Best Of Bensonhurst: 10 Biggest News Stories Of 2014
It’s been a crazy year for our little corner of Southern Brooklyn.
To ring in the new year, we looked at the analytics data for Bensonhurst Bean and rounded up the biggest stories of 2014 – and there were so many great ones to choose from. Predictably, some of our most popular articles were not pretty: prostitutes getting arrested, murder plots being uncovered, and shady politicians winning elections.
But there was also plenty of good news to report in 2014. We welcomed several great new businesses to Ceasar’s Bay and 86th Street, we tasted some of the best cannoli outside of Italy (spoiler: it’s a toss up between Villabate Alba and Cannoli Plus), and let’s not forget that adorable couple who tied the knot on the N train. Also deserving of an honorable mention was the (failed) police effort to capture the “Abe Lincoln graffiti artist,” who, in turn, captured the the hearts of our readers.
Since it was impossibly to choose the most interesting, exciting, and important stories of 2014, we decided to let the data speak for itself. These are the news stories that raked in the most page-views in 2014:
1. Twelve women were arrested, nine massage parlors shut down in prostitution bust.
2. A woman was found dead in a parked car in front of Villabate Alba.
3. An 86th Street Foot Locker employee was caught filming women in the bathroom.
4. A BJ’s Wholesale Club came to Ceasar’s Bay waterfront.
6. Pole-wielding lunatic walked into Starbucks on 86th Street and smashed stranger’s laptop to bits.
7. A crook was caught on camera swiping packages before the holidays.
