There’s a new blog in Sheepshead Bay called Sheepshead Bites. It is billed as “Sheepshead Bay’s community meetings, development issues, local politics, interesting people, happenings and cool new places — these are just some of the beats the Bite will walk. Welcome to Sheepshead Bites. Real Brooklynites. Real teeth.”

The blogger mentions something about our remarks at this year’s blogfest, in which we again mentioned that communities like Sheepshead Bay are seriously “under blogged,” as one of the motivations for starting the blog:

these over-educated trust-fund hipsters have a point. The few neighborhoods in Brooklyn that still feature real Brooklynites, local characters, and compelling, complex issues are going under-reported in both the established media and the online blogosphere (ugh!). And while most of our neighbors sink further into either apathy or Monday morning quarterback-style governance, our communities are going on without us. They’re leaving their flair and character behind, and moving forward in erratic, worrisome ways. So yes, over-educated trust-fund hipsters, you have a point. Now it’s time we steal from your toolbox, and present our neighbors with useful, well-explained information and foster debate on the issues of our day.

“Over-educated trust-fund hipsters”? In any case, the most recent post is about how Best Western is buying up additional property on Emmons Avenue for development. Now, that’s the kind of coverage we’re talking about.