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Source: Cymbrowitz’s office

It’s been a good couple of week’s for the area’s wildlife. First, Coley the Osprey escaped more than a year of warrantless government surveillance, as the recording device that tracked his movement became dislodged and eventually removed. Then some kidnapped horseshoe crabs found justice when they were saved from becoming bait and their kidnappers were fined.

Today, one of Sheepshead Bay’s iconic swans was found injured and abandoned on the side of Emmons Avenue.

Luckily for our feathered friend, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’s staffers took notice – and pity – and had the winged beast rescued for rehabilitation.

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It’s like Snow-freakin’-White up in here.

Here’s the press release from Cymbrowitz’s office:

It was almost a swan song for this constituent in distress.

At about 9 a.m. today a staff member for Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) passed an unusual sight on East 19th Street between Shore Parkway and Emmons Avenue in SheepsheadBay.

A fully-grown swan was sitting in the middle of the sidewalk, its foot at an odd angle away from its body. The animal, which managed to cross Emmons Avenue, didn’t appear perturbed, just stock-still.

The staff member walked across the street to Assemblyman Cymbrowitz’ district office and made some calls seeking help for the swan. She called Theresa Scavo, chair of Community Board 15, who alerted the Parks Department, but it wasn’t their jurisdiction.

Then the staff member called the 61st Precinct, which arrived quickly. The police took a proprietary interest and established a safe perimeter around the swan. A passerby with a camera was asked to move across the street so as not to disturb the animal.

By 10 a.m., a cage arrived to transport the injured swan to a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Manhattan.

Source: nolastname

It looks like a new pharmacy is coming to 1826 Gravesend Neck Road, at the corner of East 19th Street, replacing Da Vinci Tattoo and Body Piercing. The tattoo parlor, which opened in September of 2010 has been shuttered for a while.

A child was struck by a car at approximately 3:00 p.m. today while crossing Avenue Y at East 19th Street, reports tipster Allan Shweky.

A witness told Shweky that the boy was crossing from the south side and was hit by a vehicle going eastbound.

It’s unclear how severe his injuries are. It’s also unknown if he is a student at P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold elementary school, located right across the street.

This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies. We will update it as more information becomes available. If anyone has more information or additional photos, please send them to tips (at) sheepsheadbites (dot) com.

A two-car collision occurred on East 19th Street and Avenue W at around noon today, resulting in one very messed up Lexus.

Nolastname provided the photos and the following tip:

the Black Lexus was traveling north on e19, The buick was traveling west on W. Buick was traveling fast and ran stop sign.

Notice the damage to the buick. I said to the owner of the lexus I can’t believe it crumbled like that. He said they are built like that, crumble zones.

“Bullet Points” is our new format for Community Board 15 meeting coverage, providing takeaways we think are important. Information in Bullet Points is meant only to be a quick summary, and some issues may be more deeply explored in future articles.

Boardmembers push to beautify Manhattan Beach, oppose aesthetic improvements at Knapp Street sewage plant: Parks Department’s Brooklyn Chief of Staff Martin Maher came before the Board last night to provide the community with updates on ongoing projects in the district – including at Bill Brown Park, Galapo Playground, Brigham Street Park and Emmons Avenue – but the presentation quickly turned to Manhattan Beach as members barraged Maher with questions and complaints (video above).

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We don’t have any additional information about this incident. From the looks of it, I don’t think a pedestrian was involved – reads more like it was probably a parked car that was hit. Just thought we’d pass along the flier.

Tipster nolastname tells us that the folks at Da Vinci Tattoo and Body Piercing (1826 Gravesend Neck Road) teamed up with Graffiti Free NYC this week to get the East 19th Street portion of their building cleaned up.

East 19th Street between Avenue X and Gravesend Neck Road has been a haven for graffiti vandals for years, in part because the block is poorly lighted, and also because it’s home to several large canvases, including the United States Post Office sorting facility, the auto repair shop, Da Vinci’s side and rear wall and an apartment building.

Two years ago, nolastname was instrumental – through her complaints at 61st Precinct Community Council meetings – in getting the police to pay additional attention to the block, as well as spurring the city to clean up the existing vandalism. Unfortunately, graffiti has a knack at resurfacing, despite best efforts.

But kudos to Da Vinci and Graffti Free NYC for keeping up the maintenance. Here’s what the wall looked like once they finished up:

Source: NYBuff.org

A tractor trailer created a web of wires and splinters on East 19th Steet in Midwood this afternoon when it accidentally ripped two utility poles out of the concrete.

The accident occurred sometime between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the intersection of East 19th Street and Bay Avenue (just south of Avenue M), and was first reported by New York Buff.

Several cars were damaged, according the report, and Con Edison, FDNY and NYPD personnel responded to the scene. No injuries were reported.

The Con Edison power outage map is not currently showing any outages at that location.

An On Time Car Service van burst into flames this morning in front of the company’s headquarters at 2111 East 19th Street, spurring firefighters to rush to the scene and extinguish the flames.

The incident occurred at approximately 10:40 a.m., and Sheepshead Bites tipster nolastname was on the scene to capture some of the dramatic photos.

According to nolastname, the firefighters said they were not yet sure if the blaze started inside the car, or inside the hood. It did not appear anyone was injured.

View more photos of firefighters putting out the car fire.

UPDATE (5:18 p.m.): We hit the scene and it looked like the victim had been transported to the hospital. We overheard authorities having a conversation that led us to believe the victim survived. We are awaiting confirmation from the authorities.

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Emergency responders are on the scene of a possible suicide on East 19th Street, off of Avenue U.

Fire department officials are already at the location and providing CPR to the victim. Police are en route, according to reports coming over the police scanner.

The means of the suicide is not yet known. The victim was inside his apartment at the time of the incident.

This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies. We will update it as more information becomes available. If anyone has more information or additional photos, please send them to tips (at) sheepsheadbites (dot) com.