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New recruits from all parts of the country shown arriving at the United States Maritime Service training station in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Photogrammer [http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=owi2001045878/PP]) Sheepshead Bay was once home to the world’s largest WWII era maritime training station, according to
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Friends, family and elected officials gathered for the co-naming ceremony in honor of Ed Eisenberg. (Photo: Marty Golden [https://www.facebook.com/marty.golden.16/photos/pcb.732141463584738/732141206918097/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Family, friends, and elected officials gathered at the corner of Kensington Street and Oriental Boulevard in
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A 2-year-old was sent to the hospital in critical condition after a fire broke out in a Marine Park home. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206443108173735&set=oa.10153613325804038&type=1&theater] / MIDWOOD – FLATBUSH NEWS BLOG)The 2-year-old boy rescued from a
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Source: NYPDNineteen-year-old Dannette Davila went missing on Friday, June 12, sparking a search by friends, family and authorities. Cops are turning to the public for help in finding Davila, who was last seen around 2:45pm on Friday, near 2960 West 24th Street. Davila is described as a Hispanic female,
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Source: NYPDAuthorities and loved ones are searching for Dominico Rodriguez, a 78-year-old man who went missing near his doctor’s office located on Brighton 12th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue yesterday morning. Rodriguez was last seen at 10am on Thursday, April 9. He was wearing a black wool cap, blue
Arts & Culture
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Hrm. I wonder why Avenue Y’s overpass gets so messy. (Photo by John)The trash problem beneath the Brighton line subway overpasses in Midwood and Sheepshead Bay is finally going to get a little better after years of complaints from residents. Councilman Chaim Deutsch is sending $15,000 in
Opinion
Source: Wikimedia CommonsReader Mike N. wrote to point out what he believes is a waste of NYPD resources: catching fare-beaters on the Voorhies Avenue side of the Sheepshead Bay subway station. > Do you know that since the token booth, which became a non-selling booth, was removed from the Shore
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When looking for the right apartment, you generally want to have the front-door feature. (Source: AptsandLofts)Looking for a new place to call home? Sheepshead Bites has got you covered. Our rental roundup showcases some of the deals on the market now. If you know of a great place available
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Source: NYCUrbanScape/FlickrQ LINE All times until early summer 2014: Coney Island-bound Q trains skip Parkside Av, Beverley Rd, and Cortelyou Rd. From 10:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, Coney Island-bound Q trains run express from Newkirk Plaza to Sheepshead Bay. From 7 a.m. to
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