Residents of Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach and sections of Sheepshead Bay – as well as others living in Evacuation Zone A – are being ordered by city officials to evacuate to safer grounds as Hurricane Sandy approaches. (Get all the latest Hurricane Sandy-related news, announcements and resources, including live video, at our Hurricane Sandy Resource page.) [...]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the shut down of all subway, bus and railroad service at 7:00 p.m. today, in advance of strong winds and rain from Hurricane Sandy. Outbound Access-A-Ride trips are being scheduled only until 12 p.m. today, and return trips will continue until 5 p.m. Any previously scheduled trips after that time, [...]
We know what a pain it is to cut through the media frenzy and find the latest info when a storm rolls in. So we’re making it easy for you. Check out the Hurricane Sandy resource page. To keep you informed of on-the-ground conditions in real time, we’ve installed a live video feed broadcasting from [...]
Personally, I love it when the major media whips into a frenzy trying to out-do each other on ridiculous names for storms – be it hurricanes, snowstorms, whatever. Frankenstorm is definitely going down as one of my favorites. Frank·en·storm (noun): Dubbed a “super storm,” and by those in media who try too hard, and yet, [...]
Unless radical “hover home” technology gets developed in the latter part of the 21st century, the New York Times has a warning for you: the thousands of coastal communities dotting the edges of New York City are going to be washed away by the expanding catastrophic flood zones brought upon by the predicted continued erosion of the polar ice [...]
READER SUBMISSION: Mickie Burbella Whitley, an East 15th Street resident and North Carolina-native, passed by this derelict motor boat in the Bay. The sight brought back memories of Hurricane Irene and, 10 years earlier, Hurricane Floyd – during which she made her drive up from North Carolina to Brooklyn. Here, she shares her experiences of the [...]
This is a paid announcement from Miramar Yacht Club (3050 Emmons Avenue), one of Sheepshead Bay’s premier boating communities. If you’re interested in sailing, then Miramar Yacht Club is the place to learn! Escape to an area where sailing re-awakens your senses. Feel the southerly breezes that will fill your sails and your day with [...]
THE COMMUTE: I admit it. I was stuck for a story this week with no apparent transportation problems resulting from our little snowstorm this past weekend. Of course, it will take a major storm to know if any of the procedural changes put into effect after last winter’s fiasco will keep the subways and buses [...]
\ Did you know Carl Kruger had changed his name from Carl Tack? It’s true, though some New York Magazine readers doubted it, leading to the publication of the above yearbook photo. For those who don’t follow our Facebook feed, we recently shared a link to a New York Magazine profile, dubbed the “gothic saga” of [...]
Ah, the New Year. When auld aquaintances be forgot. In 2011, they’re forgotten because they’re either in prison, dead, taken off television or simply blown away by hurricane-strength winds. It has been one heckuva year. After looking through our archives for 2011 and studying the analytics to see which stories were the most read, one [...]
