A head on collision left a senior citizen and resident of East 28th Street injured around 10:00 a.m.
According to reader Ariela B., the driver was making a left turn from Avenue V onto Brown Street when a van from the Crown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center came “barreling down” Avenue V toward Nostrand Avenue and struck him almost head on. The impact sent the car spinning, and it then slammed into the corner pole of a fence on the block. Both vehicle’s fronts were “shredded” with car parts strewn everywhere.
“I heard the crash from my bathroom,” said Ariela B. “It sounded like a gunshot, then a huge crumple, then beep beep beep beep beep beep.”
Both drivers appeared to escape serious injuries. The van driver seemed totally unscathed, but the senior citizen had been “banged up,” looking bloody and his elbow was bandaged up at the scene. The reader noted he was conscious and moving without much problem.
One ambulance, one police car, and an FDNY van were on the scene within about 10 minutes.
View more photos of the accident from Ariela B.
A major accident occurred on Avenue V and Ocean Parkway on the northbound side. It appears that a turning vehicle may have collided with other traffic. We could not obtain more information as police were preventing vehicles from stoping nearby. It was not obvious if anyone was injured as no ambulance was at the scene, but it may have simply left already. The northbound lane of Ocean Parkway between Ave V and W was temporarily closed, with traffic diverted to the service road or Avenue W, but is now fully open.
Photo by Arthur Borko
It’s a rare sight indeed, but construction workers at the Avenue V subway overpass were photographed working earlier today. The work at Avenue V is part of the rehabilitation projects at the Gravesend Neck Road and Avenue U train stations that started almost exactly one year ago. The work on this side was scheduled to be finished by now and construction on the Manhattan-bound tracks are next. But, unsurprisingly, work has been delayed and now the MTA says work on the Coney Island-bound side will finish by “Early 2010.”
Regarding the overall project affecting the entire line this side of Prospect Park, the MTA has not yet responded to our leaders’ requests for more information. Politicians and organizers for the area met with MTA officials in October to ask for alternatives to the work and guarantees of the timetable. MTA told them they would be in touch in a few days after they had gathered relevant data. Sheepshead Bites is offering $100,000 (in Monopoly money) to anyone who can snag a photo of an MTA executive at work.
No, it's not a dorm. These condo units at Avenue V and West 11th Street just hit the market. Asking prices range from $429k. They're a block away from the Marlboro projects.
Listen, Brooklyn developers, can I get a word with you over here? Ok, good. Now, let’s keep it real. Sometimes – sometimes - you’re a friggin’ idiot. What? No! Don’t get offended, but it’s true. Like, you know, lacking common sense. I mean, you bought an entire block some years ago on Avenue V and West 11th Street with the intention of building some high-end condos. I know, I know – everyone was doing it. There’s money to be made, I get it. But, well, it’s just that not everyone does it a block down from the projects, know what I mean? What? I don’t care how good the market was back then, that’s just dumb. Those projects ain’t goin’ anywhere. It’s the Marlboro projects – been there since ’58 and has almost 4,000 people living there. They not movin’. You really thought people would want to shell out $429,000 and up for your parquet floors, elegant kitchens, and ambient gunshots in the background? Get real, man. Yeah, at least you put indoor parking. But holy fuck, man, really?
While the Brooklyn Eagle writes about Southern Brooklyn’s roots as a farming society, in their recent article, Historically Speaking: Raising the (Wyckoff Barn) Roof, Sheepshead Bay residents are busy recreating the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or growing their own vegetables — depending on your perspective.
This front-to-side yard garden, located at Avenue V and East 17th Street, is ready for harvest and from the looks of the number of squash(?) growing under the leaf canopy, we’re thinking that there must be enough for quite a few families. These squash are so large that they need support in the form of large containers stacked one on top of the other.
A visitor from Queens who noticed the garden said,
Wow. I don’t think we have anything like that over there in Queens. I thought there were regulations about corner houses and the type of landscaping that can be erected. I remember when we tried to grow sunflowers and the city made us cut ‘em down. But, I’m not sure if droopy vegetables fall under landscaping.
