sheepshead bay yacht club

A Visual Guide To Emmons Avenue’s Yacht And Boating Clubs

The bar at the Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club (Photo by Elise Feinstein)While many bemoan the loss of fishing boats and bait-and-tackle shops along Emmons Avenue, three boating clubs on the strip have maintained the area’s waterfront traditions for as long as 140 years. Behind their tall fences are

3076 emmons ave

FEMA To Close All Brooklyn Disaster Centers Except One

Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club, site of a DRC that will close on Saturday.FEMA announced today that they will close all but one of Brooklyn’s Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC), with the last day being this Saturday, February 16. Here’s part of an e-mail blast they sent out today:

sheepshead bay yacht club

Photo: Local Captures Terrifying Cloud As Storm Rolls Into Sheepshead Bay

When the Mayans scheduled the end of the world for 2012, they must have caught a glimpse of the photo above. Reader David Janicki caught this haunting photo of the ominous black storm that rolled over Sheepshead Bay yesterday evening, dumping several inches of rain on the neighborhood. He was

concerts

Tomorrow: Old School Rockin’ At The Yacht Club

A set of about a half dozen bands will be rocking out at the Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club this Saturday for the 19th Annual Holiday Reunion. The show is put together every first Saturday after New Years by Sheepshead Bay native and BCAT producer Ralph Favilla. The concerts are a

bcat

Annual Music Showcase At Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club

A set of about a half dozen bands will be rocking out at the Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club this Saturday for the 18th Annual Holiday Reunion. The show is put together every first Saturday after New Years by Sheepshead Bay native and BCAT producer Ralph Favilla. The concerts are a

brooklyn ink

Sheepshead Bay Regatta Slideshow

Katerina Valdivieso of Columbia University’s Brooklyn Ink website tagged along with sailors to cover the Sheepshead Bay Regatta. The 12-mile race, sponsored by Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club, takes participants out to Romer Shoals lighthouse in New Jersey.Valdivieso, with the help of Captain John Johnson of the Ocean Angel,