Do you like Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn NY?

Question

Just wondering if you are familiar with the area, if its nice and safe to live in. What can you tell me about it? Gyms close to Ave W? I am moving there from Manhattan. I would like to get as much info as possible.

Answer 1

Sheepshead Bay is a safe residential area. My parents live in Brighton Beach (I lived there for years) and I visit two or three times a week. I do the bulk of my food shopping there because it's much cheaper than Manhattan.

I can only think of two gyms - Bally Total Fitness on Sheepshead Bay Road and East 17th Street (1 block from the Sheepshead Bay station on the Q or B, the B49 bus [goes down Ocean Avenue to Manhattan Beach] or the B4 [goes from Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay to Bay Ridge] and Fitness Unlimited on Avenue X and 22nd Street.

I do most of my shopping at StopNShop on Avenue Y and 17th Street (you can read the sale brochure online every week) A few blocks away on Ocean Avenue is Waldbaum's. Both ciruculars are usually delivered - my parents get theirs on Wednesdays - every neighborhood is different.

I buy all my fish (not meat) on Avenue U - at a large Chinese supermarket near Homecrest Avenue. Avenue U between Coney Island Avenue and Ocean Avenue is a largely Asian community - great fish markets, vegetables, a ton of 99cent stores. The prices on fresh fish are wonderful - I pay less than $6 a pound for salmon fillet - always fresh and I get great shrimp for $5 lb. There are excellent Chinese, Malaysian, Japanese and Vietnamese restaurants along this strip on Avenue U - prices are even better than Manhattan's Chinatown. There's a large Rite-Aid on Ocean Avenue and Avenue U.

When you get settled, go to DiFara's Pizza - the best in New York - Avenue J and East 15th Street - Avenue J station on the Q - or B68 bus [Coney Island Avenue] or the B49 [Ocean Avenue] - take either bus or the train in one direction and go home on whichever you didn't take to get there - you get the free transfer with the MetroCard. The neighborhood near DiFara's is largely Orthodox Jewish - some of the bakeries are great. If you walk up to Avenue M, go to Amazing Savings on Avenue M and 16th Street - this is the greatest place, especially if you're setting up an apartment (kitchen gadgets, dishes, etc).

There are some good restaurants along Emmons Avenue (note: Lundy's is not one - it's the Tavern on the Green of Brooklyn - living on its reputation - really mediocre food). Randazzo's is still good. Siam Orchid has good lunches - the house soup is wonderful - so's the pad thai. The Japanese restaurant in the Lundy's building is good. A new sushi place opened on the next block; I haven't tried that. A lot of the restaurants further down (towards Knapp Street) on Emmons Avenue closed - lots of condos going up. Maria's on Emmons and Bragg is a great place to eat - every night (except Friday and Saturday) - all night - they have a fixed price dinner with a lot of choices - you can get a large salad with olives, roasted peppers, artichokes, tomato, cucumber and romaine lettuce, a large portion of delicious shrimp francese - my favorite - and a portion of ziti or escarole and Italian cheesecake and coffee for $19.35 - the year the restaurant opened. The food is excellent - I don't know how they do it - I wish I lived closer.

Sheephead Bay is a nice place to live.

Answer 2

Bally Total Fitness Sheepshead Bay

Answer 3

Bally Sheepshead Bay

Answer 4

Very nice and very safe to live in. Its just a little bit of a commute, and there isnt as much public transportation there as the rest of the city, but very nice, very safe, and I wish I would have rented a place there rather than prospect heights.