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Arts & Culture

MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Three Bensonhurst Subway Stations

(Courtesy: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/7488701704/in/photolist-cpKy7C-mXEwG9-fr7WZ-aFxKme-gVo4MU-dCaifZ-8hwxkh-kAoV6H-8svPsD-ftTdFM-7vkab8-f7znz-bkWF4r-9bKBwQ-6Hf8g7-8hwxeu-bDx9b2-pVZiby-4F7atP-8AzhB4-asdxZx-HbzHM-8hwxhd-6z2eiq-dwBx7C-asfWX5-8J3Zsq-DcLD7b-bDx9bg-asgaNY-9KWoJK-7zBkMv-83zxqq-aasdx84-frbku-xdX6u-asdmtR-asg9Yb-asdggR-dq1s4F-6Wzo2q-e9vUfD-zoFqD-5eAmgo-5evX1c-e9vUpR-XhqEQ-c2bF27-hw8xD-asdyh4] )Do you have what it takes to hav

Health

NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island Provides Breastfeeding Support For Mothers (Sponsored)

Courtesy of ShutterstockNYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island has an incredibly diverse population that makes culturally competent care for new mothers an essential. The hospital’s Breastfeeding Coordinator, Karen McGratty informs an estimated 100 new moms a month about the benefits of breastfeeding and why it’s the optimal choice for

Announcements

Deutsch’s Senior Scam Education Bill Passed In City Council

Photo via Councilmember Chaim Deutsch.Councilmember Chaim Deutsch’s Senior Scam Education bill [/deutsch-bill-would-protect-seniors-from-telephone-scams/] passed unanimously through City Council and was signed into law on August 31st. Last week, Deutsch received a phone call at his office from a 75 year-old man. Someone had called the man, and told him

News

Permits Filed For New Commercial Medical Building On Empty Lot In Gravesend

Photo via Google Maps.Permits have been filed for a new retail and medical building at 2311 West 7 St, according to Yimby. The location is currently an empty lot. Shun Wu is the property owner and Sugnam Chang’s Brooklyn-based Basic Groups Corp is the architect. The proposed project

Arts & Culture

Morning Mug: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” — Winston Churchill

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

Announcements

What It Takes To Make It In Brooklyn (Sponsored)

Hundreds of Brooklyn builders, founders and entrepreneurs will come together at City Point for the Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit on September 28 to connect with Brooklyn’s best and brightest across many industries who have ‘made it’ in the borough. https://vimeo.com/136831757 It’s been said

Arts & Culture

Woody Allen To Film New Movie In Coney Island Next Week

> Woody Allen Annie Hall Coney Island: pic.twitter.com/3l3zYXNWFl [https://t.co/3l3zYXNWFl] — Matt Bailey (@justMattBailey) August 25, 2016 [https://twitter.com/justMattBailey/status/768922704380620801] Woody Allen has never been known for sitting still for too long. His latest film, Café Society, is playing in Europe right now,

Police & Fire

Man Shot And Killed Down The Road From His Home

Site of the shooting. Photo via Google Maps.A man was shot and killed on East 56 Street between Avenue O and Fillmore Avenue on Thursday September 1 at around 12:30pm, according to police. Kendell Walcott, 24, was killed down the road from his home on the corner of

Arts & Culture

Morning Mug: “Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.” — Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man And The Sea

Photo by Patti Pappagallo.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

Police & Fire

Local Precincts Accept The 22 Push-Up Challenge For Veteran Suicide

Screenshot from video posted to Twitter/NYPD 60th Precinct. [https://twitter.com/NYPD60Pct/status/771737700806385664]Cops from the 60th Precinct, which covers Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Gravesend, took to the Coney Island boardwalk to record a video of them doing the 22 push-up challenge to raise awareness for veteran

News

ICYMI: This Week’s News From Sheepshead Bites

Photo via Facebook/Art & Architecture. [https://www.facebook.com/Bardia.Architecture/photos/bc.Abp98CD6nHHq_g6j6dE1A8S8knqTCqu4WWivnUEiIVeoQkfjsHkVtXdC2uy-y8Rk4HTtrp1JSyQHn-7_SX5qt8tLrIgeWap4MXtb6fkun3RnROUupPQ2a96FjAk0jvEpHDfIEV23yYgGDm83DOdogcSa/10154164259221897/?type=1&opaqueCursor=Abo0gp9QCvIRkbeoBAMjfnEQXeRtADhJlo2xpZrSQmmaxPuQ_MCjNeNfKk_SgSnU3Urx2Og0ddiLnX81-RB5EEVGK0y_c7_Vo1BG3lwKtJCkPHdoNZZVVRwYQ6i-u2cQsUUasMfYOFZ8nKaABAJEHpvyn3v4LWkdM1qlOiu9yfWL8k8nhJlCcKzUmVtcyxxZPnlF_agSdlgwp3FR2EIll

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Brooklyn News Roundup

Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2090082591217490&set=gm.535747753280823&type=3&theater] It’s been a busy week, but the long weekend is upon us! We’ve rounded up the most interesting news from our sister sites around Brooklyn. Stay up to