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It looks like the controversial and eponymous tenant of the Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza [/tag/loehmanns-seaport-plaza/] building on Emmons Avenue will soon vacate, following approval from a bankruptcy judge to sell off inventory and holdings. The discount designer apparel retailer is shutting its doors after filing for bankruptcy in December.
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Members of Sandy-affected communities along the East Coast paid respect to what was lost during the storm, lighting candles and wielding flashlights to “light up the shore” on the first anniversary of the flooding. Light Up the Shore events were held in Gerritsen Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach, joining
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Real Estate transactions are increasing in Sheepshead Bay although values are still slightly depressed nine months after Superstorm Sandy wrecked the neighborhood, reports [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323477604579001222675133460.html] the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal report details the destruction visited upon Sheepshead Bay after Sandy and highlights
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From the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz:
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Photo by Erica ShermanIt has been a rumor for as long as I’ve been alive that El Greco, the Sheepshead Bay staple, is for sale, sold, closing, moving, evaporating, burning, building, growing, shrinking and whatever else. Well, for once, one of those is actually true. El Greco, recently named
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Photo by Brian HooThe Department of Transportation has been repairing the 131-year-old Ocean Avenue footbridge [/in-aftermath-of-sandy-footbridge-gets-much-needed-repairs/] spanning Sheepshead Bay into Manhattan Beach since the first days after Superstorm Sandy nearly destroyed it [/damage-report-manhattan-beach-brighton-beach-huge-flooding-landmarks-wiped-out/] . Now the agency tells Sheepshead Bites that the project is slated for completion by the end of
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Source: dodge challenger1 via Wikimedia CommonsReal estate is booming in Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay. How is that measured? By way of celeb sightings, of course. Well, that and the fact that the sales of condos in the area continue to grow. In a recent post by Crain’s New
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Approximately 200 people gathered together at the Holocaust Memorial Park on Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard in honor of the 27th Annual Holocaust Memorial Gathering this past Sunday, honoring and preserving the memories of those who perished in the Holocaust. The audience was filled with people of all ages. There
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Ildar Gazizulin and a map showing the distance between his last known location and where his body was found. (Source: amw.com / Google Maps)The skeletal remains of a Brighton Beach Russian immigrant who vanished in 2009 have been found, providing authorities with a new lead in a cold case.
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More than 300 people came to party on the pier at the Baron DeKalb Knights of Columbus Saturday night, celebrating the third year of Sheepshead Bites and the launch of Bensonhurst Bean, our new Bensonhurst news [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com] venture. Bouncing back and forth throughout the night, there was
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Val-Pak coupons retrieved from the paper recycling bin. (Photo by Ray Johnson) Knowing how this starving writer is always searching for sustenance, Ned Berke, the editor of this news blog, alerted me to the coupon for a free roast beef sandwich in the latest Val-Pak envelope. I told him that