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25th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest This Saturday By Alex Ellefson on Aug 13, 2015 04:06 pm Interested in looking at art but don’t want to be stuck indoors? Head to the beach at Coney Island this Saturday, August 15, where some top-tier sand sculpters, as well as a few amateur enthusiasts and their families, will be digging, piling, molding, and carving the beach’s coarse granules into architectural marvels. This year’s Coney [...] Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: International Film Festival, Sand Sculpting Competition & More By Rachel Silberstein on Aug 13, 2015 03:00 pm Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar, or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK. New Utrecht International Film Festival When: Thursday, August 18, 2:30pm-4:30pm Where: New Utrecht Library, 1743 86th Street What: Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical film directed by Feng Xiaogang, based on [...] Popular Community Bank Opening Technology-Based Pilot Branch On Avenue U By Alex Ellefson on Aug 13, 2015 02:05 pm Coming soon to Avenue U. #brooklyn #popularcommunitybank #NYC #banking #Everybitmatters #openingsoon #sheepsheadbay #thisisnewyorkcity #bank A photo posted by Popular Community Bank (@popularcommunitybank) on Aug 1, 2015 at 9:06am PDT Popular Community Bank promises that its new branch, scheduled to open August 31 on Avenue U, will offer several “innovative” digital features, according to the company’s website. The technology-based [...] FQ’ed Again: F & Q Lines Heavily Disrupted This Weekend By Erica Sherman on Aug 13, 2015 12:26 pm Below you’ll find Sheepshead Bay subway changes over the weekend on the B, F, and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back here Monday to see what’s happening next week. F Line Jamaica-bound F trains run express from Neptune Avenue to Smith-9th Street. Weekends, 11:45pm, Friday, to 5am, Monday, August 14-17 and 21-24. No Jamaica-bound service at Avenue [...] Register Now To Volunteer For The New York City Marathon By Anna Gustafson on Aug 13, 2015 09:56 am If you want to be part of the world’s biggest marathon but don’t feel like running 26.2 miles, you can still be a part of the action by volunteering. The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon is now looking for volunteers for the November 1 race, so if you feel like helping out 50,000 runners [...] Morning Mug: “Dogs Are Our Link To Paradise. They Don’t Know Evil Or Jealousy Or Discontent.” — Milan Kundera By Erica Sherman on Aug 13, 2015 07:21 am Pictured is Apollo, who we previously featured earlier in the month. 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, Twitter, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. Recent Articles: Coney Island Oddities: Fried Frog Legs At Nathan’s Brooklyn Staycation: A Day In Kensington New Renderings Reveal Coney Island’s Glass Tower Will Be Taller Than Expected Scorsese’s New HBO Show ‘Vinyl’ Filming In Coney Island This Week Facebook Twitter Have tips? Email editor@sheepsheadbites.com Want to advertise? Contact us!

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