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May 12, 2012
A Youth Stabbing and Deadly Fire Last Night in Bushwick
The past few weekends have been a little rough for Brooklyn residents. Last Saturday, we reported on a deadly accident that happened in Sheepshead Bay and a police officer who might have been over the legal limit to drive in Brooklyn Heights. This week, our attention shifts to th ... More >>
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May 6, 2012
A Fatal Car Crash, NYPD Cop DWI In Brooklyn Last Night; Nassau Cops Get a DWI Grant
It was an eventful but tragic evening in the outer borough of Kings County.Late last night, on the Ocean Parkway in Sheepshead Bay, two cars met in a head-on collision after the driver of a BMW lost control and swerved into oncoming traffic, hitting a minivan. The man behind the wheel, Jamal Iq ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Bloomberg Cites Crime Drop in Brooklyn Precinct; Doesn't Mention Big Spike
In his comments Sunday about the shooting of four police officers in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, Mayor Bloomberg--never one to miss a chance to tout good numbers--told reporters that "crime is down something like 46 percent in the 61st Precinct since 2001." This is true. What he conveni ... More >>
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April 8, 2012
NYPD Officers Injured In Brooklyn Shootout; Two Arrested in Tulsa; Easter Parade Comes To Fifth Avenue
Four police officers were injured in Sheepshead Bay early this morning in a shootout with a man who had shut himself after a dispute with moving company employees. The officers -- two of whom were shot in the calf, one who was shot in the thigh and ankle and another whose face was grazed -- were not ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
10 Iconic Foods of New York City, and Where To Find Them
Ultra-creamy New York cheesecake may be the world's richest dessert. Hotbed of culinary fusion, NYC is not only a repository of cuisines from around the globe, but the place where many important dishes originated, if not by pure invention, then as uniquely compelling adaptations of things t ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
NYC's 10 Best Bargain Seafood Restaurants
The catfish sandwich at Taste of Seafood (#10 in our countdown) is abundant, cheap, and delectable, especially smeared with tartar and jerk sauces. For those who think Omega-3 fatty acids mean longevity, fish is the new meat. For the rest of us, seafood is a just another delightful option ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Tomorrow: NYC's 10 Best Bargain Seafood Restaurants
Randazzo's shines like a beacon on Sheepshead Bay, the last man standing from what was once a large population of Italian clam bars along the bay. Will it make our top 10? The city's most well-regarded and renowned seafood restaurants -- places like Le Bernardin, Molyvos, and Esca -- are big-ticke ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Third Roll-Your-Own Cigs Place Opens in Brooklyn, Despite City Lawsuit Against First Two
There are a handful of magical places in New York City where you can roll your own cigarettes and save considerable amounts of money in so doing. They're under threat, though, because the city has filed suit against the first two in existence. That hasn't stopped a third roll-your-own-smoke ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Sheesphead Bites Sponsors Tasting Event This Thursday
Cheese-stuffed Fingers of Fatima at Liman Turkish restaurant in Sheepshead Bay A tasting event featuring the restaurants of Sheepshead Bay (several reviewed in the pages of the Voice) called A Taste of Sheepshead Bay will be held Thursday, October 27, at the Baron DeKalb Knights of Columbu ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
OWS Protesters Still Eating Like Kings; NYC's Most Beloved Diners
Daniel Boulud will indeed be opening a new restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, as previously rumored. [Toronto Star] More on those in-flight American Airlines meals designed by Richard Sandoval and Marcus Samuelsson. [Chicago Tribune] Occupy Wall Street protesters are sitting o ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Café de la Esquina at Wythe Diner, Goodbye to Double Crown
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Double Crown, on the Bowery, will close its doors this month and reopen as Saxon & Parole. The adjoining gin joint, Madam Geneva, will remain intact. [Diner's Journal] Harry Boland's Pub, whic ... More >>
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July 16, 2011
Brooklyn Supermarket Resorting to Olfactory Mind Control
A chain of supermarkets in Brooklyn and Staten Island has started piping in food scents to their stores in an effort to subliminally encourage customers to buy stuff. Scents you might smell in NetCost Market include "Lindt Chocolate," "Smoky Bacon," and "Rosemary Focaccia." A shopper in Sheepshea ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Five Dead and Gone Classic Brooklyn Restaurants
pbase.comAt one time, Lundy's was the world's largest restaurant, seating 2,800 hungry souls. Shed a tear for Brooklyn's great restaurants of the past. They once defined life in the borough, making it unnecessary to toddle to Manhattan for a lively and memorable night out, and they died as t ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
T.G.I. Friday's Among Those Charged With Dumping Waste and Raw Sewage in Brooklyn Waterways
Because untreated grease gives us all something to smile about!Here's yet another reason we find ourselves weary of the continuing existence of T.G.I. Friday's.
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September 20, 2010
Animal v. Human: Who Will Win in the Battle of New York City Domination?
