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A still from YouTube user Saul W’s video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS1Qyk1WIwc] of Hurricane Sandy destruction in Sea Gate immediately following the stormOn Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/862-16/mayor-de-blasio-signs-legislation-expediting-build-it-back-construction-work] introduced by Council Member Mark
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(Photo courtesy Prospect_ Park / Instagram)New Yorkers have a new way to learn about our urban landscape just in time for the last hurrah of the autumn leaves. The NYC Parks Department’s newest tree census data charts our urban forest on a micro and macro scale, so we can
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Photo via Army Corps of Engineers.The deadline to give input to the Army Corps of Engineers is November 17, but local politicians are pushing for it to be extended until the end of the year. Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz and other pols penned a letter to Colonel David A. Caldwell,
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Photo via District Attorney’s office.The man who stabbed another man in the chest [/brighton-beach-man-convicted-murder/] as he tried to flee the conflict was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Monday, November 7, according to the Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Jonathan Mansilla, 26, tried to
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Photo by Kathy Kalayci.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
Photo by Katia Nunes.Here is our weekly roundup of events and goings on around the neighborhood this week. You can find a complete list in our events calendar. We also encourage everyone to add events to the calendar to help get the word out! Karaoke at Cats on the
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Photo via DCPI.The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist [http://stjohnbrooklyn.com/] in Sheepshead Bay was the victim of a heartless robbery last week but the injustices were quickly amended, according to police. It happened on Thursday last week when a man walked into the church, at 2016 Voorhies
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Photo via DCPI.Hopefully, no children were on board at the same time as this creep. Police are looking for the man who exposed himself on a northbound B train on Thursday, October 20, at around 8pm. It happened in the vicinity of E 15 Street, and Sheepshead Bay Road,
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Aerial photo of Coney Island Creek via the New York City Economic Development Corporation.A representative from the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed that the City could have done a better job alerting area residents about illegal sewage dumping that created unsafe water conditions in Coney Island Creek this
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Photo by Katia Nunes.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
Photo via Flickr/Nicolas Alejandro. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nalejandro/15819387028/in/photolist-q6UuCd-66eevA-gG5VM5-pTp2A-r1RY1h-66eejf-5G9s2S-66eeDj-dTNsQ-53JUcp-qqA76H-pCXMjN-rRhda-nsAL3-nsAKW-nsB7d-bbzT9B-nsB7i-6fV9D7-dFCJm-oJQFND-nnUQXi-rRh4t-54qBds-nsB7e-uotWr-nsB7g-nsB7j-64QCRZ-pXZfDc-bbzSDH-4C3rws-dChaeF-nsB7h-cZyuLY-7MUh3r-nsByJ-5nAX6Y-odgodj-d2APdo-7Pd16Q-3LiGWZ-qzgp54-669ZrK-66eets-bJK3Wv-66eeoA-p1eQcZ-dW1FJi-8pARns/] It’s been another eventful week in Sheepshead Bay, and the s
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This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Madelyn Krystal Hill, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flickr/Kasia.Without a Map by Madelyn Krystal Hill Hearts dance to the music of spark-lit eyes Minds know what