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“Elliot Gould was filming a movie on 86th Street,” Manno said of this cover. Courtesy of Frank MannoIn a different age of news media and Brooklyn, there was the original incarnation of The Brooklyn Graphic. Old timers will remember the newspaper for its hyper-local southern Brooklyn beat, and for being
Education
Photo via Flickr/NYC Water.Jamaica Bay [/?s=jamaica+bay] used to be blanketed with oysters. This was long before all the dredging, pollution, and erosion caused them to become functionally extinct. Oysters are an essential tool in establishing a healthy and diverse marine ecosystem. [http://twistedsifter.com/2014/10/
Police & Fire
Screenshot from Google Maps.A 20-year-old man perished this morning after climbing and falling off of a fence behind William E. Grady High School in Brighton Beach. The incident occurred this morning near Brighton 4th St and Brighton 4th Road at around 7:45am, according to police. A witness told
Arts & Culture
Photo from Bella Karas.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
Arts & Culture
Photo by Joseph De La Cruz.Deanna Maffeo was analyzing her own artwork in the Avant Garde [http://avantgardeles.com/], a hip art gallery in lower Manhattan, as visitors admired her oil paintings, pointing out the detail in her depiction of some retro video game cartridges. Maffeo has a child-like
Food & Drink
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead BitesThe Sunflower Cafe is located at 1223 Quentin Rd and Kings Highway. They offer a wide array of fresh and delicious kosher Israeli food. The atmosphere in Sunflower is very relaxed with light rock Hebrew ballads playing softly over the chatter of people who are
Announcements
Photo via Google MapsOn Monday, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced that the Coney Island DMV Office at 2875 West 8th Street will temporarily close for “extensive renovations” beginning this Friday, October 21. The renovations will “increase modernization and efficiency at the facility”, according to a press
Education
Photo via an anonymous source.Posters that appeared to be recruiting supporters of the terrorist organization, Hamas, were plastered on the Brooklyn College [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/home.php] campus Monday morning. The poster shows what looks to be a terrorist fighter holding an assault rifle, and wearing
Arts & Culture
Photo by George Burshteyn.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
News
Graph via RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn]With just 20 days to go before the election, New York-based data-driven real estate startup RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn] has mapped out Brooklyn’s share of donors for presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by
Arts & Culture
Photo via Flickr/Fredrik Rubensson.Sheepshead Bites will begin showcasing works of fiction and poetry from local writers on the weekends. If you’re a writer and want to see your work published, here is the chance! We will be publishing short stories no longer that 2,000 words, so
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Source: mikey k/flickrLyubov Gorbunova, 58, was murdered by her son, Roman, 21, on September 27. Two days later, he used Uber to transport his mother’s body, packed in a body bag and garbage can, to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Ten days later, on Saturday, October 8, her body was