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Events

Weekend Events Roundup: Free Movie, Food Drives, Flea Markets, And More

Photo via Flickr/Marco. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/scatto_felino/15870148015/in/photolist-qboE6D-4nBuzz-6nWp7e-8BoSCZ-8ABq5T-bxj9Gf-8zSPMy-2h3L3g-8k9XFc-df5SN7-4C3QbQ-dKnqm5-4SnbVb-9JKQc6-4Duwpj-8G6NKC-6zCeMZ-dtgPFT-4mMF5P-acqLDG-denqkW-px4Chk-4Dqgde-6vWJcs-8kTbtT-8fxJYm-4Dqgkn-5AJRhc-Cnyi1F-9PBurq-5AJRkK-73wd3M-pevp2p-irL7vV-oj1U7Y-ABaLS-bJd62c-6GTZG3-Kijhu-6KtGnh-5YFpPT-p3GyK4-pTGdFE-pTGhrL-pTPV5c-5AP7wA-apGSnK-qLk1ks-oVUrSP-oTSzvw] Here’s our list of great things to do in and around the n

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Expensive Bill Brown Park Construction Delayed Until The Spring

The current comfort station at Bill Brown Park as seen from Bedford Avenue. Photo via Google Maps.It’s been over a year and a half, and Bill Brown park still doesn’t have its multi-million dollar bathroom. We last reported on the park’s project [/the-bill-brown-park-getting-pumped-with-2-6-million-for-new-bathroom/] when it was

Arts & Culture

Morning Mug: “Act The Way You’d Like To Be And Soon You’ll Be The Way You Act.” — Leonard Cohen

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

Events

“Follow Your Heart” To Disney On Ice At Barclays

Disney On Ice presents “Follow Your Heart” [http://www.disneyonice.com/ticket-info/Follow-Your-Heart/110715]will be at the Barclays Center [/?s=barclays+center] (620 Atlantic Avenue) from November 9 until November 13 [http://www.barclayscenter.com/events/detail/disney-on-ice-presents-follow-your-heart-2016] . This will mark the on-ice debut of Disney properties like Finding

Police & Fire

Sheepshead Pedophile Brought To Task

Robert Drach. Photo via District Attorney’s office.The family of the little girl he tried to kidnap has a lot to be thankful for this coming Thanksgiving. Robert Drach, 39, of Sheepshead Bay, was allegedly walking to his friend’s house on June 11, 2015, at around 7am, when

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Zero Waste Fall Leaf Collection Begins This Weekend

(Photo via annanovv [https://www.instagram.com/p/vULKyEsLH4/?modal=true] / Instagram)This weekend, the NYC Department of Sanitation [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSNY-2016-Leaf-Collection.pdf] is collecting your fallen leaves for composting, which they will use to support street trees and parks. Composting is part of

Police & Fire

Chunk Of Brighton Beach/Coney Island Russian Mob Arrested

Photo by Raisa Chernina.A serious dent was made in a notorious Russian crime syndicate that operated out of Brighton Beach and Coney Island yesterday when nine members of the Eastern European gang, Thieves in Law, were arrested, according to U.S Attorney Robert L. Capers. The nine “Thieves” are

Arts & Culture

Morning Mug: “It’s Not What You Look At That Matters, It’s What You See.” — Henry David Thoreau

Photo by Bella Karas.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

News

Election Results For South Brooklyn, 2016

Photo courtesy e.ann.s / InstagramHere are the winning candidates in yesterday’s historic election. Candidate for President / Vice President Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/ny/en/ballot/election/44-fcc614/address/null/zip/11218/contests/contest/12806/candidate/129869] (Republican) Across Brooklyn, 595,086 voters

Police & Fire

Sheepshead Bay And Brighton Beach Split In Half Over Presidential Election

An interactive map from DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/numbers/clinton-trump-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-nyc?utm_source=Brooklyn+Breaking+News&utm_campaign=a4e204c48e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c71c0605aa-a4e204c48e-135706633] allows you to see how each election district voted in the city for last night’

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National Divisions Apparent In Southern Brooklyn After Election

Photo via Flickr/DavidDonald Trump came out on top in this historically crass election, and all of the pundits are speaking about the divisions in our country as if it was any news to anyone. Simply judging by the reactions by neighbors to this shift in power, Sheepshead Bay, and

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From Susan B. Anthony To Hillary Clinton — Women’s Historic Fight For Representation

Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote