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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A 26-year-old man was shot in the leg while seated in a car outside the Nostrand Houses Saturday night, according to authorities. Cops say the victim was parked on Batchelder Street, near Avenue V, around 7pm
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The Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Photo: Google Maps)The revolting stench that blanketed parts of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach earlier this year was caused by a mechanical failure at the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/dep_projects/cp_coney_island_plant.
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The former synagogue at 2261 bragg street. (Photo: Google Maps)Elected officials are moving quickly to mobilize community opposition to the proposed halfway house on Bragg Street. Three southern Brooklyn politicians — Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Helene-E-Weinstein/story/67295/], Councilman Alan Maisel [http://council.nyc.gov/
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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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The former synagogue at 2261 bragg street. (Photo: Google Maps)Elected Officials are moving to block a proposed halfway house on Bragg Street, arguing that the location is inappropriate due to its proximity to schools, playgrounds, and senior centers. “It’s outrageous for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to even
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David Rothman, chair of the UJA Federation’s Volunteer Committee, lights a candle on the menorah. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hundreds of families flooded the Kings Bay Y [https://www.kingsbayy.org/] Sunday afternoon for the annual Chanukah Extravaganza. The event included bouncy castles, dance, art, and music lessons,
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Members of the Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society play the Be Proud Foundation’s police appreciation luncheon. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)With the country still reeling from a horrific shooting in California this week, local politicians and community leaders paid tribute to police heroism at the Be
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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
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Source: Deutsch’s officeFollowing complaints from neighbors that the new Select Bus Service route on Nostrand Avenue, which replaced the B44’s Limited service, left them walking too far for a faster ride, local pols renewed their demand that the MTA add Avenue R as a stop. The pols – Council
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined the Be Proud Foundation for the 6th annual Passover Food Distribution event on Friday, distributing nearly 600 packages of food to people in need before the holiday, and also to honor a local cop. The event was held at Aqua Health Rehabilitation Center, located
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Using emergency provisions, the New York City Department of Homeless Services has moved nearly 20 families into the Lyghthouse Inn, an alleged pay-by-hour hotel formerly known as the Windjammer Motel. Neighbors sounded the alarm over the shelter at the Sheepshead Bay – Plumb Beach Civic Meeting October 7, alongside elected officials
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Local pols are joining forces to host the “Pre-Labor Day Summer Senior Concert” tomorrow, August 27 at Amersfort Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/amersfort-park], located on Avenue I between East 38 Street and East 39 Street. The concert will run from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., sponsored