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I believe in the Loch Ness Monster for the same reason I believe in the ability to find a great deal in Brooklyn real estate. Why not? Troy turned out to be real. You have to hold on to hope. Here are some sightings. (Courtesy V Leung)2530 East 17th
Arts & Culture
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Screenshot from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53931969/?terms=sheepshead%2Bbay]Would you believe that Sheepshead Bay residents used to exert a significant amount of their effort in pushing for wealthy real estate developers to invest in the neighborhood? Well it’s true, according to
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Screenshot from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53931969/?terms=sheepshead%2Bbay]Would you believe that Sheepshead Bay residents used to exert a significant amount of their effort in pushing for wealthy real estate developers to invest in the neighborhood? Well it’s true, according to
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(Photo courtesy white mountains / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKT8cyChafu/?tagged=applepicking])What better way to celebrate the beginning of fall than to get out of the city and enjoy New York’s state fruit right from the tree? We’ve rounded up 17 apple orchards within a two-hour
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Photo via Google Maps.The anticipated arrival of the Fairway supermarket, which recently came out of bankruptcy, in Bergen Beach has put the quiet neighborhood in the eyes of other popular businesses and developers, according to a report by Crain’s New York. [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160913/REAL_
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326 Avenue U in its current state. Photo by Christopher Bride via PropertyShark The strip of Avenue U between McDonald Avenue and West Street is set to get its tallest building yet, according to applications filed [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=321196736&passdocnumber=01]
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Photo by Yuriy Semenov.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
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Photo via DCPI.A 62 year-old Chinese immigrant woman was scammed out of $65,000 in cash and $20,000 in jewelry in what is called the “blessing scam,” said the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. On July 29, Yan Chen, 46, and Yuqub Liang, 57, engaged the elderly victim
Food & Drink
The WOW Cafe & Grill, at 12 Brighton 11 St near Cass Place, is a quaint and comfortable restaurant in a quiet corner of Brighton Beach. Eggs benedict with salmon. Photo by Sheepshead Bites/Sean EganOnce called the Passion Juice Cafe, the WOW cafe changed ownership in May, but kept
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Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. The next time to vote will be the November 8 general elections. Here are all of your local
Health
(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.