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Photo provided by the NYPD.Police are searching for an opportunistic thief who swiped a wallet from a jacket hanging in an Avenue U deli last week. Cops say the suspect entered the deli, at the corner of East 16th Street, on Tuesday at noon. He reached into a jacket
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Photo provided by the NYPD.Cops are searching for a burglar who wandered the halls of a residential building on Batchelder Street last week checking for unlocked doors. He made off with a laptop and two cameras from one apartment, police say. Police say the suspect entered the building, located
Events
77th Street Station: BMT Fourth Avenue Line, January 14, 1916. (Photo: New York Transit Museum [https://www.facebook.com/nytransitmuseum/photos/a.10151190426178843.464189.89895068842/10151190426338843/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Celebrate (or grieve) the R train’s 100 birthday at The
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(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)Almost 7,000 people lost power for several hours Sunday after two power outages struck Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend. The first blackout was caused by a fallen tree limb near East 26th Street and Avenue I, a spokesperson
Business
Cricket Wireless has opened a new outpost at Avenue U and East East 17th Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A new player has entered the cellphone market on Avenue U. Cricket Wireless [https://www.cricketwireless.com/], the no-contract, wireless service provider, opened up in a corner storefront last month
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Photo by Daniel FrazerMorning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram [https:
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One of the costumed characters at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. (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
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Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bay’s station house, the 61st Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_061.shtml], came up short by a hair in having the greatest reduction in crime out of all
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The b82 bus. (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )Community leaders are concerned that a proposal to bring Select Bus Service (SBS) through Kings Highway could bring further congestion to an already cramped commercial corridor. The MTA is considering adding SBS to the B82
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Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.