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Benjamin Cohn

Benjamin Cohn

Mar
09
Surrealist Artist Vincent Castiglia Talks Tattoos, Bloodletting & Growing Up In Bensonhurst

Surrealist Artist Vincent Castiglia Talks Tattoos, Bloodletting & Growing Up In Bensonhurst

Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst Bean“Every painting is intrinsically a part of me,” says Bensonhurst-born tattoo artist and surrealist
8 min read
Mar
08
Crime Blotter: Car Break-Ins, Fire Escape Thieves & Hammer Assaults

Crime Blotter: Car Break-Ins, Fire Escape Thieves & Hammer Assaults

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in
2 min read
Mar
07
Kelly Anderson Talks Industry City, Gentrification & Her Acclaimed Film ‘My Brooklyn’

Kelly Anderson Talks Industry City, Gentrification & Her Acclaimed Film ‘My Brooklyn’

Photo courtesy of Kelly AndersonKelly Anderson’s acclaimed 2012 film “My Brooklyn” [http://www.mybrooklynmovie.com/] follows her journey as
3 min read
Mar
06
ICYMI: Car Crime, Heroin Task Force, ‘No Parking’ In The Jmart Lot

ICYMI: Car Crime, Heroin Task Force, ‘No Parking’ In The Jmart Lot

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI) [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/]: Here are some of the big stories you may
1 min read
Mar
02

Senate Passes Bills To Increase Penalties For Selling Drugs To Minors

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanDrug dealers, beware: You may serve more jail time if you are arrested selling narcotics to children
1 min read
Mar
01
Crime Blotter: Police On High Alert After Rash Of Car Crime On Shore Parkway & Cropsey Avenue

Crime Blotter: Police On High Alert After Rash Of Car Crime On Shore Parkway & Cropsey Avenue

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanPolice believe they may have caught the perp responsible for a spate of car thefts in the
2 min read
Feb
28
ICYMI: Liang Protests, ‘Big Ang’ Funeral, Spotlight On Calvert Vaux

ICYMI: Liang Protests, ‘Big Ang’ Funeral, Spotlight On Calvert Vaux

Photo by Daniel FrazerIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI) [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/]: Here are some of the big stories you may
1 min read
Feb
25
After 10 Years Of Complaints, DOT Removes ‘No Parking’ Signs Around PS 101

After 10 Years Of Complaints, DOT Removes ‘No Parking’ Signs Around PS 101

Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark Treyger’s officeFollowing requests from Councilman Mark Treyger and Assemblyman William Colton, the Department of
1 min read
Feb
23
Crime Blotter: Daytime Break-Ins, Gunpoint Robberies, Foot Locker Thieves

Crime Blotter: Daytime Break-Ins, Gunpoint Robberies, Foot Locker Thieves

Here’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two
2 min read
Feb
22
Thousands Protest Conviction Of Ex-Officer Peter Liang: ‘No Selective Justice!’ [Video]

Thousands Protest Conviction Of Ex-Officer Peter Liang: ‘No Selective Justice!’ [Video]

https://youtu.be/M4tVlLtakic Chants of “Justice, justice!” and “No scapegoat!” rang out in Downtown Brooklyn Saturday as local pols
5 min read