Announcements
Greenfield announcing the renovations in 2015. (Photo courtesy Councilman David Greenfield)Kids from Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park can enjoy the rest of the summer outdoors at the newly-renovated Gravesend Park, also know as the 18th Avenue Park, which opened this week after over a year of renovations. On Tuesday,
Arts & Culture
Full-scale Redwood trees. Photo Courtesy of Facebook/Redwood National and State Parks. [https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodNPS/photos/a.195972830413040.51547.152578104752513/1254298041247175/?type=3&theater] A tiny Redwood forest will soon be planted in Downtown Brooklyn, bringing a scaled-down version of the historical west coast national park to
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Littered corner of Sheepshead Bay Pier near the Holocaust Memorial Park. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Mokrousova.Last week, a Sheepshead Bites reader, Elizabeth Mokrousova, reached out to us with her concern about the garbage-filled waters with shocking photographs taken at the edge of the pier. The photos show empty Ajax
Bensonhurst
Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanAfter years of tireless advocacy from neighbors, elected officials [/pols-slam-parks-department-mayors-office-for-neglect-of-bensonhurst-park/#.V64rWJMrKSM] , and this news site [/bensonhurst-park-god-awful-state-disrepair-photos/#.V64xf5MrKSM], the long neglected Bensonhurst Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bensonhurst-park] on Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway is about to get the ambitious overhaul it deserves. Over the
Food & Drink
By Christine, Mid-life Croissant Food Blog You’ll want to bookmark this crisp, tangy Raw Corn Salsa for Labor Day or your next BBQ. Whichever comes first! Photo by Christine, Mid-life Croissant Food BlogYes, Virginia, you can eat corn raw. When it’s perfectly in season (aka NOW) and those
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Christine, Mid-life Croissant Food BlogBy Christine, Mid-life Croissant Food Blog You’ll want to bookmark this crisp, tangy Raw Corn Salsa for Labor Day or your next BBQ. Whichever comes first! Yes, Virginia, you can eat corn raw. When it’s perfectly in season (aka NOW) and those
Announcements
Fulton Street between South Portland Avenue and South Elliott Place. (Courtesy: Brooklyn Botanical Garden [http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/greenestblock#/tabs-1] )Congratulations to the many green businesses on Fulton Street between South Portland Avenue and South Elliott Place, first place winner in the commercial block category of the Brooklyn Botanical
Events
Residents lining up to ask questions. By Lenore Fedow / Sheepshead Bites Councilman Chaim Deutsch held an open community forum last night at James Madison High School to address the flooding and sewage backups that tend to follow heavy rainfall [/trees-power-outages-reported-southern-brooklyn-flash-flood-photos/]. “We should not live in fear every time there’s
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Sterling Place between 7th and Flatbush Avenues. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Congratulations to the gardeners, gardens, and businesses throughout the Slope who have won formidable accolades in Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn [http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/greenestblock#/tabs-1] awards. The Greenest Block
Food & Drink
You’ll want to bookmark this crisp, tangy Raw Corn Salsa for Labor Day or your next BBQ. Whichever comes first! Photo by Christine, Mid-life Croissant Food BlogYes, Virginia, you can eat corn raw. When it’s perfectly in season (aka NOW) and those kernels are all fresh and plump
Events
Councilman Chaim Deutsch leads community forum at Homecrest Playground. (Photo: James Sienkievic / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.gov/d48/html/members/home.shtml] held a community forum last night at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground]. He was accompanied by Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey,
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe next phase in the Bridging Gowanus [http://bridginggowanus.org/] community planning process kicked off on Tuesday, August 9 at The Bell House [http://www.thebellhouseny.com/], providing the public an opportunity to share input on the future of the Gowanus neighborhood. Residents, volunteers,