Events
Photo via Flickr/monkeywing.Here’s our list of great things to do in and around the neighborhood — spooky and not so spooky — this weekend: Parent’s Happy Hour [/calendar/#event|parents-happy-hour|129186] When: Friday, October 28, 5pm-7pm Where: Werkstatt, 509 Coney Island Ave What: Parents, bring your kids to
News
Creative rendition of a gangster. Photo via Flickr/Max Borge.The man who brokered a deal between a Brighton Beach Russian mobster and the man he was hired to kill [/reputed-russian-mob-boss-arrested-for-murder-for-hire-plot/] pleaded guilty to the extortion charges yesterday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Boris Kotlyarsky, 68, confessed
Business
Photo via zhenry49 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIs16nrjZTf/?tagged=schoolbuses&hl=en]As first reported by DNAInfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161027/red-hook/school-bus-strike-nyc] and other news outlets, roughly 900 city school bus drivers and attendants voted to authorize a strike Wednesday night after rejecting a proposed
Announcements
Photo via festedicompleannobimbi [https://instagram.com/p/9bD-xGPmUs/?tagged=halloweenkids]A lot of us grew up hearing those terrifying Halloween tales about kids trick or treating. The poisoned candy. The razor blades. The scary people in that house. Urban myths or not, parents get concerned on this mischievous holiday. While
Arts & Culture
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Holidays
BROOKLYN, October 29, 2016 – The Prospect Park Alliance invites all the local boys and ghouls to test their bravery at the 37th Annual Halloween Haunted Walk and Fair [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/2016/10/29#halloween-prospect-park-2016] ! On Saturday, October 29, from 12 to 3 pm, this cherished annual
Arts & Culture
Still from The French ConnectionSeasoned reporter, blogger [http://thickblog.blogspot.com/], and author of the recently published crime novel Born Speaking Lies [http://www.robertlenihan.com/about-the-book], Bay Ridge native Rob Lenihan wrote up this quiz in conjunction with the release of his book. The quiz proves Lenihan to be
Health
The proposed location of the group home. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. Theresa Scavo, the Chairperson of Community Board 15, received a letter on October 3 from the Women’s League Community Residences (WLCR) [http://www.womensleague.org/] regarding a group home that they intend to install at 1730 East
News
Photo screenshot from Google Maps.The big-name developer Sergey Rybak’s [/?s=rybak] Manhattan Beach home, at 239 Beaumont St, was the center of debate at the Community Board 15 meeting last night. Rybak filed for a special permit to go beyond the zoning variance of the floor ratio of
Arts & Culture
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Police & Fire
Photo screenshot from Google Maps.There was a scene of major disarray [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/26/worker-trapped-at-water-treatment-plant/] at the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant [/?s=coney+island+wastewater+treatment+plant] on Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay this afternoon. A worker at the plant fell into a 35-foot-deep
Announcements
Community Board 15. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The monthly Community Board 15 meeting [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb15/downloads/pdf/agendas/2016/agenda_10_26_16_board_meeting.pdf] is tonight, and some exciting things are going to be discussed. You don’t want to miss it. The