooklyn zip codes beginning tomorrow, from 6am to 7pm. An
Health
(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin
2345 85th street
Source: Google MapsAfter being shuttered for nearly three weeks, the embattled ABC Little Star Day Care [https://www.facebook.com/pages/ABC-Little-Star-DC-Inc/202118593254984] reopened on Tuesday, January 20, with a new owner. The once-popular Bensonhurst day care (located at 2345 85th Street) – which closed down earlier this month [/amid-charges-fraud-abc-little-star-daycare-closes/] amid
Board of Health
Councilman David Greenfield (Source: swedennewyork via flickr).Councilman David Greenfield introduced legislation that would prevent the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOH) from enacting or enforcing regulations regarding controversial circumcision rituals. The Yeshiva World News is reporting [http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/186446/Greenfield-Introduces-Bill-to-Prevent-City-from-Regulating-Bris-Milah.html] that Greenfield
borough park measles
A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)The rare outbreak of measles that struck Borough Park’s ultra-Orthodox community has been halted. The Jewish Daily Forward is reporting [http://forward.com/articles/180965/new-york-measles-outbreak-halted-among-orthodox/] that officials at the city’s Department of
baby.south slope
Have you visited WNYC’s oddly addicting webpage, Dogs of NYC [http://project.wnyc.org/dogs-of-nyc/]? These guys sifted through dog license information at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml], to come up with canine top ten lists,
air monitors
Source: Nigel Chadwick via Wikimedia CommonsCity and state environmental agencies are adding three new air monitors in regions most affected by Superstorm Sandy. The air monitor stations will measure fine particle matter in order to collect data on what, if any, air contamination resulted from Sandy’s impact. Air monitors
buildings department
Source: pubadvocate.nyc.govSeveral local businesses routinely express frustration to Sheepshead Bites about the number of fines the city has doled out, whether it be for trash, health inspections or obscure signage regulations. And, according to the complaints we get, it seems inspectors of businesses are unfamiliar with many of