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(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites]
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Photo by Michael GoldsteinAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Transgender man pummeled by group of attackers on 9th Street. [http:
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Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Sheepshead Bay apartment listings — take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck in your search! 2645 Homecrest Ave. Apt 2A (Sponsored) [http://www.exitallseasons.com/real-estate/
Police & Fire
A police cruiser parked outside the 61st precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Now that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/05/26-drivers-ticketed-parking-legal-20th-avenue-spot-map/#.Vz9T_5MrKSM] thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their
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Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)The Coney Island man convicted for the 2013 Christmas Eve shooting [/coney-island-man-convicted-shooting-teen-dog-christmas-eve/] that killed a teen and wounded his dog has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced. The murder allegedly stemmed from a weeks-long
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)The Manhattan Beach couple whose three-quarter house business was the subject of a New York Times investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/nyregion/three-quarter-housing-a-choice-for-recovering-addicts-or-homelessness.html?_r=0] have been indicted for Medicaid fraud
Announcements
Photo via airbnb Brooklyn Half [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynHalfMarathon/photos/a.566841023350615.1073741828.562015433833174/981318881902825/?type=3&theater] Time to lace’m up! Or cheer on the runners doing the lacing. The Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon [http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/airbnb-brooklyn-half] takes off at 7am this
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Kate Cucco. (Photo: Kate Cucco [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10106589644097325&set=a.10100252869529355.2833944.12400090&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Bay Ridge community activist Kate Cucco, the chief of staff for former Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, announced her candidacy this week to represent the 46th Assembly
Health
Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)The Medical Examiner’s office determined Coney Island Hospital botched the diagnosis of a Brooklyn grandmother who died in their care earlier this year, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-grandmother-died-meningitis-misdiagnosis-article-1.2640731] . An autopsy concluded 47-year-old Grisel