ICYMI: Coney Island DMV Now Closed For Major Renovations, Bensonhurst “Blessing Scam” Defendant Indicted
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- The Coney Island DMV is now closed for major renovations. It will reopen sometime in December
- The defendant in a Bensonhurst “blessing scam” case has been indicted and faces 25 years in prison
- A new report shows that southwest Brooklyn has more Trump donors than nearly anywhere else in the city
- Former reporters recall the early days of The Brooklyn Graphic, Bensonhurst’s weekly paper
- In the most adorable collaboration of the year, a five-year-old partnered with the Parks Department to restore a Bay Ridge hopscotch board
- In the mood for a hero the size of your arm and named after an Italian persona? Head on down to Lioni’s
- The DOT has finally agreed to make changes so crossing Bay Parkway is safer for pedestrians
- Bensonhurst is plagued by deactivated police call boxes, according to at least one local