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Behold, Coney Island, 1983 to 1988, as preserved through Municipal Archives tax photos [/relive-1980s-coney-island-tax-photos/]. It speaks to Coney Island’s timlessness that if it weren’t for the cars and the phonebooths many of these photos could be mistaken for present day photographs, three decades in the future. The awning
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(Photo by plezrock [https://www.instagram.com/p/pXDB_vjTs1/] / Instagram)“Every neighborhood has its own unique character. Likewise, every neighborhood has its own unique characters,” begins proudly born and raised Bensonhurst native Barry Jacobs’ thorough description of the area’s famed Backwards Wheelchair Lady [/40072/]. Barry goes on: >
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The 86th Street Mcdonalds where the ordeal took place. (Photo by Yelp user Michele S. [https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/mcdonalds-brooklyn-73?select=Uem5b4ZhC0MJDBsl-OTwVQ] )A U.S. Marshall was arrested early Sunday morning for threatening a Bay Ridge McDonald’s employee with a gun. Deputy Marshal Charles Brown walked into
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“On the Sixth day of Christmas @Villabatealba gave to me…” (Photo via villabatealba [https://www.instagram.com/p/BONOEDUgZt_/] / Instagram)Stay up to date on community happenings, cultural events and other free or otherwise affordably priced goings-ons in your community. For even more things to do around Brooklyn, or to
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(Photo via police)Back on September 14th, a Wednesday, a 27-year-old woman was on the corner of 82nd Street and 20th Avenue when a stranger approached her and grabbed her butt before running away, the police reported. The stranger is described as a roughly 17-year-old Hispanic male weighing 150lbs and
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* Check out this footage a tipster sent in of southern Brooklyn’s beloved Backwards Wheelchair Lady [/40072/] in action * After months of being closed for renovations, Seth Low Park reopened [/seth-low-park-reopens-pols-break-ground-new-soccer-fields/] on Thursday! * You’re not really livin until you’ve tried one of Aunt Butchie’s cheese cones [/better-cannoli-aunt-butchies-cheese-cones-heaven-earth/
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(Photo by deandelray [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNqRK67h4D1/] / Instagram) Dining Review: Oasis Diner as on of the last old-school Brooklyn diners. [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/12/dining-review-oasis-diner-one-last-old-school-brooklyn-diners/] [Sheepshead Bites] Car crashes into storefront across from J.J. Byrne Playground; Second 5th Avenue curb jump incident on same night
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Ah, the holiday season. Chestnuts, open fires, yadda yadda. It’s too cold. Way. Too. Cold. Here are some places for you to warm up. (Courtesy Street Easy/Andre Campodonico of Standard Living Realty Inc [http://streeteasy.com/building/2063-85-street-brooklyn/1])2063 85th Street, #1 [http://streeteasy.com/building/2063-85-street-brooklyn/
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(Photo via Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_City_Transit_snow_removal_(11312274454).jpg] )The New York City Emergency Management Department has issued a hazardous travel advisory for tomorrow, Saturday, December 17. New Yorkers be warned: tomorrow’s forecast predicts slightly warmer weather (a high of 42
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(Photo by Vincent Gulizio [http://www.gulizio.com/vincent-gulizio-christmas-lights-dyker-lights-dyker-heights] )Three years after an article in the New York Times’ [/ny-times-spotlights-dyker-heights-suggests-gentrification/] “Living in” real estate feature called Dyker a “place that people deeply care for [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/realestate/dyker-heights-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-for-all-seasons.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&
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To many (if not most) of those who come to see the Dyker Heights Lights from out of borough — be it from Manhattan or Pennsylvania — as well as many of the Brooklynites who come out to experience the holiday tradition [/dyker-heights-just-holiday-lights/], the neighborhood is foreign and the area’s best
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samui_the_frenchieHave a great weekend and take advantage of all your neighborhood has to offer at one of these local events. If you have an event to share, please email us at editor@bensonhurstbean.com or post it on our our calendar [/calendar/]. Are you burrowing inside your apartment
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Students from Bensonhurst’s Success Academy joined Councilman Greenfield for the ribbon cutting. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Seth Low Park is officially back open. After months of renovations Bensonhurst’s popular green space and recreation center, closed since the spring [/whats-seth-low-playground-construction/], reopened this morning to much fanfare despite
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Source: mikey k via flickrA 15-year-old female was kidnapped at gunpoint by five teenage boys as she was walking down West 24th Street close to Surf Avenue on Monday afternoon, took her to the 12th floor of a Coney Island apartment building, and repeatedly gang raped her, officials told the
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Officer Malone explaining the training process. Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.In the community affairs room of the 61st Precinct on Wednesday night, three officers in tan-colored uniforms set up a big screen, a projector, and a tabletop full of modified weapons to have community members go through situations
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City Council Member Chaim Deutsch proposing the Accident Report Bill to City Council. Photo via Facebook/Chaim Deutsch.Those who have been in a car accident before know that dealing with mechanics, car insurance agencies, and the police can be rather anxiety-inducing. The stress from fender benders is now a