No one knows why Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn is called Sheepshead Bay. Unless you subscribe to the Brooklyn Based theory that it’s named after the Sheepshead fish which used to populate the Bay waters. The blog did a bit of digging to discover this piece of information and it offered astute evidence, but my favorite part of this story is that, apparently, no one knows why the fish is named Sheepshead. So really the line of questioning continues on. Fun fact though: the Sheepshead fish hasn’t been living in the Bay since the 19th century, but because of global warming, the Bay may once again be an ideal temperature for the species. Yay! Nature is man’s bitch!