News
Police have released the identity of the victim who was struck and killed Sunday morning [/blog/crime/updatedcorrection-pedestrian-killed-on-5th-avenue-this-morning-in-apparent-hit-and-run-cops-say/] in a hit-and-run incident. 41-year-old Bahtiyor Khamdamov was pronounced dead after EMS brought him
Business
Co-founders Abigail Palanca (left) and Teresa Lagerman of Founders Workspace. (Photo credit: Scott Salembier)Freelancers rejoice. A co-working space is scheduled to open in Windsor Terrace in mid-April at 553 Prospect Avenue on the corner of 10th Avenue, at last putting to use a storefront that once
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library)A landmarked Church Avenue school building — which was constructed when Flatbush was still an independent village — is no more. The Flatbush District #1 School Building, a designated New York City landmark [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/cpc/
Business
March is here and in a couple of weeks, so will a brand new New York spirits-focused bar named Cardiff Giant, in the former Splitty space at 415 Myrtle Avenue. What is “Cardiff Giant” and what does it have to do with alcohol? Well, nothing really, except for the
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanDrug dealers, beware: You may serve more jail time if you are arrested selling narcotics to children under 14 or if you are caught at a park or a playground. The State Senate passed two drug-related bills yesterday, the first sponsored by Senator Jack Martins and
Nonsponsored
Photo via nycgo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJcgh3u03k/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en] Some of our local Councilmembers, along with a group of business, labor, and transit advocates, will be pushing the de Blasio administration and the MTA tomorrow on the issue of renewed F express service in Brooklyn.
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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:
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Photo via rasura_fotography [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCQ5A5LE-BP/?taken-at=222330146]Wouldn’t it be wonderful if construction in the neighborhood was as aesthetically pleasing as this photo? Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Nostrand Junction. Photo: Google MapsThe Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District [http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com] has just won $100,000 from the City through its Neighborhood Challenge [http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/neighborhood_development/neighborhood_challenge.shtml] grants program. The Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID will use the
Central Brooklyn
On the grill at the Flatbush Avenue Street Fair.We really liked Brokelyn writer William Widmaier’s recent piece on “The best of Flatbush Ave.’s deliciously cheap Caribbean food” [http://brokelyn.com/brooklyn-snackdown-caribbean-food/]. Widmaier picks out five spots that all sound great and span the Caribbean:
jobs
Freelancers work away at Kos Kaffee. (Photo via Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/biz/kos-kaffe-roasting-house-brooklyn])Are you a freelancer who is struggling to get paid in a timely fashion? New York City Councilmember Brad Lander wants the city to go to bat for you. The City
Arts & Culture
Photo via BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn [hhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BBV0SbBmnSP/?taken-by=briccelebratebk&hl=en]June may seem like a long time from now, but that warm weather and summer sun has a way of sneaking up on you. So while you’re waiting, you can prepare yourself