Bensonhurst
Ask not what your cannoli can do for you, but what you can do for your cannoliIn Brooklyn, real estate prices will rise and fall, the F train will go in and out of service, and the price of pizza will inch ever upwards, but as sure as the Cyclone
Announcements
Photo via Army Corps of Engineers.Last night, residents of the Brooklyn community gathered together at the behest of Council member Chaim Deutsch and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries to go over a tentative plan to mitigate damages from another possible super storm – an event that has a yearly 1 percent probability,
Central Brooklyn
Hydro-Estimator, Central America Oct 4, 2016. (Photo via NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research)Local politicians are announcing relief efforts for Haiti, which faces a humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, starting here in Flatbush — a longtime epicenter of the Haitian-American community. Hurricane Matthew touched down in
Education
Source: Old Shoe Woman/FlickrThe State Education Department released new drafts of the English Language Arts [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-english-language-arts] and Mathematics Learning Standards [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-mathematics] — together composing the Common Core academic standards [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/01/common-core-cuomo-proposal/#.V_VCWpMrKT8] — last Wednesday. If approved,
Announcements
Photo via WikipediaThe weather is growing crisp and the leaves are beginning to change meaning it’s prime time to get a flu vaccine. The government recommends the vaccine for everyone six months and older, and it constitutes the best protection against the flu. Quick and safe, the vaccine is
Central Brooklyn
Source: Old Shoe Woman/FlickrThe State Education Department released new drafts of the English Language Arts [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-english-language-arts] and Mathematics Learning Standards [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-mathematics] — together composing the Common Core academic standards [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/01/common-core-cuomo-proposal/#.V_VCWpMrKT8] — last Wednesday, September 28.
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
Food & Drink
(Courtesy Instagram/DowntownBrooklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BK6dLwHDjjk/]) This year’s Make It In Brooklyn [/blog/business/innovators-discuss-what-it-takes-to-makeitinbk-at-summit/] confab was stuffed to the brim with heady ideas. Fortunately for attendees, there was a lunch that was similarly inventive. “Eat Your Heart Out, Brooklyn” brought purveyors from around New York
Bensonhurst
Frank Lampard photo via Wikipedia. Longbow photo via Longbow’s FacebookAs a reward for winning the Daily Mail and Heineken’s competition for being one of the best soccer bars in New York, Bay Ridge’s Longbow Pub & Pantry [http://longbownyc.com/meet-frank-lampard/] will be hosting a meet and
Announcements
Argyle Road at Church Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, returns for more filming in Ditmas Park [/blog/art-music/affair-filming-today-tomorrow-next-week-ditmas-park/]on Friday, after a summer fling on Westminster Road earlier this year. We spotted ‘No Parking’ signs listing Friday, October 7, along Church
Destinations
Interior of the Brooklyn Army Terminal. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection)Here’s a chance to explore Sunset Park’s industrial past and present. Both the Brooklyn Army Terminal and Sunset Park’s waterfront recycling facility will be open to visitors during this year’s Open House New York
Arts & Culture
Luke sets the rules of his diner. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)So what were you doing at 6:50am on Union Street? Yes, we’re talking to you, Gilmore Girls-obsessed fans [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/magazine/why-the-gilmore-girls-fandom-lives-on.html] who just had to get a