Animals
A shark sighting near the Steeplechase Pier [/coney-island-beach-closed-shark-sighting/]in Coney Island on Tuesday has prompted local animal rights activists to send a clear warning to fishers: leave fish alone. PETA [http://www.peta.org/] will fly a banner along the Coney Island coast on Saturday between noon and 1pm, when
Health
Dr. Ram Raju, President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/hhc/html/home/home.shtml], announced a new public awareness campaign this week designed to promote the health care services that are most utilized by New Yorkers aged 12 to 21 at neighborhood centers in the
News
A bus stopping at the corner of Fort Greene Place and Lafayette Avenue. (Photo by Mitchell Trinka)Transit advocates have rolled out a new drive to improve NYC’s buses and their ridership. Elected officials and activists introduced a busload of new ideas during a call to adopt the recommendations
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The “preferred” alternative proposed by NYC Parks for the comfort stations. The original site is in blue. (Source: NYC Parks)A comfort station that originally caused outcry [/brighton-bathrooms/] when it was going to be built in front of the Oceana condominiums in Brighton Beach is now a cause for alarm
Announcements
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history
2637, 2639 East 19th Street then and now. Historical Photo courtesy of Joseph Ditta.Sheepshead Bay used to be a vacationer’s destination for escaping the brutal city summer heat, according to a series of photos released by Joseph Ditta on Gravesend Gazette. [https://gravesendgazette.com/2016/07/17/summering-in-sheepshead-bay/
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The 28-story residential tower, located at 1501 Voorhies Avenue, rises above the Sheepshead Bay subway platform. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The topography of Sheepshead Bay — like almost every other New York neighborhood — is rapidly changing. What was once a sleepy fishing village characterized by low-slung bungalows [/blast-from-the-past-rockaway-bungalows/] and seaside
Business
(Photo: Mike Mozart / Flickr) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/14935876701/]By Megan McGibney Earlier this month, it was announced that the superstore chain Target will be coming to Kings Highway [/bullseye-target-signs-lease-for-new-store-on-kings-highway/]. This is the latest national chain establishment to come to this thoroughfare, following TJ Maxx, Starbucks and Chipolte.
Food & Drink
Gelato at Coney’s Cones. (Photo: Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html])Looking to make your mark in Coney Island? How about creating you own signature gelato flavor? Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html], located at 1023 Boardwalk West, near Luna Park, is accepting submissions from
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookFor a second time [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/09/pamela-harris-wins-democratic-nomination-for-brook-krasnys-assembly-seat/#.V449o5MrLos] , Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has won the endorsements of the Working Families Part y(WFP) and 1199 United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU) — one of the largest healthcare union in the nation — this time in
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