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The construction site at 1501 Voorhies Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Emergency responders closed down a section of Voorhies Avenue for an hour Tuesday morning after a pile driver collapsed at the construction site for the proposed 28-story tower beside the Sheepshead Bay subway station. The FDNY says first
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Graffiti on the vacant storefront on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Sheepshead Bites)The anti-commie crusader who has been harassing local politicians appears to have struck again — this time scrawling a belligerent and homophobic message on the window of a vacant storefront on Sheepshead Bay Road. A tipster sent us a
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(Photo: Friends of the Sheepshead Bay library [https://www.facebook.com/sheepsheadbaylibrary/photos/a.841498645919139.1073741888.630539527015053/841516319250705/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected
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Photo by dragonpreneurl [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/8134141527/] via FlickrCongressman Dan Donovan announced a district-wide app challenge as part of the U.S. House of Representatives’ focus on advancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education today. Students (ages 13 and up) of all backgrounds and skill levels
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The report found there are two sex offenders living in the Marlboro Houses. (Source: Google Maps)Elected officials railed against NYCHA Monday for allowing registered sex offenders to to live illegally in public housing. Following a report released last week that found the number of convicted sex offenders living in
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Source: changeschanging / FlickrPolice arrested the MTA bus driver who struck and killed a 62-year-old woman last week while she was crossing the street at Avenue Z and East 17th Street. The NYPD announced Monday that the driver, 52-year-old Wayne Alman, has been charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian.
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(Photo: Bruce Handy [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208612480779611&set=a.1077249661615.14122.1537445879&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get in the holiday spirit by checking out the Christmas lights in Dyker Heights or go to Fort Hamilton
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https://youtu.be/85dSRJ4d1lA Police have released a video showing the man they believe shot three people outside a Mill Basin bowling alley earlier this month. Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance identifying him. As we reported last week [/drive-by-shooting-injures-three-outside-mill-basin-bowling-alley/], after a dispute on December 12 outside the
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Photo by buddabong [http://instagram.com/p/vaPgUbzQIi/?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. B Line > Brighton Beach-bound B trains make local
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A police cruiser outside the field house in Kaiser Park, where the donations were stolen. (Photo: Will Caruso)Community groups and city agencies came to the rescue after a thieves ransacked the offices of a Coney Island charity and made off with donations for the group’s holiday toy and
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