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Brooklyn's Avenue U Chinatown, which emerged as the second Chinatown of Brooklyn during the late 1990s, is located partially in Sheepshead Bay and partially in nearby Homecrest. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Along the waterfront is a high concentration of immigrants from the former Soviet Union , including Russians and Central Asians, similar to in nearby ...
The new Sheepshead Bay Race Track's premier event was the Suburban Handicap, first run on June 10, 1884 and conceived by James G. K. Lawrence, who became the track's president. [7] Four years later Lawrence would also create the Futurity Stakes , first run on Labor Day in 1888.
Lundy's was founded by Sheepshead Bay native Frederick William Irving Lundy (c. 1895 – 1977; popularly known as "Irving").[3] [4] Irving Lundy was the oldest of seven; his father Fred was a prominent figure in the Brooklyn Democratic Party. [5]
The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Sheepshead Bay was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954. [1]The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year.
The Roll-A-Palace Disco Skating Rink [1] was a roller disco rink [2] established in 1977 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States.Housed in a former movie theater, it reopened as a rink at 1728 Sheepshead Bay Road.
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Long before it became the go-to borough for hipsters and commuters, Brooklyn was once America’s third largest city, independent and separate from Manhattan and the City of New York, explains ...
In December 1887, an extremely high tide washed over the area, creating a new, temporary connection between Sheepshead Bay and the ocean. Wrote the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: "Unless [Engeman] is very lucky the next races on the Brighton Beach track will be conducted by the white crested horses of Neptune." [17]