Business
Source: Google MapsA hotel is coming to a particularly ugly and industrial corner of Gravesend, reports [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/12/new-hotel-headed-for-2632-west-13th-street-in-gravesend.html] YIMBY:Developer Ankit Mehta, who purchased several vacant lots on West 13th Street for $1,750,000 last month, has filed plans to build the four-story
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Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/0nUQ_5tdOyg Surveillance video shows a 55-year-old Jewish man being brutally mugged on a Midwood Sidewalk early Monday morning. The Daily News identified [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/jewish-man-brutally-beaten-robbed-midwood-article-1.2478851?utm_content=buffer90f14&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer]
Events
The 2015 Polar Bear Plunge. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Ring in the New Year by watching the ball drop on the Parachute Jump in Coney Island. Then take a brisk dip with the Polar Bear’s the next day and finish the
Police & Fire
(Photo: Sean Loyless [https://www.flickr.com/photos/haggismac/5230432460/] / Flickr)Police charged a Coney Island resident with a hate crime after he allegedly chased four Pakistani men in Marine Park Saturday night while screaming “I want to see Arab blood in the streets.” The Daily News reports [http://www.
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]Below you’ll find early week Sheepshead Bay subway changes on the B, F and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back later this week to see what’s happening this weekend. F Line > Service restored at Avenue X. >
Police & Fire
(Photo: Qfamily [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dasqfamily/348368964/] / Flickr) Cops arrested the driver of white van who struck and killed a 77-year-old woman last week while she crossed Gravesend Neck Road near East 21st Street. The NYPD says 23-year-old Zafrom Ghafoor has been charged with failure to yield and
Police & Fire
Police say 81-year-old Santos Carrasquillo, left, and 59-year-old Alexey Goryunov both went missing on December 25. (Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are asking for the public’s assistance finding two men who were reported missing in southern Brooklyn on Christmas Day. The NYPD did not say the missing person
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Events
Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to ring in the New Year! Get a fresh start by recycling your holiday tree at one of the many MulchFest 2016 locations [http://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest?utm_source=CornerMedia&utm_medium=SponsoredPostAd&utm_campaign=MulchFest%
Holidays
Members of the Good Shepherd Church choir singing Christmas carols. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bites would like to wish our readers a very wonderful holiday weekend filled with delicious food, plenty of eggnog, and family and friends. If you’re staying in the city over Christmas weekend, make
Animals
Looking for birds in Marine Park. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The local volunteer and conservation groups have kicked off a multi-year project to preserve and improve Marine Park’s unique ecosystem and create new trails for hikers and birdwatchers, the Parks Department announced last week [http://www.nycgovparks.org/