Police & Fire
Firefighters emerging from Marine Park after Monday’s brush fire. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Scores of firefighters spent almost two hours battling a raging brush fire in the southern edge of Marine Park’s salt marsh Monday night. Lieutenant Dave Ostrowski, a member of the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire
Events
(Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/pb.375624901061.-2207520000.1458593507./10154017061651062/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Don’t miss opening day at Luna Park (rescheduled because of an expected snowstorm), as well as the blessing of the rides
News
The apartment building at 2220 Burnett Street. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was called to a Gerritsen Beach apartment building Tuesday morning after a worker discovered a grenade inside a storage box containing other WWII relics, according to police. Officer were called to the residence, a co-op
Events
Madison takes the stage at 2015’s Inter-SING! (Photo by Elvir Ali)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Third Annual Inter-SING competition at James Madison High School. There’s also a mobile pet adoption center, a festival celebrating Butoh culture, CPR training, and much more!
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Police & Fire
(Photo: Luigi Rosa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrosa/172087288/] / Flickr) Firefighters are battling a brush fire spreading through the southern end of Marine Park — and working to keep the flames from catching onto nearby homes. According to the FDNY, 60 firefighters were called at 4:16pm to Avenue x
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(Photo: Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun/photos/a.439779054513.232785.18664769513/10153527658584514/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Hear from city and state officials about progress in Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts. There’s also a psychedelic laser light show in Coney
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Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,
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Police & Fire
Photo provided by the NYPD.Cops are searching for a missing Marine Park resident who was last seen leaving his home Wednesday night to park his car. Police identified the missing man as Moisey Shulman, 75, who lives on Avenue R between East 33rd Street and East 32nd Street. Cops
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(Photo: Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) [https://www.facebook.com/NYCACC/photos/pb.125204517523362.-2207520000.1455573941./1030169630360175/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the play Men Are Dogs by Brooklyn native Joseph Simonelli. There’s also a pet adoption center,
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(Photo: Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) [https://www.facebook.com/NYCACC/photos/pb.125204517523362.-2207520000.1455573941./1030169630360175/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the play Men Are Dogs by Brooklyn native Joseph Simonelli. There’s also a pet adoption center,
Events
(Photo: yewenyi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/2256618233/]/ Flickr)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Lunar New Year festivities at David A. Boody Junior High School. The Parks Department is also taking ideas for how to improve locals parks and some of the rangers
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Paper lanterns. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Lunar New Year party at the library. There’s also a foreign film screening, poetry jams, open runs and much more! Send us your own event listing by posting it for free