Early Bird Swim: Sheepshead Bay

Grandma Sophie swam every morning at 7 AM, in Sheepshead Bay on Brighton beach, Brooklyn before taking the subway to work as a hostess at an Italian restaurant in Manhattan.

The name "Sheepshead Bay" applies to the neighborhood north of the bay as well as the bay itself. Sheepshead Bay was named for the sheepshead, an edible fish found in the bay's waters.