Bensonhurst
(Photo via Villabate Alba [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNIZkJNgC3M/] / Instagram)It’s the holidays, your sister’s getting married, that college roommate finally came and visited you…whatever the reason, you have family or friends here, and they ain’t from here, and you wanna show em’ what Brooklyn’
green
Soup Kitchen and Homeless Shelter to Become Hub of the Futuristic Brooklyn Microgrid! (Produced by Steve de Sève for BRIC TV) Brooklyn Microgrid [http://brooklynmicrogrid.com/], a project funded by LO3 Energy [http://lo3energy.com/], is dedicated to building a resilient, green, renewable, and locally generated energy microgrid in the
Events
Behold, a Grin and Tonic. Photo by Kyle MackieThe “Grin and Tonic,” a twist on the classic cocktail, won the 2015 Brew York New York Sweepstakes. New York City residents can submit their innovative beer idea to the 2016 contest now until Dec. 28 for a chance to brew it
Nonsponsored
One of Google’s self-driving cars. Photo via Flickr/Smoothgroover22 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/smoothgroover22/15104006386/in/photolist-p1FYTd-eBWbNx-8XUCAY-pehkzt-oQLPXk-cvhYgh-iKrUr5-g4P8w-o7T6qb-ENwDQj-wpZxdf-oSLAA2-qPTpog-9sgehf-hRrw8M-fCyoaC-cHWdgW-diJQue-eFeCPe-o5Zrtr-9o1FrD-9iYZ98-7RcU7D-Asbs1P-zFbgxp-a7mSqE-HwL6zY-df5xw3-HraHQ9-rntpFL-gTzd3u-eb2sof-a4EhoN-raUYJg-48dwvP-2aXF8b-dLznp8-8hr8UZ-6rdujU-99aahD-xgS3j-cDdb3y-pcZ8z-F5Qc1P-8wXj6S-6ECKWu-cnLV8L-cnLVSS-6zjajF-tKXioz/] Imagine hai
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Nicole Johnson [https://twitter.com/nikreport/status/806587202662756353] / twitter)Yesterday, two children were killed after a radiator valve apparently burst and shot steam into the room where they were taking a midday nap. The Bronx building shares an owner with 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=2010+newkirk+avenue], a
Arts & Culture
Photo by Bella Karas.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
Business
Brooklyn Cat Cafe at 149 Atlantic Avenue. (Photo by Nathan Haselby)It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! For over 30 years, the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation [http://atlanticave.org/] has presented a variety of events and promotions during the holiday season, including the Annual Atlantic Avenue
Bensonhurst
Loving Panino Rustico’s [/panino-rustico/] Christmas tree — better than Rockefeller! (Photo by paninorustico [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNsMbJ1gOBs/] / Instagram)What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The Southern BK Beat: School Cafeterias May Soon Get Letter Grades Like Restaurants [https://www.
Bensonhurst
Vincent Gentile, left, photo via New York City Council. Michael Birstreich, right, photo via LinkedinCity Councilman Vincent Gentile has been charged by a former legislative aide with a $10 million lawsuit claiming Gentile subjugated him to so much humiliation — putting decapitated teddy bears on his office desk and harassing him
News
> Has anyone ever seen this car in NYC before? License plate is from Montana but I saw it today in Fort Greene. Trying to figure it out! [https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/5f9oa7/has_anyone_ever_seen_this_car_in_nyc_before/?ref=share&ref_source=
News
909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
Central Brooklyn
909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and