The 2nd Annual Coney Island Children’s Halloween Parade [http://www.coneyislandfunguide.com/Events/ChildrensHalloweenParade_10_29_2011-3106.htm] is just a little over two weeks away. The festivities, which include a costume contest, will take place Saturday, October 29, beginning at 1 p.m. The parade starts at Peggy
herman cain
Rep. Michael Grimm (from house.gov)Rep. Michael Grimm has endorsed Mitt Romney [http://www.thebrooklynpolitics.com/post/11270555593/michael-grimm-endorses-mitt-romney] for the Republican presidential nomination and many of Grimm’s Tea Party supporters, some of whom have already criticized him for betraying their ultra conservative principles, are steaming mad. Romney
car thief
For decades, Bensonhurst held the reputation of a place where, for better or worse, ‘justice’ was often meted out in the street. While the uglier side of that reality has moved to Staten Island slowly faded away over the years, fortunately the sense of community that stems from neighbors looking
class warfare
Do you consider the anti-corporate sentiment of the Occupy Wall Street protests, as well as growing discontent about the widening gap between rich and poor to be a form of class warfare? In the above video, posted on YouTube by CongressmanNadler, [http://www.youtube.com/user/CongressmanNadler]Rep. Jerrold Nadler
consolidation
Father Knickerbocker, representing New York City, proposes to Miss Brooklyn (Image provided by Michael Miscione via nurcnews.blogspot.com)Not everyone was happy about Brooklyn’s consolidation into greater New York City in 1898. To many newspapers, civic leaders and proud residents, it was ‘the great mistake of ’98’ – when
greenfield
[Update 2:15 p.m.] The hearing on Calko Medical Center’s parking spots is NOT today. As it says on the flier, the meeting will be NEXT Tuesday, October 18. 2011 at 2:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused. The Calko Medical Center,
jeannette figueroa
(from firebell.net)Here at Bensonhurst Bean, we like stories that show how great things can happen when New York’s Finest work hand in hand with courageous civilians to fight crime. Today’s Brooklyn Daily Eagle has a great story on three police officers and a resident who all
chicken salad
One thing I’ve always wondered about was the wonderful properties of cranberries. They add moisture to dry meats like turkey and a certain tart sweetness to all that they touch. In recent years, I’ve become acquainted with the dried cranberry, or craisin. The more concentrated taste, snappy texture
convenience store
This morning, we spotted another new storefront on the corner of Bay Parkway and 65th Street. Unlike Pizza Daddy across the street [/whos-your-daddy-pizzeria-in-the-works-for-bay-parkway/], this convenient corner store appears to already be open for business. What’s attracting all these new enterprises, you ask? Maybe it’s the eerily touching soundtrack
The above video, from Fox 5 [http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/bloomberg-letter-budget-cuts-layoffs-20111005], discusses the possibility of additional layoffs – in addition to an existing hiring freeze – for city workers as part of budget cuts requested by Mayor Bloomberg. Are you or someone you know a city worker in danger of
deer
(Image by P.J. Landers via Home Reporter)While former residents of Brooklyn often migrate to Staten Island for a taste of suburban living, deer seem to be headed the other way into Brooklyn – whether on their own or by human hands. According by the Home Reporter, three deer – during