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“Here is @USPS @USPSHelp ruining our community,” St. Finbar tweeted with this image back in OctoberAfter months of trouble, Saint Finbar Catholic Church has finally solved its problem with United States Postal Service trucks parking on sidewalks and double parking in front of their facilities, blocking community services including — in
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Photo posted by John Cicero in Southern Brooklyn ScrapbookBensonhurst lost a native, Bay Ridge lost a neighbor, and Brooklyn lost a former Borough President this month when Sebastian Leone passed away at 91 on Monday, November 14. Leone was elected to interim Borough President [http://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/
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Crash site, at Ocean Parkway and Avenue X (Photo by Sean Egan / Sheepshead Bites), and Vincent Brace with his twin children (Photo via gofundme)A motorcyclist and local father lost his life on the Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay border Saturday night following a tragic crash. The deceased, Vincent Brace of Gravesend,
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Crash site, at Ocean Parkway and Avenue X (Photo by Sean Egan / Sheepshead Bites), and Vincent Brace with his twin children (Photo via gofundme)A motorcyclist and local father lost his life on the Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay border Saturday night following a tragic crash. The deceased, Vincent Brace of Gravesend,
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On the heels of Donald Trump’s presidential election, there has been an uptick of national hate crimes — especially those aimed at Muslims [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/fbi-hate-crimes-statistics-2016-report-231330] — and Brooklyn is no exception. According to a letter sent to schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña last week and written
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There haven’t big any big protests in Sunset Park or Bay Ridge yet, but here is an image from a rally held in Brooklyn Heights this weekend in response to swastika graffiti found on a children’s playground. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER [/check-your-hate-senator-squadron-beastie-boys-ad-rock-lead-rally-after-hate-graffiti-found-at-adam-yauch-park/] )On the heels of Donald
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Photo via the Office of City Council Member Vincent GentileDyker Heights’ Patrick O’Rourke Playground — also known as Bear Park, for its climbable grizzly bear statue — reopened last week. At last neighbors who’d been taking playground-refuge at Dyker Park and Bay 8 Street Park can return to the more
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1972 70th Street. Photo via Property Shark [http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property-Report/?propkey=285722]Yet another longstanding area home [/gravesend-development/] is being replaced with a multi-family apartment building [/application-filed-bring-multi-family-residential-building-dyker-heights/], this time on the quaint stretch of 70th Street between 19th and 20th Avenues. There has not yet been an
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Photo by hakimbe [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNEoDHaDq7-/]Have 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 calendar [/calendar/
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Photo by cmballaIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter.
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Some pups in Brooklyn Heights. May your weekend be just as fluffy‘It’s a wake-up call for all of us” Bangladeshi leaders speak & rebound from election. [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/events/wake-call-us-bangladeshi-leaders-speak-rebound-election/] [Ditmas Park Corner] ‘It’s Activism or Fascism’: Packed community meeting addresses ‘Trump’s America’. [/its-activism-or-fascism-packed-community-meeting-addresses-trumps-america/
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The food donated to City Harvest will go to more than 500 soup kitchens, food pantries and other programs across the city. Photo via City Harvest [https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestNYC/photos/pb.29095531180.-2207520000.1431020404./10153066434261181/?type=3&theater] New York Cares, New York City’s largest volunteer