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Two Elderly Brooklyn Pedestrians Killed Crossing Streets this Week

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK/SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Two women, a 75-year-old and an 80-year-old, are dead after being struck by cars while crossing the street. Only one driver was arrested. On Friday, December 13 at around 10:24 p.m., a man driving a 2010 Toyota Rav 4 was headed

Sheepshead Bay Is Not the Next High-Rise Hipster Haven

Avalon Brooklyn Bay, a 30-story tower with units for rent and for purchase, looks over the water of Sheepshead Bay from Voorhies Avenue and Sheepshead Bay Road. November 1, 2019. Theresa Gaffney/BklynerSHEEPSHEAD BAY — A behemoth looms over Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, its shadow falling over the rickety elevated

10 Great Spots for Thanksgiving Dinner in Brooklyn

Thanksgiving can be stressful. Cooking in a too-small kitchen, worrying if the turkey will dry out, running out of wine, cleaning up after too many people. Luckily, this is Brooklyn, and all of that is optional. These 10 places are all serving Thanksgiving dinner this year — sans doing dishes. Meadowsweet

Beloved Baku Bakery Prospers at New Sheepshead Bay Location

Exterior of Baku Bakery. Irina Groushevaia/Bklyner.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – It is not often that a business in New York gets a second chance, but Baku Bakery, a beloved neighborhood staple, beat the odds. The bakery served neighbors for over 20 years at 1972 86th Street in Bensonhurst but was forced

Driver Arrested and Charged in Traffic Crash that Killed Woman in Sheepshead Bay

Sheryl Augustine, 66, of New Paltz was crossing Ocean Ave. at Emmons Ave. just before 5pm on October 16, when a driver made a right turn from Emmons onto Ocean Ave. and struck her, killing her, and making her the fourth elderly resident to be killed in Sheepshead Bay this

Elderly Neighbor Killed in Sheepshead Bay Hit and Run

SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Yesterday afternoon as I was writing about a dramatic increase in recent traffic fatalities [/stop-killing-us-now/], another elderly neighbor was killed while crossing a street. And while we can argue whether 60-year-olds are elderly, the yet to be identified victim is the youngest of those killed in Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Celebrates 50 Years With A Renovated Facility

Assemblywoman Weinstein helps hold the ribbon as Councilmember Deutsch, Public Advocate Williams and Ms. Lipschitz and Mr. Kahan get ready to cut.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Yesterday afternoon, September 18th, local state and city officials and other dignitaries gathered at the Sheepshead Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to

Openings and Closings: New Standouts

This week’s openings and closings are full of new places from old standouts. A restaurant returns after a 15-year closure, Williamsburg gains a new beer garden, but loses a popular chocolate shop. Clinton Hill Cap’t Loui413 Myrtle Avenue between Vanderbilt and Clinton Avenues. > [https://www.instagram.com/

il Fornetto Celebrates 20 Years in Sheepshead Bay

SHEEPSHEAD BAY – This August will be twenty years since Angelo Viscoso gave up on a career in engineering and opened il Fornetto [https://www.ilfornettorestaurant.com] on Emmons Avenue – continuing his family’s tradition of serving good food to good neighbors. Angelo Viscoso, owner of Il Fornetto on Emmons Avenue,

8 Hurt In School Bus Crash In Sheepshead Bay

A child is examined for injuries after the school bus crash on Avenue T. (Photo by Todd Maisel).SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Eight people, including six children, were treated for injuries when a car broad-sided their school bus this morning in Sheepshead Bay. The driver was picking up children on the way