east 16th st

Jun
26
Developer Seeks To Add 60,000 Square Feet Atop TJ Maxx Near Kings Highway

Developer Seeks To Add 60,000 Square Feet Atop TJ Maxx Near Kings Highway

1630 East 15th Street (Source: Google Maps)The owner of one of the Kings Highway area’s largest commercial developments
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Jun
11
Local Home Health Aides Charged With Defrauding Medicaid

Local Home Health Aides Charged With Defrauding Medicaid

File photo. Source: JohnnyBarker / FlickrSix home health care workers, including three who worked for agencies headquartered in Sheepshead Bay, Bensonhurst
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Jan
19
One Year After Her Son’s Murder, A Mother Prays For Answers

One Year After Her Son’s Murder, A Mother Prays For Answers

Photo via R.I.P. Gerard ‘Geezy’ Grant [https://www.facebook.com/1451169265095198/photos/pb.1451169265095198.-2207520000.1421427517./1529712127240911/?type=
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Oct
15

BREAKING: Crane Hits Subway Overpass At Avenue U, Forcing Street Closure

Avenue U between East 15th Street and East 16th Street is currently closed to traffic after a crane struck the
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Aug
18

$12,000 Reward Offered For Information In Midwood Double Shooting

Avenue I and East 16th Street, the scene of the shooting. (Source: Google Maps) Months after a double shooting in
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May
06

Anatolian Gyro Moves Off Sheepshead Bay Road; New Location Now Open

Sheepshead Bay Road-staple Anatolian Gyro has moved off the main thoroughfare to a brand new storefront around the corner, and
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Mar
27

Photo: High Winds Rip Down Kings Highway Storefront Signage

Oh boy, it was windy out yesterday. How windy was it? Windy enough to rip down the signage of this
Oct
03

Anatolian Gyro To Move Off Sheepshead Bay Road, As Landlord Embarks On Third Renovation

Anatolian Gyro will move off of Sheepshead Bay Road, around the corner to 2623 East 16th Street, as their landlord
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Aug
19
Finally! Someone Got Us A Photo Of Bill Murray In The Neighborhood

Finally! Someone Got Us A Photo Of Bill Murray In The Neighborhood

Bill Murray (center, back row) hanging out with some Avenue U fans (Photo courtesy of Dominick Arabia)The odds of
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Apr
29

Sixty-Seven-Year-Old Memorial Stone Honoring FDR Stolen In Midwood

The plaque, dedicated to the memory of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, before it was ripped out of the stone. Source:
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