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Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: Santa, Tree Lightings, Chanukah & More By Rachel Silberstein on Dec 03, 2015 04:24 pm There’s lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar, or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK. Tree Lighting With Santa At McKinley Park When: Thursday, December 3, 6:30pm Where: McKinley Park, Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway What: Senator [...] Sheepshead Bay Woman & Estranged Husband Indicted For $3.4 Million Scam By Donny Levit on Dec 03, 2015 02:59 pm A 39-year-old Sheepshead Bay woman has been charged in a connection to a $3.4 million scam that duped financial institutions into paying for false purchases of medical equipment, Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson announced Wednesday. The DA’s office charged Sheepshead Bay resident Diana Gets, who co-owns a Park Slope optical store with her estranged husband Maksim Grinberg, 43, [...] Bandits Holdup Nostrand Ave 7-Eleven For Cash, Cigarrettes & Lotto Tickets, Cops Say By Alex Ellefson on Dec 03, 2015 01:52 pm Cops are searching for three men wanted for an armed robbery last month at the 7-Eleven on Nostrand Avenue near Avenue Y. Police say the suspects entered the store just before 4am on Thursday, November 19. One of the robbers, a black man wearing a black hooded jacket, drew a silver firearm on the 52-year-old employee while the other thieves [...] Thieves Snatch Purse From 73-Year-Old Woman’s Walker While She Waits For Access-A-Ride, Cops Say By Alex Ellefson on Dec 03, 2015 12:54 pm Cops say a pair of thieves swiped a purse off a 73-year-old woman’s walker last month while she waited for an Access-A-Ride outside her home near Coyle Street and Avenue U. The suspects approached the septuagenarian on the street just before 9am on Friday, November 20, according to authorities. While she waited to be picked up [...] Sheepshead Bay Transit Disruptions This Weekend On The B, F, & Q Subway Lines By Eric Jankiewicz on Dec 03, 2015 12:19 pm Below you’ll find Sheepshead Bay subway changes over the weekend on the B, F and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back later this week to see what’s happening this weekend. Changes via MTA.info. F Line The Manhattan-bound platform at Avenue X is closed for renovation. All times until winter 2015/16. Travel Alternatives: Avenue X For service to [...] 85-Year-Old Woman Struck And Killed Crossing Kings Highway, Cops Say By Alex Ellefson on Dec 03, 2015 10:50 am An 85-year-old woman died at Methodist Hospital Wednesday from injuries caused two days earlier when she was struck by a car at the intersection of Kings Highway and East 16th Street, police say, Police identified the woman as Midwood resident Bella Markowitz. She was crossing Kings Highway Monday morning when she was hit by a [...] Following Fatal Crash, Deutsch Calls For Left-Turn Signal On Emmons Avenue By Alex Ellefson on Dec 03, 2015 09:33 am City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has called on the Department of Transportation to install a dedicated left-turn signal at the intersection of Emmons and Nostrand avenues after a horrific car crash there caused the death of a 64-year-old woman. “I am saddened by the loss of the 64-year-old victim, and I send my prayers and sympathies [...] Morning Mug: “You Can’t Cross The Sea Merely By Standing And Staring At The Water.” — Rabindranath Tagore By Alex Ellefson on Dec 03, 2015 07:00 am 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: The Bite: Warm Your Belly With Varenichnaya’s Comforting Grub Tonight: Manhattan Beach Community Group Celebrates 75 Years In The Neighborhood Facebook Twitter Have tips? Email editor@sheepsheadbites.com Want to advertise? Contact us!

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