Food & Drink
El Mexicano Restaurante’s burrito. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Sometimes, the best way to stay warm during a cold snap is to hunker down with a meaty sandwich. Neighbors in Sheepshead Bay already have a few favorites to fight the winter chills — the roast beef
Food & Drink
Courtesy of Fiorentino’sFine Italian food is about to become a little scarcer in Gravesend. Fiorentino’s Ristorante [http://fiorentinosristorante.com/] (313 Avenue U), an authentic, no-frills Italian spot on Avenue U known for its generous helpings of red sauce-drenched pasta, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday
Neighbors
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Community Board 15 member Mitchell Shpelfogel, heir to a family real-estate fortune, is being sued by his former houseworker for unpaid wages, according to court documents posted online [http://www.scribd.com/doc/294291080/Mitchell-Shpelfogel]
Police & Fire
Photo by Robert S [https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniepicso/]Safety advocated are hailing a new law, sponsored by Senator Marty Golden and Assemblyman James Brennan, as an important tool in protecting commuters and MTA workers from crime and sexual assault. The bill, signed into law this week by Governor
News
> Sounding off on one of the most ridiculous anti-gun schemes introduced in some time: https://t.co/nDt77l6OuQ pic.twitter.com/JI86OQ5HI0 [https://t.co/JI86OQ5HI0] — Americas1stFreedom (@NRAA1F) January 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NRAA1F/status/684029853054570496] After an NRA-sponsored publication tweeted a photo of state Senator Roxanne Persaud
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https://youtu.be/kipxoCROXIM Thousands splashed into the ice-cold Atlantic New Year’s Day for the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. The event has become a staple New Year’s tradition in Brooklyn since the Coney Island Polar Bear Club was founded 112 years [/history-coney-islands-112-year-old-polar-bear-club/] ago by a by
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Rybak Development [/?s=rybak], the company that demolished the El Greco Diner [/demolished-el-greco-diner-torn-down-to-make-way-for-condo-development-photos/] to make way for a seven-story condominium building, says it hopes the development will be completed in the Fall of 2017 and has released a new video showing what the swanky structure will look like along the
Events
(Photo: Friends of the Sheepshead Bay Library [https://www.facebook.com/sheepsheadbaylibrary/photos/a.843632762372394.1073741889.630539527015053/843632612372409/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected
Police & Fire
15-year-old Destiny Garcia is accused of murdering her mother and mother’s boyfriend. (Photo: Destiny Garcia [https://www.facebook.com/julisa.guzman.10?fref=ts] / Facebook)The 15-year-old girl accused of killing two people, including her own mother, at the Sheepshead Bay Houses was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court just
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Police & Fire
(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Police charged a 15-year-old girl with murder after she allegedly confessed to gunning down two people [/15-year-old-girl-taken-into-custody-after-cops-find-two-bullet-riddled-bodies-at-the-sheepshead-bay-houses/] , including her mother, in an apartment at the Sheepshead Bay Houses last week. The NYPD announced Monday that the teen, Destiny Garcia, who lived in the apartment with her