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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis coming Tuesday, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=53FE19F4-4E69-456F-84FB-FCEEA40B5B5E&
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Littered corner of Sheepshead Bay Pier near the Holocaust Memorial Park. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Mokrousova.Last week, a Sheepshead Bites reader, Elizabeth Mokrousova, reached out to us with her concern about the garbage-filled waters with shocking photographs taken at the edge of the pier. The photos show empty Ajax
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(Courtesy Flickr/Wally Gobetz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/5084954285/in/photolist-8KkHKB-aQbeQg-dhx6jr-8KoM2G-dhx7TE-8KkHM4-5U31tJ-dhx9m3-aQbbTa-8KoLZW-aPYWMB-aPYVRi-nriGm4-dhx96J-dhx7XH-nr1GKm-dhx8d2-fUhReQ-dhx6Xy-dhx9ds-dhx9zo-dhx7LB-9bvGcT-aPYXCM-dhx7me-aPYWkM-dhx839-nt5Mmg-dhx7ec-nrnt2D-dhx6dx-n9PuyJ-nriuWk-dhx72z-79KTtq-nr2qkA-dhx9FQ-6A1fuR-n9NSxT-aQbMRz-76uwkn-5mxrvF-edeGJz-dhx8mZ-9htmyT-dhx6Sd-78aHSL-5TM4U6-daqA7M-dhx6Vr] )The Navy Yard’s revitalization [/blog/2016/03/08/visual-
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZbq4YY_gb8&feature=youtu.be Assemblyman William Colton is outraged over raw footage which appears to show a moving construction container dropping black sludge and debris into Gravesend Bay. Dredging at the site of the controversial Southwest Brooklyn Marine Waste Transfer Station [/?s=
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Photo via itookthispic [https://instagram.com/p/1ytbNJK9Mz/?tagged=gowanusswimmer]The Gowanus Canal opened in 1866, hailed at the time as a vital waterway. Mills, commercial shipping, and many other businesses used it during a 19th century business boom. But that business boom led to the canal being recognized as
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Coney Island Resident Pete Castro (right) addressing Curtis Cravens, from the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Residents scorned some of the initial assessments presented on Thursday for a flood barrier in Coney Island Creek, arguing the city was pushing a proposal that did
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Ever wonder what that black gunk dripping from the ceiling of your subway station is? Subway platforms – particularly on the bombed-out N line [/post-apocalyptic-n-line-get-repairs-screwing-commute/] – are often sprinkled with massive, black Rorschach blotches of goo, that can be traced directly to tiny stalactites emerging from cracks in the ceiling. It is
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The above photo was taken yesterday on the Emmons Avenue side of the Ocean Avenue footbridge. Captured by reader Andrey G., “Someone dumps bagels and bread into the Bay on industrial scale.” It’s true, and it’s not the first time we’ve seen this. While many come to
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The Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] is urging New Yorkers to reuse and/or properly dispose of their cooking oil this Thanksgiving (and really, all other days of the year), and help keep sewer lines open and functioning as they should.
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Source: Chicago Zoological SocietyIt is always kind of sad, and gross, when the ocean dumps its dead creatures on the shore, especially when the animal was a once happy dolphin. Well, we are sad to report that a dolphin has again washed up on the shores of Coney Island, according
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A gigantic round of applause is in order for the teachers and kids at MS 88, Peter Rouget Middle School [http://insideschools.org/middle/browse/school/669]. Out of over 1,500 entries, the school was chosen as one of five grand prize winners in the 2013 Samsung Solve for
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Source: Hunter O’Eeils via Wikimedia CommonsThe fight against the waste transfer station [/assemblyman-william-colton-fights-to-block-a-waste-transfer-station-from-moving-into-bensonhurst/] situated in Gravesend Bay has come full circle for neighborhood activist Dorothy Mortman.The 87-year-old Mortman was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago. Given that she has no cancer in her family, she believes it
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Source: Environmental Protection Agency via Wikimedia CommonsLast Thursday marks the adoption of a bill that would force plant operators to tell the public if and when municipal sewage is spilled into New York’s bodies of water. This is great news for Sheepshead Bay and the surrounding areas as this
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The following op-ed was written by Steve Barrison. Barrison is the president of Bay Improvement Group and executive vice president of the Small Business Congress of New York City. The op-ed was written in response to the Department of Sanitation’s claim that Big Belly automatic solar-powered trash compactors were
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Above is a map from the District Attorney’s office showing the reach of the sewage from leaking pipes along Knapp Street and Harkness Avenue. The authorities used green dye to track the source of the leak and its reach. Eight people and four businesses – including TGI Fridays and United
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Pizza left on sidewalk, E 18 St. (Photo by Ray Johnson)This pizza and an unknown decoction in an olive jar was seen on the sidewalk on East 18 Street, between Avenue Y and Avenue X. Leftover pizza for breakfast can be a real treat, but this Thursday morning leftover