brooklyn
Friday Photo Finish: New Utrecht Ave
Photo by imsorrybrendan [http://www.flickr.com/photos/imsorrybrendan/3285851585/] via Flickr.
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december blogwrap
December Blogwrap
This is Bensonhurst Bean’s monthly blogwrap, where we highlight some of the stories that have affected Bensonhurst over the last month, as covered by both local and mainstream media. From Florida To Brooklyn To Care For Her Ailing Sister [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/nyregion/coming-to-the-rescue-of-a-sister-in-need.html]
champagne shrimp scampi
Bensonhurst Kitchen: New Year’s Eve Finger Foods
Throwing a party at home can be a lot of work. Trying to accomplish anything in the confines of a small kitchen while your house or apartment is wall to wall with company can add a whole other layer of stress to the usual pressures of cooking for a large
62nd Precinct Crime Statistics: 12/12 – 12/18/2011
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We publish the week’s statistics for the 62nd Precinct reports every Friday. The 62nd Precinct is the police command responsible for Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
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City, MTA Do Battle With Rats While One Solution Goes Ignored
Photo Credit: Linda S.The city, along with New York City Transit, recently ramped up their anti-rat campaign along New Utrecht Avenue. Unfortunately, one simple preventative measure that could put a permanent end to the rat problem is currently being ignored. Plastic mesh has been installed around the now-infamous exposed
5th Avenue
Avenue Candles & Gifts Now Open On 13th Avenue
A reader sent us this photo of Avenue Candles & Gifts, which recently re-opened on 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights. The store’s owners had closed their former location on Bay Ridge’s 5th Avenue earlier this year. According to our tipster, it’s a cute shop and their candles
3520 mermaid avenue
An Okie In Coney: Woody Guthrie’s Coney Island Years
A page from a collection of Guthrie's sheet music includes his Mermaid Avenue addressIn preparation for next year’s centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth, today’s New York Times carried a story about an exhibition and study center being built – in honor of the man who wrote
New York Aquarium
Polar Bear Club Dives In For Children’s Charity
Some just come for the view. (Source: Howard N2GOT via Flickr)This year’s (next year’s?) January 1, Coney Island Polar Dip into the Atlantic Ocean – a Brooklyn New Year’s tradition for decades – will help raise funds for Camp Sunshine, a retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and
67th street
Mess Of The Month: Greetings From Lake 67th Street
The corner of 67th Street and Bay Parkway the day after a light rainThere’s rain in the forecast for early this evening, which reminds me of a photo I recently took while running an errand. If you’ve ever noticed, many a corner in our neck of the woods
19th avenue
Some More Holiday Lights Photos
The accompanying photos by Aleksandr R. were so impressive, we just had to share them with our readers. They were taken on 82nd Street, between 18th Avenue and 19th Avenue.
Grab Your Skates! Free Ice Skating Tomorrow In Coney Island
Some of last year's attendees (Source: drecchia.com)This year, former NY Ranger Nick Fotiu will be on hand (Source: rangers.nhl.com)For the fifth consecutive year, the children of Southern Brooklyn will have the chance to enjoy free ice skating at the Abe Stark Rink (1902
85th street
VIDEO: Summer Mural In Bensonhurst!
The above video, uploaded by BKLYNmurals [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfAP1WjjUQ&list=UUE42VvWbPknFZkoRCPrQW1A&index=2&feature=plcp] , celebrates and showcases how the same type of talent and civic interest that could lead one to put up some great Christmas lights in the winter can also