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From left to right: A woman suspected of robbing an elderly lady in September; a man seen walking alongside the murdered Jennifer Cohen before her death. Photos via DCPIWeeks, if not months, have passed since the occurence of some of these crimes, and the police are still seeking community assistance
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Dareen Hefny. Photo via DCPIThe New York City Police Department has sent out a request for public assistance locating a teenage girl who has been missing from her Bay Ridge home since Friday, October 14 at 7 a.m. Dareen Hefny is 15 years old and is described as an
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The 62nd Precinct is quite pink this October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Photo by Hannah FrishbergStay up to date on community happenings and take care of your body with various free flu shot events and local group meetings this week in southern Brooklyn. For even more things
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According to Google Maps, the neighborhood becomes Dyker Heights north of 14th Avenue, Bath Beach south of 86th Street, and Borough Park and Midwood to the northeast of 60th Street. To the southeast, Bay Parkway, Avenue P, and McDonald Avenue create the oddly-shaped border between Bensonhurst and Gravesend. Bensonhurst’s
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Source: katerha via flickrLast week stores citywide began receiving the first official notices reminding them that, as of February 15, 2017, they will need to charge customers five-cents for all plastic bags. The notice reads, as per a photo of it published on the Brooklyn Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/
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Photo by valeriia_klimenko [https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1fSoChWPO/]In 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
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Source: katerha via flickrLast week stores citywide began receiving the first official notices reminding them that, as of February 15, 2017, they will need to charge customers five-cents for all plastic bags. The notice reads, as per a photo of it published on the Brooklyn Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/
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True story: alligators live in New York City’s sewer system [http://www.citymetric.com/yes-they-really-have-found-alligators-new-york-sewer-system-102] . There’s no word on whether or not they’re befriended a gaggle of adolescent turtles being mentored by a wizened rat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles], but the good
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Festivities in Boro Park. Photo by Carly MillerHave 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/]. Murder
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A very broken call box. Looks like a car backed up into it. Photo by Hannah FrishbergDo you find that Bensonhurst has more than its fair share of broken police call boxes? Bean tipster Dennis M. sure does. According to Dennis, for two decades the now the NYFD has been
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“Elliot Gould was filming a movie on 86th Street,” Manno said of this cover. Courtesy of Frank MannoIn a different age of news media and Brooklyn, there was the original incarnation of The Brooklyn Graphic. Old timers will remember the newspaper for its hyper-local southern Brooklyn beat, and for being
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Photo via NYPD in July, when cops were looking for five women in connection to a citywide scam in which the perps approach middle-aged Asian women and persuade them that their jewelry is cursed.On April 27, on Bay 22nd Street and 86th Street [/con-artists-targeting-asian-women-back-say-cops/], 44-year-old Xuekun Su successfully convinced