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Source: WikipediaLove your library? Whether your go-to branch is the Sheepshead Bay Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/sheepshead-bay] (2636 East 14th Street), Homecrest Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/homecrest] (2525 Coney Island Avenue), or the Kings Bay Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kings-bay] (3650 Nostrand Avenue), you
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Photo by fesch_markt [http://websta.me/p/1068426453510007173_1143606545]Below you’ll find subway changes over the weekend on the F and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back here Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.info/]. F Line > No
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The property owned by Chase Bank at 2909 West 17th Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Coney Island has made significant progress this year stitching together the neighborhood’s broken pieces after they were shattered by Superstorm Sandy. The Ida G. Israel Community Health Center reopened this summer [/coney-island-celebrates-return-health-center-destroyed-sandy/], renovations
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)A real estate tycoon who went after a local blogger [/stephen-s-jemal-cyber-bully/] over revelations he had been sued by investors [/riviera-developer-getting-sued/] involved in his developments in Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach and Mill Basin has been forced
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Cops believe 31-year-old Raji Wilson is responsible for a rape and robbery in Coney Island. (Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops put the cuffs this morning on the 31-year-old man wanted for raping a Coney Island woman at gunpoint in the stairwell of her apartment building and then committing another
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A police car outside the 61st Precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The 61st Precinct Community Council will hold its monthly meeting tonight at 7:30pm in the YDE School located at 2533 Coney Island Avenue, near Gravesend Neck Road. The meeting provides an opportunity to meet with the precinct’
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The building at 2801 Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)An Emmons Avenue developer has agreed to pay $124,000 and place all of its building’s apartments under rent stabilization after an investigation by the state Attorney General determined the property had been improperly benefiting from a lucrative
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Checkers opened for Business Tuesday. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) After three years of waiting, and several false alarms [http://www.theconeyislandblog.com/?p=936] about opening day being just around the corner, the Coney Island Checkers finally made its debut Tuesday on Surf Avenue. The Florida-based burger chain — known
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Cops believe 31-year-old Raji Wilson is responsible for a rape and robbery in Coney Island. (Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops have released the name and photo of the man they believe raped a Coney Island woman at gunpoint Sunday and then committed an armed robbery an hour later. Police
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