Health
Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Cops are pulling more guns off the street as they respond the the growing heroin epidemic in Sheepshead Bay. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting Wednesday, Captain Winston Faison reported his officers
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Police are searching for a missing teenage girl who was last seen Tuesday morning at Sheepshead Bay High School. Authorities say 15-year-old Melissa Beaubrun, who lives at the Sheepshead Bay Houses, has been missing for more than two days. She was last spotted at 7am
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Business
Dumpling King’s new sign at their storefront at 2017 Avenue U. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A new Chinese restaurant made its debut on Avenue U Wednesday — and the owners have big shoes to fill. Dumpling King opened at 2017 Avenue U, near the intersection with East 21st Street,
Health
Dan Foster standing beside Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, right, and Borough President Eric Adams. (Photo by Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office)Gerritsen Beach colon cancer survivor Dan Foster was honored at Borough Hall last week for his longtime advocacy and fundraising to support others fighting the disease. Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz
Announcements
THERE WAS A TIME when the world was full of beauty and wonder. When heroes split mountains and swam with dragons. When divine beings walked the earth and emperors ruled under the will of heaven. When people lived in harmony with the universe and believed in a connection between all
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The B&B Carousell in Coney Island. (Photo: Charley Lhasa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/charleylhasa/9729128502/] / Flickr)Coney Island’s B&B Carousell has been officially added to the National Register of Historic Places, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday. The recognition allows the historic structure, brought to
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for a man who allegedly snatched a wallet containing $1,700 in cash after a diner dropped it on the floor at the Sheepshead Bay T.G.I. Friday’s last month, PIX 11 reports [http://pix11.com/2016/03/08/man-snatches-diners-wallet-containing-1700-from-floor-of-t-g-i-fridays-nypd/
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News
The apartment building at 2220 Burnett Street. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was called to a Gerritsen Beach apartment building Tuesday morning after a worker discovered a grenade inside a storage box containing other WWII relics, according to police. Officer were called to the residence, a co-op
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(Photo: Senator Chuck Schumer [https://www.facebook.com/chuckschumer/photos/a.440124729406.239210.15771239406/477565004406/?type=3&theater] / FacebookSenator Chuck Schumer says the Department of Justice must make it a “top priority” to extradite a man from Australia wanted for the brutal 2009 murder of a Brighton Beach shopkeeper.
Events
Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Got a gripe about public safety issues in your neighborhood? Tomorrow is your chance to meet with top brass at the 61st Precinct, Sheepshead Bay’s station house, and make your voice heard. The precinct’