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Hannah Frishberg

Hannah Frishberg

Nov
28
VIDEO: Coney Island Creek Climate Change Study Proposes Pedestrian Path For Kaiser Park

VIDEO: Coney Island Creek Climate Change Study Proposes Pedestrian Path For Kaiser Park

A rendering of proposed improvements to Six Diamonds Park, to benefit residents in times of storm and peace. (Photo via
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Nov
28
Coney Island’s 60th Precinct Takes On Mannequin Challenge, Goes Viral

Coney Island’s 60th Precinct Takes On Mannequin Challenge, Goes Viral

From the 60th Precinct’s Mannequin ChallengeSouthern Brooklyn’s Mannequin Challenge game is on point. The 60th Precinct — representing Coney
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Nov
28
Bay Ridge Mother And Child Missing Since Friday, Possibly Hiding From Abusive Husband

Bay Ridge Mother And Child Missing Since Friday, Possibly Hiding From Abusive Husband

A photo of Hazuki and her son, Isse, via policeMother, wife, and Bay Ridge resident Hazuki Matsushita and her 11-month
2 min read
Nov
28
Coney Island’s 60th Precinct Takes On Mannequin Challenge, Goes Viral

Coney Island’s 60th Precinct Takes On Mannequin Challenge, Goes Viral

From the 60th Precinct’s Mannequin ChallengeSouthern Brooklyn’s Mannequin Challenge game is on point. The 60th Precinct — representing Coney
2 min read
Nov
28
Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Shore Road Christmas Tree Lighting, Maimonides Celebration Of Light

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Shore Road Christmas Tree Lighting, Maimonides Celebration Of Light

Photo by azernyc [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNVtyl5Bzhz/]This Thursday marks the start of December! With Thanksgiving behind us,
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Nov
27
ICYMI: Local Father Dies In Motorcycle Crash, Public School Employees Tell Immigrant Students To “Pack Their Bags”

ICYMI: Local Father Dies In Motorcycle Crash, Public School Employees Tell Immigrant Students To “Pack Their Bags”

From the Avenue P subway station. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean) * Public school employees tell immigrant students in Bay
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Nov
26
Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

From the Avenue P station on the F (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie
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Nov
24
Happy Thanksgiving To You From The Bensonhurst Bean!

Happy Thanksgiving To You From The Bensonhurst Bean!

Photo via dave.pontious [https://www.instagram.com/p/-ctbnLE03N/?tagged=charliebrownthanksgiving]Our readers mean the world to us, and
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Nov
23
A Guide To Bensonhurst, Gravesend, And Bath Beach’s Russian Supermarkets

A Guide To Bensonhurst, Gravesend, And Bath Beach’s Russian Supermarkets

The candy display at Smart Cost. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean) While Manhattanites and other foreigners often assume that
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Nov
23
Gravesend Remembers Vincent Brace, A Life Cut Short By Saturday’s Avenue X Motorcycle Crash

Gravesend Remembers Vincent Brace, A Life Cut Short By Saturday’s Avenue X Motorcycle Crash

The late Vince Brace and his wife. Photo via Vince’s GofundmeThe tragic death of a Gavesend father, husband, and
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