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Bensonhurst Kitchen: Chicken Piccata
You’ve heard of the old saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In this edition of BK, Colleen ups the ante on that antiquated adage. While lemonade is great, there’s just so much more that you can do with the acerbic yellow citrus. This week, when Key
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Mess Of The Week: 20th Avenue N-Train Station Pigeon Poop
All we can say about this one is that, if you’re reading, I hope you’ve already had your lunch. I was taking one of my early afternoon walks through the hot, sunny streets of our fair neighborhood when I decided on an air-conditioned subway ride south toward Coney
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Is Our Hood Safe From Hurricane Irene?
After the infamous Boxing Day Blizzard debacle [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2010/12/five-days-later-still-no-plows/] last December, and while Hurricane Irene barrels up the East Coast towards New Jersey [http://www.nj.com/weather-guy/index.ssf/2011/08/hurricane_irene_forecast_shift.html] , Mayor Bloomberg insists that, this time, NYC won’
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Fired Greenfield Staffer Fires Back
Stefanie Fedak, at left (image from cityhallnews.com)If you’ve ever been fired then you’ve probably had a moment or two of wishing you could publicly bad mouth your former boss. To most people, this is more fantasy than reality, just a guilty pleasure of the mind rather
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L & B Spumoni Gardens Recipe Reason Behind Mob Beatdown?
(image by Mike Buscher for Daily News)We’ve heard about the pizza connection, but this is ridiculous… According to the Daily News, a mafia-related feud was sparked in part by the delicious slices at one our favorite pizzerias [/take-out-that-doesnt-suck-l-b-spumoni-gardens/], the New Zealand-renowned [/new-zealand-herald-hearts-l-b-spumoni-gardens/] L & B Spumoni gardens. The
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Church Of The Holy Spirit Flea Market Starts September 3
The flea market at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit will be coming back to Bay Parkway, beginning two Saturdays from now, on September 3. Bensonhurst Bean visited the biweekly event in May [/flea-market-season-starts-off-on-right-foot/] for some browsing and a little bit of buying. We had a great time and
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Pesticide Spraying Thursday In Bath Beach, Gravesend
(image by tanakawho via flickr)According to Home Reporter, the Department of Health will be spraying insecticides in both Bath Beach and Gravesend tomorrow August 25, sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. According to the Department of Health’s website [http://home2.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/
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Car Accident On 86th Street In Dyker Heights
photo by Chantal N.Chantal N. snapped this picture of what looks like a pretty nasty two car accident that occurred last Saturday. It happened just across from the Dyker Beach Golf Course on 86th Street, approximately between 11th Avenue and 12th Avenue.
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BREAKING: Earthquake Hits Virginia, Felt In NYC
It appears we all just experienced the aftershocks of an earthquake that hit Virginia at 1:51 p.m. Bensonhurst Bean will update the story as soon as we learn more. The following was just posted by MarketWatch [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dc-rocked-by-magnitude-58-earthquake-2011-08-23?siteid=bnbh] , a financial news service:
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Neighborhood Gossip: Bensonhurst/18th Avenue Feast Reunion At MCU Park?
photo by Erica Sherman for Sheepshead BitesSomething interesting popped up in Bensonhurst Bean’s neighborhood news wire this morning. Apparently, an individual named Tony Cacciotti is trying to organize a neighborhood reunion, which would double as a party for 18th Avenue Feast fans, at MCU Park in Coney Island. A
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Garbage Can Tug Of War In Southwestern Brooklyn
A new article in the Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/34/br_fourthavetrashfolo_2011_08_19_bk.html] highlights the conflict between the city and Community Board 10 over whether or not to keep garbage cans on Bay Ridge Avenue in Bay Ridge. The community board had