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Photo via Google Maps.Applications have been filed for a six-story mixed-use apartment building at 179 West End Ave in Manhattan Beach, according to New York YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/six-story-eight-unit-mixed-use-building-filed-at-179-west-end-avenue-manhattan-beach.html] The property is currently occupied by a single-story building for which demolition permits have yet
Animals
Photo by Jenelle BuccheriTo fish or not to fish. That is the question. There’s no question about it in Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz’s eyes when it comes to the Ocean Avenue Footbridge, according to Kings County Politics. [http://www.kingscountypolitics.com/cymbrowitz-looks-ban-fishing-off-ocean-avenue-foot-bridge/] Cymbrowitz called for an outright ban on
Arts & Culture
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Photo screenshot from Google Maps.The big-name developer Sergey Rybak’s [/?s=rybak] Manhattan Beach home, at 239 Beaumont St, was the center of debate at the Community Board 15 meeting last night. Rybak filed for a special permit to go beyond the zoning variance of the floor ratio of
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Photo screenshot from Google Maps.The big-name developer Sergey Rybak’s [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?s=rybak] Manhattan Beach home, at 239 Beaumont St, was the center of debate at the Community Board 15 meeting last night. Rybak filed for a special permit to go beyond the zoning variance of
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Shore Boulevard, site of a proposed bike lane. Photo by George BurshteynBike lanes are a hot-button issue in southern Brooklyn these days, and we just don’t seem to be getting them right. We wrote about how the city reversed its decision on exactly where the bike lane should be
Food & Drink
The carnitas tacos. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors looking to spice things up this summer with some meaty Mexican fare should check out Manhattan Beach’s newest restaurant. Masters of Tacos opened Saturday at 181 West End Avenue, just off the corner of Oriental Boulevard. The latest addition to
Animals
(Courtesy Flickr/Christopher Najewicz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiefy/4674606813/in/photolist-885zKc-fuHxy6-fuHy1M-4u8poz-dDCvPq-5T2fxW-ckcjk5-6o2wNf-5SWUFR-UA5fs-fhyA7-6nXb31-nWaAKA-qqsddM-61d8Rz-5xuJuw-9iqTvi-DLskN-7WLqT1-7ZsWmF-7hL3mo-UyRRD-5cGJf-6KexkQ-aaLj4-bVq9Zx-5yAvaT-sdKBUL-4r1NNu-8R3k1g-7KsqHm-4NwZwx-9c1NVp-7RAZ2p-5MpR5W-FJR5o-i1434o-7dEa5-enJxg-4zZLrx-JhYPb-4sivv4-bZF2mG-oLFy9n-7aNJ21-73fT9g-9tqfvx-e9ZDEq-6B4zg-dYmA7s] .)After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of
Police & Fire
Photo by Michael GoldsteinThe Medical Examiner determined the reputed gang member, whose body was found in Manhattan Beach wrapped in a plastic bag with his feet stuck in a bucket of concrete, died of asphyxiation before he was thrown in the sea, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/
Police & Fire
(Photo: mikey k / flickr)The body of an unidentified man, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered in the sand Monday outside Kingsborough Community College, police say. A caller reported the decomposing corpse at 10:20am. Authorities say the head and feet were tied to buckets filled with cement. The
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)A Manhattan Beach couple was arrested Wednesday for running an illegal Medicaid kickback scheme that targeted tenants living in the couple’s flophouses, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced [http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-arrest-three-quarter-house-operators-yury-and-rimma-baumblit]
Neighbors
There’s already a lot we know about incomes in our corner of Brooklyn: folks in Manhattan Beach tend to do pretty well, Sheepshead Bay is solidly middle-class, and Gerritsen is somewhere between the two. However, a new interactive map published on CartoDB [https://cartodb.com/], the online mapping tool,
Food & Drink
(Photo: Chillax Manhattan Beach Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/chillaxMBcafe/photos/pb.1103576223006858.-2207520000.1456358365./1138233606207786/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)An upstart cafe has drawn the ire of community leaders over its application to serve alcoholic drinks on a residential street in Manhattan Beach. The Community Board has submitted
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Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/mkJDKIWtFtM A gutless bike thief panicked and fled after being spotted by a Manhattan Beach homeowner earlier this month, police say. The suspect snuck into a detached garage at a home on Girard Street just before 6am on January 11, according to authorities. He pulled out a
Announcements
The Department of Sanitation has created a snow mountain at Shore Boulevard and Irwin Street. (Photo: Audrey Brown)It appears the Department of Sanitation, in their effort to quickly clear the roads after this weekend’s record-breaking blizzard [/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/], has created a treacherous crossing on Shore Boulevard by piling almost
Business
It’s been a year-long process, but Sheepshead Bay resident and Kingsborough Community College grad Lance Sellers is finally on the cusp of opening his food cart in Manhattan Beach. Cakes & Coffee NYC will offer Kosher treats, made in local bakeries, as well as freshly ground coffee to Manhattan