Business
Photo via Google Maps.The anticipated arrival of the Fairway supermarket, which recently came out of bankruptcy, in Bergen Beach has put the quiet neighborhood in the eyes of other popular businesses and developers, according to a report by Crain’s New York. [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160913/REAL_
Business
326 Avenue U in its current state. Photo by Christopher Bride via PropertyShark The strip of Avenue U between McDonald Avenue and West Street is set to get its tallest building yet, according to applications filed [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=321196736&passdocnumber=01]
Arts & Culture
Photo by Yuriy Semenov.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
Police & Fire
Photo via DCPI.A 62 year-old Chinese immigrant woman was scammed out of $65,000 in cash and $20,000 in jewelry in what is called the “blessing scam,” said the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. On July 29, Yan Chen, 46, and Yuqub Liang, 57, engaged the elderly victim
Food & Drink
The WOW Cafe & Grill, at 12 Brighton 11 St near Cass Place, is a quaint and comfortable restaurant in a quiet corner of Brighton Beach. Eggs benedict with salmon. Photo by Sheepshead Bites/Sean EganOnce called the Passion Juice Cafe, the WOW cafe changed ownership in May, but kept
News
Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. The next time to vote will be the November 8 general elections. Here are all of your local
Health
(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.
Arts & Culture
Photo by 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
Business
Next to Roll-n-Roaster there’s a new sign for rentable co-working office space – something simply unheard of in Sheepshead Bay. After a brief walk around to the other side of the building I found it – this secluded oasis for modern professionals. At first I wondered why Sheepshead Bay needed such
Events
Photo courtesy of Facebook/Denver Broncos CollectiblesTim Tebow, the college football star, and NFL almost-was, was recently signed by the New York Mets, and he could start his baseball career at MCU Park with the Cyclones. Tebow became America’s sweetheart in 2007 when he played for the University of
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDPolice are looking for a man who robbed a 12 year-old boy on Friday, September 2, while the boy was walking to school. The man approached the boy at around 7:30am, on Ocean Parkway, near the Belt Parkway, and asked to borrow his phone. The boy let
News
Photo via avigdorforjudge.com [http://avigdorforjudge.com/]The Daily News wrote a scathing editorial [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/judge-dread-article-1.2786150] yesterday about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who is running for civil court today. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by the “incorrigible Brooklyn Democratic machine.” Late