Business
(Photo by Dan Nguyen, c/o Council Member Jumaane Williams’ Office)Last week, City Council Members introduced a bill package to curb the NYPD’s widespread use of Nuisance Abatement action. If passed, the package could restrict the decades-old law that allows police to shut down homes or businesses suspected
Animals
Photo by Jenelle BuccheriTo fish or not to fish. That is the question. There’s no question about it in Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz’s eyes when it comes to the Ocean Avenue Footbridge, according to Kings County Politics. [http://www.kingscountypolitics.com/cymbrowitz-looks-ban-fishing-off-ocean-avenue-foot-bridge/] Cymbrowitz called for an outright ban on
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The greeting card and cash Young used to try and bribe the DOI investigator. Photo via DOI.An FDNY [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/fdny/index.page] fire prevention inspector was arrested yesterday for bribing who he thought was a Department of Buildings (DOB) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/
Arts & Culture
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Photo via Raisa Chernina.You might know her from food drives around the holidays or from celebrating grandmothers and police officers with grandiose pageants and parties. Raisa Chernina came to the United States from Belarus in 1979 with no English skills and zero expectations, and quickly adopted this country as
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Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago
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Crews work to place sand and restore the beach at Coney Island in September, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it placed roughly 600,000 cubic yards of sand at Coney Island to replace sand lost during Superstorm Sandy and also to “restore the Coney Island project
Events
Photo via Flickr/Maurits Verbiest. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauritsverbiest/21819609355/in/photolist-zf8cFi-pAvVFm-oW22Z7-gYs8Z2-grd7Kp-e73aYa-dquygQ-aAun6k-8PnvAJ-8LcxKu-7d6BAa-5xaR2E-3KKFFL-egw3J9-dpuW1x-7bXxvJ-878gFN-Bra8DE-AyRyaL-zxFR6G-A7X8ub-Ah8aqr-zXD9VC-A72V8t-zUZdZH-zFngmN-xXcdst-yxGynS-pTHFMp-pTwPqU-pSUu3B-oVbttN-pRavoe-pxmVfX-pATwpo-oGGKQC-ny4911-hmzNw8-h9cCt6-h7H3r3-gWt4A5-bcmTJa-awKc1c-8Q3N4V-8PgrTT-8P1SHr-7bWjuW-78HMjR-5z7qim-5xpVds] Here is our weekly roundup of events and g
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Photo via Flickr/Adobe StockIt’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: First official notice sent out to
Arts & Culture
This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Zhanna Averbukh, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flick/Mario Mancuso.Don’t look back. by Zhanna Averbukh Breathe in the scent of mown grass. Make body do an
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Photo via Flickr/Bruno Cordioli. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/br1dotcom/4375594847/in/photolist-7EE4Ut-7CYM91-2G9t1-5kBtbS-4sCi6T-8GfpGj-79CRVV-dauKJS-a9BHKZ-694d3h-a9Ew5L-eaugkd-9HyGT4-a9BK8a-9MhigZ-9MjiQd-9HByL7-a9Exho-a9Ew9h-9HyGMc-9HyGvZ-9HByE1-9dxYec-a9BJBx-7G15Hh-8yAiKk-61sAeq-a9EwFE-rABmqX-rSHdYw-pQUFW7-8NibKF-8asrsu-mA5JTP-9qixLg-qQg2AG-6Pj9FN-9LMVf8-davGUR-x2smD-8wmVes-8HGD3F-5kxhnT-9GSk2N-ejGVKb-oRFAMk-4CWHHu-a9BHTc-a9BKfc-9HBz29] We don’t expect you to keep up on all of the news thr
Holidays
‘Tis the season… for fright. With Halloween approaching, we suggest you kick back and relax with all your favorite horror classics [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS00xWnqwvI], and there’s no better place to do that than Sheepshead Bay. (Courtesy Street Easy/Victoria Radynska of Giaps Realty Group LLC