Events
Kon Boogie’s Spaceships Album Release Show happens at Littlefield on Friday, March 25. (Photo via Kon Boogie [https://www.facebook.com/therealkonboogie/photos/pb.1567982950084569.-2207520000.1458782857./1700032813546248/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: the raunchiest show, a cuckoo’s nest on stage,
Arts & Culture
The Condescending Liberals. (Photo: Shirley N. Lew)Sachin Shenolikar [http://www.sachinshenolikar.com/], guitarist for the Brooklyn-based Condescending Liberals, admits that the band’s name is tongue-in-cheek. “It comes from an incident at a dinner party the day after the 2008 vice presidential debate,” he told Emily
Nonsponsored
Photo by Michael GoldsteinMorning 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:
Nonsponsored
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopKids playing in J.J. Byrne Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/j-j-byrne-playground/history] have a pretty nifty way of learning about the Battle of Brooklyn. And we bet they’re pretty excited not to have a quiz afterwards. After all,
Food & Drink
The torta Cubana at Taqueria El Buen Gusto. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] If you ever get the urge to satisfy your most primal carnivorous cravings, then the torta Cubana is for you. The sandwich is the house specialty of Taqueria El Buen Gusto [http:
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson is urging a judge to go easy on the rookie cop from Bensonhurst who was convicted on manslaughter charges [/mostly-white-jury-convicts-officer-peter-liang-the-rookie-cop-from-gravesend/#.VvMOUBIrKSN] last month for fatally shooting and failing to aid an unarmed black man.
fort greene
Image via NYC.gov [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/zqa/profiles/bk02.pdf] .The City Council voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday, March 22 in favor of two controversial zoning changes proposed by the mayor to spur the construction of affordable housing. The proposals, Zoning for Quality
Bensonhurst
(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of two controversial zoning changes proposed by the mayor to spur the construction of affordable housing. The proposals, Zoning for Quality and Affordability [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/zoning-qa/presentation_0915.pdf] (ZQA) and
fort greene
Image via MTA.B54 bus riders and Myrtle Avenue drivers, take note! Beginning next Monday, March 28 until Thursday, July 28, all B54 EASTBOUND traffic along Myrtle Avenue will be re-routed between Washington and Classon Avenues. That means that if you’re heading somewhere between there on Myrtle, you’
Nonsponsored
275 4th Avenue, rendering by Moso Studio/ODA Architecture. (Courtesy of Moso Studio/ODA Architecture)The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of two controversial zoning changes proposed by the mayor to spur the construction of affordable housing. The proposals, Zoning for Quality and Affordability [http://www.nyc.gov/
Nonsponsored
(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of two controversial zoning changes proposed by the mayor to spur the construction of affordable housing. The proposals, Zoning for Quality and Affordability [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/zoning-qa/presentation_0915.pdf] (ZQA) and
Food & Drink
Photo by Park Slope StoopWhile it’s always exciting news to experience a favorable first meal in a newly opened local restaurant, the satisfaction of finding a place that fills a cuisine void in our area adds to the pleasure. Seed (242 5th Avenue between President and Carroll Streets) opened