Readers, we’d like to hear from you. First, help us identify this vegetable and let us know if you heard anything about the city regulating corner house plant ornamentation. Finally, if anyone knows the owner of the vegetable garden and can hook us up with some of that hanging gourd…by all means write in.
Does anyone in the nabe wanna take on a little challenge?
I’ve been locked up here for a little while and thanks to Sheepshead Bites, I may have an opportunity to be set free. I’ll need your help, though.
If there are any of you who is willing to learn the Art of Lockpicking, check out Lee J. Lawson’s video about how to pick locks. Just cue up the video at 5:38 and study the segment called Bypassing Padlocks. When you think you’ve got it under control, head over to the corner house at Avenue V and East 15 Street. You’ll find me locked up at the side staircase on Avenue V.
I don’t really see how rescuing me from this outdoor prison can be prosecutable. Think about it, I don’t belong to this guy. He took me from the supermarket — and he’s not the CEO.
Okay, come on by, anytime. Remember, with any challenge comes the opportunity for a victory! Let’s roll.
This fence was damaged last month in a car crash involving two vehicles and is currently awaiting repair.
The owner of the home located at the corner of Avenue V and East 18th Street told us that some time last month, a neighbor attempted to perform a u-turn and another car came crashing into the vehicle. At least one of the cars careened into the iron fence, causing it to get bent out of shape. While no one at home was hurt, she could not speak for anyone else involved in the accident.
Damage to this fence and the police tape, will remain as a sad reminder of the more frequent occurrence of property-damaging accidents — that is, at least until the homeowners hear from the insurance company.
What started out as an informal outdoor meeting on the grounds of the Sheepshead/Nostrand Housing buildings compound has morphed into an annual reunion.
Organizers of the two-day gathering to be held this weekend, James and Stacey Leigh, are the energetic brains behind the barbeque. Anyone who has lived in the housing complex is always welcome and many who have moved out of the area (or even the state) make a trip back just to attend the reunion.
The event is an organized, but informal one held every last weekend in August. Signs and barbeque grills are usually brought out around 12 p.m. on Saturday. Many who live in the complex lend a helping hand, bringing out food and getting things ready for all the out-of-towners.
On both days, everyone parties with a DJ, reminisces, and plays games — especially basketball. By the end of the night on Saturday things turn sober and names from the Memorial Wall are read out loud.
Here are the details for this weekend:
The 11th Annual Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses’ Old-Timer’s Day 2009 Sheepshead-Nostrand Housing Complex
Avenue V and Batchelder Street
Dolgan Park and the “Swing Park”
Saturday & Sunday, August 29 – 30, 2009
from 12 p.m. until the evening, both days
The event is planned rain or shine, although certain activities may change, due to the weather.
Check the official website for contact information and pictures of past events.
(Kudos to McDonald’s at Sheepshead Bay Rd & E 15 St, early morning – Photo by Ray Johnson)
Honestly, this is not the first real post of 2009 I had planned — but, it’s the real world and the real news and at least it has a good side. So, first the good side and the zero from the headline.
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has published the results of health inspections conducted at two local McDonald’s restaurants.
McDonald’s at 1509 Sheepshead Bay Road got zero violation points. While they were cited for a trans fat violation of “a food containing 0.5 grams or more of artificial trans fat per serving, is being served, stored, distributed, held for service, or used in preparation of a menu item” — this is not something that is points-worthy.
Find out more about the McDonald’s restaurant inspections after the jump. Continue Reading »
(Partial Screenshot from the Gothamist Maps)
This morning, Gothamist Maps listed the following Breaking News as an unmapped incident:
Attempted Bank Robbery | 2500 Coney Island Ave – Washington Mutual Bank Brooklyn, NY | 12/27/2008 9:58 a.m.
No other information is available about the incident that occurred at the Washington Mutual (WaMu) Bank’s Coney Island Avenue & Ave V Financial Center located at 2500 Coney Island Avenue.
If anyone has any information about the bank robbery attempt and how it got thwarted, please let us know.
