By Sheepshead Bites on Aug 25, 2015 04:48 pm
 The 39th Annual Brighton Jubilee will take place on Sunday, August 30 from 10am-6pm. The Jubilee is a multi-block festival that runs along Brighton Beach Avenue turning down Coney Island Avenue to the beach, attracting record crowds of over 125,000 every year. The Jubilee has become one of Brooklyn’s most popular summer events. Enjoy blocks [...]
By Melissa Akar on Aug 25, 2015 03:58 pm
 Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in southern Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below! For more things to do around Brooklyn, and to add your own upcoming event, check out our calendar. Sing [...]
By Rachel Silberstein on Aug 25, 2015 03:12 pm
 The Coney Island History Project is looking to hire several part-time interviewers for an oral history project focusing on Coney Island, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend. According to the job listing, the new hires will conduct, record, and edit audio interviews in Chinese — Cantonese and Mandarin — Turkish, Spanish, and other languages. Interviews will be conducted [...]
By Sheepshead Bites on Aug 25, 2015 02:28 pm
 HHC Coney Island Hospital staff greeted more than 40 bicyclists from HHC Woodhull Hospital’s “Kids Ride Club†on August 14. Riders began the 40-mile ride from Long Island City with a rest-stop at HHC Coney Island Hospital for lunch before continuing the ride back to HHC Woodhull Medical Center. Many of the riders were from north Brooklyn, ranging in [...]
By Alex Ellefson on Aug 25, 2015 01:16 pm
 A 28-year-old Gravesend woman has won the Coney’s Cones “Find Your Flavor” contest and will be creating her winning entry on Wednesday with the store’s master gelato maker Daniele Dal Sasso. Arianne Elshawarby, a mother of two and biotechnology student at Kingsborough Community College, said she and her family “absolutely love” chocolate macaroons and thought [...]
By Allan Rosen on Aug 25, 2015 12:00 pm
 THE COMMUTE: A hallmark of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s term has been his emphasis on pedestrian safety, most notably the Vision Zero campaign. You all know where I stand on this issue. My position has been controversial. Whenever I discuss my opposition to some of the features of Vision Zero, those who disagree make the [...]
By Rachel Silberstein on Aug 25, 2015 11:01 am
 A 62-year-old man was found dead in a Coney Island bakery yesterday. Police say the man was discovered unresponsive in the bathroom of New York Bread (2201 Neptune Avenue) on Monday at approximately 8:36am. When EMS arrived at the scene, the man, whose identity has not been released pending family notification, was pronounced dead. The [...]
By Alex Ellefson on Aug 25, 2015 09:52 am
 Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 27-year-old Sheepshead Bay woman who went missing more than a week ago. The NYPD says Aliyah Boomer, who lives at the Nostrand Houses near the intersection of Batchelder Street and Avenue W, was last seen on August 16 in front of a building at 444 [...]
By Erica Sherman on Aug 25, 2015 08:08 am
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