  In this work, we explore a Schwarzschild-like black hole within the framework
of metric--affine bumblebee gravity. First, we investigate the behavior of the
Kretschmann scalar and singularities in this modified gravity approach. Next,
we introduce a newly defined time coordinate related to a stationary
asymptotically flat spacetime. We also analyze the scattering effects and
numerically calculate and comprehensively examine the partial and total
absorption cross sections. At the high--frequency approximation, we find that
the absorption cross section tends to the geodesic capture cross section. The
continued fraction method is applied to investigate the quasinormal modes, and
we explore the deviations of both the real and imaginary terms of the
quasinormal modes from the Schwarzschild case in detail. We verify the relation
between the shadow radius and the real part of the quasinormal frequencies at
the eikonal limit within this modified gravity framework. Finally, we examine
the energy emission rate.
