Food & Drink
As the weather gets cooler, Sunset Park starts to sizzle! /wp-content/uploads/2016/11/HotPot-828.mp4Boasting a variety of hot pot eateries, 8th Avenue beckons visitors searching for the traditional Chinese cuisine. The meals can be daunting and even intimidating to first-timers, but locals quickly slurp the spicy concoctions with
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1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,
Central Brooklyn
1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,
News
Photo via Governor Cuomo’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/GovernorAndrewCuomo/].In the wake of a reported spike in hate crimes after last week’s presidential election, local officials are taking action. As first reported by the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-state-launches-hotline-discrimination-complaints-article-1.2874631]
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The backyard at Backyard. (Photo by BKLYNER)Combine their time on 5th Avenue in Park Slope, and you get about 17 years of backyard drinking and Tex-Mex eating. Backyard [http://www.backyardbarbrooklyn.com/] (388 5th Avenue and 6th Street) shut down in late October and Lobo Tex-Mex [http://www.lobonyc.
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Photo via NYC DOT.Major changes have started to come to fruition on Gerritsen Avenue, and a lot of residents are surprised. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Vision Zero plan for the Avenue was news to most folks when they saw their bus stop no longer there, and the
Bensonhurst
Photo via WikipediaState Senator and Senate representative to the MTA Capital Review Board Marty Golden announced on Monday that the MTA’s Enhanced Station Initiative, to include significant renovations and improvements on the Bay Ridge Avenue R train station, have been approved and are set to move forward. UPDATE: According
Food & Drink
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.For my breakfast this morning, I decided to try Arbuz Cafe [http://www.arbuzcafebrooklyn.com/] at 1706 Sheepshead Bay Rd. The first thing I noticed was the teal paneled walls, and the thought of a frozen yogurt shop came to mind. They do have
Arts & Culture
Photo by Patti Pappagallo.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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Photo via grungepotatoes / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMyIJjMj3cM/?tagged=pumpkinpie&hl=en]We can smell the yummy aroma coming from your kitchens. The perfect crust. The apple and pumpkin fillings so cozy that we can fall asleep next to the warm oven while eating a slice. Congregation
Bensonhurst
Registering to vote. (Photo via NYC Board of Elections Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/theNYCBoardofElections/])As discussion of the historic 2016 presidential election continues, one statistic especially worries democracy advocates — declining voter turnout across Brooklyn and the state. Voter turnout in Brooklyn has dropped steadily since 2008, with 53.
Central Brooklyn
Left to right: Saba Ismail, Samson Salamat and Shahid Khan, wearing the hallmark orange of the Rwadari Tehreek movement, borrowed from Sufi symbolism. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Samson Salamat, a Pakistani human rights defender, is igniting a global movement to combat terrorism, a movement whose voice is reaching Brooklyn’