New York City. If it's not the raccoons, it's the coyotes, geese, sewer gators, rats, bedbugs, or the dangerous fornicating opossums. The New York Post reveals that city officials decided to try to fuck with biology by introducing the rat-tailed marsupials into Brooklyn a few years ago to r ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Robert Sietsema at I Sodi; Sarah DiGregorio at Co Ba
This week in The Voice, Robert Sietsema shares his appreciation for I Sodi: "one largely overlooked restaurant in town that has succeeded in reproducing an actual Tuscan bill of fare, such as you might find in roadside osterias near Cortona or Gaiole-in-Chianti." Sarah DiGregorio files on Co Ba in C ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Mosque Near Ground Zero Passes Another Hurdle
Community Board One voted last night 24-to-11 (with two abstentions) not to push for landmark status of 45-47 Park Place. That location is set to be the home of the formerly named Cordoba House, the $100 million mosque and interfaith cultural center just a couple blocks from where the World Trade Ce ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Robert Sietsema at Halikarnas and Marmaris; Sarah DiGregorio at 5 & Diamond
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema takes to Sheepshead Bay to visit Halikarnas and Marmaris, two competing Turkish seafood spots; while Sarah DiGregorio heads up to Harlem to see just how Twitter-happy chef Ryan Skeen is holding up at 5 & Diamond. Sam Sifton approves of Takashi: "a modest and ... More >>
Dining
June 15, 2010
Halikarnas and Marmaris Make It Turkey Day in Brooklyn
A mini Ottoman Empire beckons in Sheepshead Bay
Dining
June 8, 2010
Coney Island Taste Heaps Up the Flavors of Peru
A Brooklyn bodega offers unexpected delights
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May 27, 2010
Where Am I Eating? Marmaris, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
I boasted that the Where Am I Eating contest would be tough this week, but little did I know how tough. The picture was of an octopus casserole smothered in cheese. The best clue lay in identifying the pale, finger-shaped masses as octopus tentacles, and the cheese as something Mediterranean ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Sheepshead Bay "Hell House," Once Home to Winsor McCay, Now a Dump
There's a sad old house with a Greek revival portico in Sheepshead Bay that Sheepshead Bites labels "Hell House," because of the angry messages tenants spray-painted on the facade ("WELCOME TO HELL" and "BED BUGS PARADISE" among them). The graffiti's been scrubbed, SB learns, but the owners ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
Sheepshead Bay Remembers: Old Roll-n-Roaster Commercial
Well, Movable Type is a fucking mess today, and who knows when the previous post will be visible. Bitter experience has taught us that the best way to make sure MT is working is to post something you might regret. So here's an old commercial for Roll-n-Roaster, the "not-so-fast fast food restauran ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
Pix from Liman Turkish Seafood Restaurant in Sheepshead Bay
Fried fresh anchovies at Liman--cheap, sustainable, delicious. Today Counter Culture swims into Liman, a Turkish seafood restaurant perched on the pouting cement lip of Sheepshead Bay. Stroll the bay in the early evening, as party fishing boats dock, and fishers swarm over the bows, bearing ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
This Week in the Voice
In the TV business, you sort of expect executives to pad their expense accounts, use station employees to run personal errands, and even do personal work for profit on company time and equipment. But it's a little different when taxpayers foot the bill. Tom Robbins lays out how the city's broadcas ... More >>
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June 27, 2009
Weekend Special--Sheepshead Bay by Night
Waiting for the night fishing boats to return to Sheepshead Bay, Thursday, 11 pm. Cafe crawlers who've been sitting at outdoor tables in the mild evening are packing up and getting ready to go home along the concrete bathtub that is Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Party boats disgorge tourists and gr ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
Somebody Got Murdered: Shooting in Sheepshead Bay
View Larger MapLOCATION: Voorhies Avenue and East 18th StreetTIME: 12:47 a.m. this morningA 50-year-old native of India was shot and mortally wounded shortly after midnight Thursday in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn. Details on the shooting are still limited, but cops say Tamiz Din was shot ... More >>
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August 27, 2008
Our Man Sietsema and the Greek Vacation on Acid
View Larger MapLOCATION: Voorhies Avenue and East 18th StreetTIME: 12:47 a.m. this morningA 50-year-old native of India was shot and mortally wounded shortly after midnight Thursday in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn. Details on the shooting are still limited, but cops say Tamiz Din was shot ... More >>
Dining
August 27, 2008
Yiasou Imitates Midtown 'Estiatorios' But Is Easier on the Paycheck
A place to go in Brooklyn where nobody knows your name
Dining
March 4, 2008
Spring Food Preview: Sailing and Scarfing
Where to eat as you take to NYC's bounding main
Blogs
August 9, 2007
Priceless: This Cat-Hair Coated Bean Bag is Yours - Free!
Where to eat as you take to NYC's bounding main
Blogs
August 1, 2007
Our Man Sietsema: 'Would it Be Boner-Like?'
Where to eat as you take to NYC's bounding main
Dining
July 24, 2007
Georgia Rule
A forest of phalli at a Georgian restaurant on the beaches of Sheepshead Bay
Dining
July 5, 2005
Rearing Trout
A lavish charcoal-driven summer retreat in Sheepshead Bay
Columns
April 26, 2005
Aw, Shucks
A New York oyster story
Dining
April 13, 2004
Meat Bombs
Sailing away to Turkey and beyond on Coney Island Avenue
Specials
October 21, 2003
Letters
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NYC Life
September 30, 2003
Close-up on Sheepshead Bay
Sailing away to Turkey and beyond on Coney Island Avenue
NYC Life
November 26, 2002
Listings
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November 19, 2002
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November 12, 2002
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November 5, 2002
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October 29, 2002
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October 22, 2002
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October 15, 2002
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October 8, 2002
Listings
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October 1, 2002
Aw, Shucks
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June 11, 2002
Hot Heroes
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June 26, 2001
NY Mirror
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May 9, 2000
Studio in Brownstone Row House
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