Impression Photo Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn New York

Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York, from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier mais now effectively in extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east (the neighborhood of Manhattan Beach) and (the neighborhoods of Coney Island and Sea Gate) The mouth of the bay is about a mile (1.6 km) Southwest of Marine Park, Brooklyn. Le nom de Sheepshead Bay applique to the neighborhood north of the bay, not just the bay itself. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 15.[1] The bay itself was originally the easterly entrance to Coney Island Creek, but filling of the central part of this waterway during the 1930 s in conjunh construction with the Shore Parkway of the Belt Parkway elimined access to the creek A the solitime the bay ce qu'il y a de plus important, deepened and bulkheaded. It is now the home of recreational fishing fleets. The fishing fleet has been shrinking every year, et is replaced by dinner boats. At the western of the bay, there is Holocaust Memorial Park, which is used throughout the year for commemorative events. In the last decade of the 20th century, a real estate boom brought the reopening of the landmark Lundy Brothers seafood restaurant, which closed again en 2007. A grocery store now takes place. Les restaurants soviet/nightclubs ont cherché le Paradise and Baku Palace have opened along the waterfront. Donc, vous faites des experienced a growth of condominium developments. Emmons Avenue, the northern shoreline street along the bay, has piers with an active seafood market tour boats. La baie de Sheepshead est nommée pour le sheepshead, [2] an edible fish once found in the bay's waters. Even though it rare, the fish can still be caught in the local waters every once in a while