Bensonhurst
Photo by Anthony Arrigo [https://www.facebook.com/ArrigoPhotography/]What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The South BK Beat: De Blasio to Boost Vision Zero Efforts as Pedestrian Deaths Jump 5 Percent [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161130/civic-center/vision-zero-de-blasio-nypd-oneill-traffic-pedestrian-deaths] [DNA]
Arts & Culture
Photo by George Burshteyn.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
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Peter Romano at work. (Photo by Erin DeGregorio / BKLYNER)After working at his stained glass window business for the last 40 years in Park Slope, owner Peter Romano refuses to have the word “retirement” as part of both his vocabulary and future plans. At 72, he always busy because he
Central Brooklyn
A group shot of Assemblymembers and library staff at a funding celebration at the Central Library this morning. (Photo by Gregg Richards)New York State Assemblymembers have determined bringing video game consoles (and other technology) to every Brooklyn Public Library branch is a high priority, and have secured $3 million
Education
There haven’t big any big protests in Sunset Park or Bay Ridge yet, but here is an image from a rally held in Brooklyn Heights this weekend in response to swastika graffiti found on a children’s playground. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER [/check-your-hate-senator-squadron-beastie-boys-ad-rock-lead-rally-after-hate-graffiti-found-at-adam-yauch-park/] )According to a letter sent
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(Dyker Heights home photo by Will Caruso / Bensonhurst Bean)We have it on the record from a very reliable local source that NYPD Brooklyn South Chief Steven Powers has decided to revise controversial plans to reserve holiday parking along 86th Street for tour buses. Now, instead of the original plan
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(Rendering via IMC Architecture)Earlier this week, a Midwood-based LLC filed applications to build a four-story apartment building on an empty lot at 62 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues, reports YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/revealed-62-martense-street-flatbush.html] The building would hold 10 apartments at an average
Central Brooklyn
(Rendering via IMC Architecture)Earlier this week, a Midwood-based LLC filed applications to build a four-story apartment building on an empty lot at 62 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues, reports YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/revealed-62-martense-street-flatbush.html] The building would hold 10 apartments at an average
Arts & Culture
The band Harsh Crowd. (Photo credit: Cortney Armitage)Who doesn’t like a good Spinal Tap joke [https://youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc]? What rocker doesn’t want to turn their amp up to 11? There’s nothing satirical about the talents of the young musicians who come out of Willie Mae
Bensonhurst
Owl’s Head owner John Avelluto pours our drinks in his designer t-shirt. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Bay Ridge is known for its small town feel, its Middle Eastern cuisine, longstanding Italian bakeries — not so much its upscale bar scene. So for those who’ve seen or experienced
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Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –There’s a 30 hour Fuck Donald Trump comedy marathon coming to Williamsburg. [ Free Williamsburg [http://freewilliamsburg.com/theres-a-30-hour-fuck-donald-trump-comedy-marathon-coming-to-williamsburg/
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The proposed location of the group home. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. Typically, community board meetings last for about an hour. In that hour a myriad of topics are discussed and decisions made. However, at the meeting last night, an entire hour was spent dissecting and probing the proposed group