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Southern Brooklyn Beat: Bensonhurst Apartment Robbed, Verrazano May Get Back Second Z

Hannah Frishberg

Dec 14, 2016 — 1 min read

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What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The Southern BK Beat:

Pols back Verrazano-Narrows name fix [Brooklyn Daily]

The sounds of a typical day at Major Markets on Mermaid Avenue [Coney Island History Project]

Dyker Heights Christmas lights: Meet the Brooklyn locals who put on the over-the top holiday display [AMNY]

City unveils possible routes for streetcar in Brooklyn and Queens [New York Times]

Gatling announces run for Brooklyn DA [Kings County Politics]

A Bay Ridge Official’s Attack on Immigrant IDs [Hey Ridge]

Bensonhurst apartment robbed of cash, coins and birth certificate [Brooklyn Home Reporter]

Bath Beach, Brooklyn still obsesses about its antiquated ingredients [The Exception]

NYPD mourns death of Auxiliary Police Chief Tony Christo [Kings County Politics]

Common Sense: A Dyker Heights native on the ‘Dyker Lights [Brooklyn Home Reporter]

Amputee travels country to inspire disabled basketballers [Brooklyn Daily]

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