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Bensonhurst

Food Stuffs: Could It Be, The Best Cannoli In Brooklyn Is At Villabate Alba?

Is your mouth watering yet?A contender for the title of most popular Italian bakery in Bensonhurst, Villabate Alba is a neighborhood institution opened in 1978 and known for supplying cannoli at Brooklyn’s first cannoli eating contest [/villabate-cannoli-eating-contest-slated-18th-avenues-columbus-day-festival/#.V_VOqJMrKT8] , giving out free cannoli [/bensonhursts-18th-avenue-feast-kicks-off-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#.V_VOk5MrKT8] after the

Destinations

Open House New York Dives Into Fort Greene & Downtown Brooklyn

Accessible during Open House New York: the future Brooklyn Health Center at 620 Fulton Street, which is being built for the New York Hotel Trades Council. The Council is NYC’s “largest direct provider…of health benefits to union membership, retirees and dependents.” Designed by Francis Cauffman, the 165,000

Central Brooklyn

Bite Of The Day: A Slice Of Quiche Heaven At Pels Pie In PLG

(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)After a spending a sunny, early fall morning at Pels Pie Co [http://pelspieco.com]., 446 Rogers Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, I am completely hooked. Though I came for the food, the atmosphere at this bakery & coffeeshop was almost as delightful as

Education

Sweeping Changes Proposed For Common Core, Could Mean Shifting Of Gears For State Tests

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,

News

The Down-Low: Lady Gaga’s Dive Bar Tour In Red Hook And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe 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. –Bomb scare rocks Downtown Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/41/all-downtown-bomb-scare-2016-10-07-bk.html] ] –Lady

Bensonhurst

Sweeping Changes Proposed For Common Core, Could Mean Shifting Of Gears For State Tests

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 [/common-core-cuomo-proposal/#.V_VCWpMrKT8] — last Wednesday. If approved, over half of the state’s

Central Brooklyn

Shahana Hanif Is The New Face Of Kensington

(Photo via sha.banana / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sha.banana/]) Kensington-based activist Shahana Hanif is a woman that embraces her many intersectional identities. She is a Bangladeshi, a Muslim, an activist, a writer, a performance artist [/blog/announcements/bengali-cultural-celebration-kensington-saturday/] and a 25-year-old woman living with a chronic illness. “If

Food & Drink

Dining Review: Living The Wild Gluten-Free Life

Wild is open, specializing in gluten-free pizza. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Ok, full disclosure: I don’t follow a gluten-free diet and certainly don’t understand all the intricacies necessary to do so. Having said that, I’m lucky to have friends who do. The Stoop worked

Arts & Culture

Morning Mug: “Perhaps Home Is Not A Place But Simply An Irrevocable Condition.” ― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

Photo by Angela FriedmanMorning 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 [https:

News

Mayor's Office Announces Changes To City's Affordable Housing Lottery

Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &

Central Brooklyn

Mayor’s Office Announces Changes To City’s Affordable Housing Lottery

Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &

News

Mayor’s Office Announces Changes To City’s Affordable Housing Lottery

Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership & Madison Realty Capital.