Events
(Photo by Teri Brennan Photography)Last Sunday afternoon, thousands of Coney Island revelers took a leaping plunge into 2017. It was a relatively warm 48-degree winter day — which was lucky for the hoards of health nuts, veteran swimmers, and costumed characters who dove into the Atlantic Ocean for the 113th
News
Site of proposed 21-story building in Coney Island (Screenshot via Google Maps) On the last day of 2016, Red Apple Realty Group filed applications to build a 21-story, 311-unit mixed-use building on a vacant Coney Island lot, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/01/21-story-311-unit-mixed-use-tower-filed-at-3514-surf-avenue-coney-island.html] . The proposed residential
Police & Fire
Screenshot via Google MapsIn the first few days of 2017, one livery cab crash and one hit-and-run claimed the lives of two southern Brooklyn residents. Abraham Shmailov, 56, was killed in the back seat of a livery cab when an Infinity smashed into the cab at Avenue P and West
Health
If you receive Medicaid [http://www.hpsny.org/learning-center/medicaid/] benefits in New York State and are eligible for home care services, you have a couple of options to choose from. One common option is to use the services of a private home care [https://edisonhhc.com/] agency. Another popular
Health
If you receive Medicaid [http://www.hpsny.org/learning-center/medicaid/] benefits in New York State and are eligible for home care services, you have a couple of options to choose from. One common option is to use the services of a private home care [https://edisonhhc.com/] agency. Another popular
News
Dear friends and neighbors, As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging Sheepshead Bites and our other neighborhood news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [http://bklyner.com] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit on the editorial and Dina Rabiner
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a suspect who punched a clubgoer in the face at The Velvet Rope near Brighton Beach. On a Saturday night at the Velvet Rope European Club & Karaoke the suspect reportedly punched a 29-year-old man in the face before grabbing another object and hitting
Announcements
While many out-of-towners choose to crowd themselves into Times Square, real New Yorkers know that Brooklyn is hottest place to spend the coolest night of the year. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. AdamsFor the third consecutive year, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams is partnering with the Alliance for Coney
News
Photo via Flickr/Markus TrienkeIt’s been another eventful week in Sheepshead Bay, and the surrounding neighborhoods. If you were too busy to keep up on all of the news, then we have you covered with this roundup of all the goings-on around town: * Massive psychedelic drug bust in Sheepshead
News
Photo via Flickr/Serena SnowfieldWe don’t expect you to keep up on all of the news throughout Brooklyn during the busy week. That’s why we round up the greatest hits from our sister sites every Saturday morning for you! Enjoy: “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The
Holidays
Images via dover1185 / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOHqT4VDrSH/?tagged=charliebrownchristmas&hl=en] and Anna Banana / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tannesphotos/5225453389/in/photolist-8XKPeX-q2Yowd-puiA6T-qf8mdU-BSPLr7-dzSWjs-8Z3bVf-5LUbt4-dBhWHg-q9CgmD-7QwjHg-hVvqNi-4eNBzv-b91Tdz-dJUXKF-pukAv7-3yoxJH-fN9XX2-dyQ1et-q2w6sz-qrdeKp-98wWcn-dsLgEm-5GwByM-aY5cCp-otyZyT-hUPSZM-dySrNC-5LEBUb-qfVKwi-qiUamu-qcCAu3-bDMyQz-naZHWp-79H8fS-dwFxS9-irfGt4-5Lm5wJ-ehmXGe-bHcbvt-92Ssyr-ehgehu-9
Business
Photo via Google Maps.After some waiting and pushbacks, the Fairway that is set to open in Georgetown has finally nailed down a date for the ribbon cutting, and it is Wednesday, January 18, according to the Georgetown Civic Association. The ceremony will start at 8am, in the Georgetown Shopping