Announcements
Photo: Tova ChatzinoffSHEEPSHEAD BAY – All commercial corridors in District 48 will receive increased trash collections seven days a week, up from the three to five days a week pick-ups, starting later this month. “No New York City community should be scattered with litter and garbage all over the streets,” Council
Arts & Culture
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.Grandmothers were the cause of celebration on Sunday at the National restaurant and catering hall in Brighton Beach. The talented ladies brought history, whimsy, song, and dance to the stage, and glee to the members of the audience. “I never thought we’d live
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New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Here’s another one for the wastebin! Despite receiving letters from community leaders protesting the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says they will not abandon
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Traffic cones closed traffic on East 15th Street between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community leaders say they were blindsided this week when the Department of Transportation (DOT) moved forward on a controversial plan [/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/] to transform part of Sheepshead Bay Road into a
Health
The Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Photo: Google Maps)The revolting stench that blanketed parts of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach earlier this year was caused by a mechanical failure at the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/dep_projects/cp_coney_island_plant.
Business
The b82 bus. (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )Community leaders are concerned that a proposal to bring Select Bus Service (SBS) through Kings Highway could bring further congestion to an already cramped commercial corridor. The MTA is considering adding SBS to the B82
News
Friends, family and elected officials gathered for the co-naming ceremony in honor of Ed Eisenberg. (Photo: Marty Golden [https://www.facebook.com/marty.golden.16/photos/pcb.732141463584738/732141206918097/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Family, friends, and elected officials gathered at the corner of Kensington Street and Oriental Boulevard in
bedford ave
As our tipster Andrey G. wrote to us with the photo above, “ Finally, a left turn signal on Bedford & Emmons — It’s finally here!”A new left turn signal is the first of a few traffic safety improvements coming to Emmons Avenue and Bedford Avenue after years of complaints
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Source: retrofresh!/FlickrSixteen months have passed since Superstorm Sandy, and the damaged lights on the Belt Parkway from Knapp Street to Mill Basin remain in the dark. But not for much longer if the Department of Transportation keeps its word. According to a Daily News item [http://www.nydailynews.com/
Clothing
City Council candidate Theresa Scavo next to a huge donation bin. (Source: Scavo campaign)Clothing donation bins have sprouted all across Southern Brooklyn. The good intentions of the bins, combined with their almost official like presence, have disguised what City Council candidate Theresa Scavo claims is illegal placement by organizations
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David StorobinThe race for Michael Nelson’s term-limited 48th District Council seat is heating up. Politicker reported [http://politicker.com/2013/04/david-storobin-files-for-council-run/] that former State Senator David Storobin officially kicked off his campaign by registering as a candidate after losing his Senate seat [/following-defeat-at-the-polls-storobin-gives-staffers-a-big-pay-hike/] to redistricting last year. Storobin
free parking
Community board leaders are about to lose one of their sweetest perks: a parking placard that lets them park anywhere in the city for free for up to three hours. The free parking privilege, which has been enjoyed for years by the chairs of each of the 59 community boards,
cars
Forget bandits [/are-bandits-taking-advantage-of-all-the-abandoned-cars-post-sandy/]; the New York City government may be taking your legally-parked car off the street without your permission. Cliff Bruckenstein returned from a funeral this morning and found a tow truck operator hooking up his car – even though it was parked perfectly legally. When he stopped the tow
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While the New York City Department of Transportation reconsiders the community’s request for increased traffic safety measures at the intersection of Emmons Avenue and Bedford Avenue for the umpteenth time, yet another accident occurred over the weekend. Reader and Sheepshead Bay / Plumb Beach Civic Association member Tom Paolillo sent
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We weren’t able to make it to Manhattan Beach Community Group’s March meeting this week because of a scheduling conflict, but the group posted a roundup of the meeting on its website [http://www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org/?p=1267]. The update notes that the group voted to oppose a
Arts & Culture
The Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group [/tag/brooklyn-streetcar-artists-group/] launched a free program this week for troubled youths who have been arrested due to minor offences and for students on probation, with the hopes of nurturing their creativity and helping rehabilitate them. The program builds on the group’s mission to “promote