benefits
From the offices of Councilman David Greenfield and Congressman Jerrold Nadler: Councilman David G. Greenfield, Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty are teaming up to host an event for residents who need help applying for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The serial killer who murdered two shopkeepers earlier this year [/the-latest-on-the-bensonhurst-and-bay-ridge-slayings/] has senselessly gunned down a third. Rahmatolla Vahidipour is the latest victim. He was found shot inside of his Flatbush store on Friday evening. Police have linked the .22 caliber gun used in the previous murders to the shell
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Pre-Sandy seawall. Source: Retrofresh! via FlickrFrom the offices of Senator Marty Golden: State Senator Martin J. Golden announced that he has written to Colonel Paul E. Owens of the Army Corps of Engineers regarding damage to the Belt Parkway seawall and has requested an emergency fix and replacement of the
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Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration via Wikimedia Commons Growing up in Bensonhurst, rarely anyone I knew went by their real names. From Joey Sticks to Chewy Louie, nicknames are a regular part of neighborhood lore. Dave Mandl, writer for the “Wire, the Believer, the Rumpus, the Register,
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Source: Onderwijsgek via Wikimedia CommonsFrom the offices of Councilman Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield is pleased to announce that residents in Kensington, the northern part of Midwood and the eastern part of Borough Park once again have a neighborhood library branch to visit with the soft opening of the new,
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Maimonides Medical Center opened a new two-floor, 5,5000-square-foot care center in order to turn their attention on caring for children. The new Bay Parkway Multi-Specialty Pediatric Center is located at 6701 Bay Parkway. It has 12 examination rooms and is open five days a week, according to the Brooklyn
business for sale
Source: Liquor and wine store owner via Craigslist.orgThis is always kind of interesting: Two local establishments are for sale, but neither are explicitly named. One is a pizzeria that has been in business for 11 years. The owner writes [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bfs/3407544545.html]: > I
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.
civic engagement
From the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield is inviting all Bensonhurst residents to join him this Thursday, November 15th as he continues his participatory budgeting initiative in the 44th Council District. Participatory budgeting allows residents to decide exactly how $1 million in capital funds are spent
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Source: Justin Goodman, Spokesman for Council Speaker Christine Quinn, via TwitterAs schools throughout the hardest hit neighborhoods in Brooklyn struggle to open, other schools that have taken in extra students face their own struggles like attendance, transporting students to and from the new schools and more. Due to damage, 450
Airports
The proposed placement of natural gas pipelines from Williams and National Grid. Source: WilliamsAccording to the legislative calendar [http://www.majorityleader.gov/Floor/daily.html] for the House of Representatives, H.R. 2606, better known as the New York City Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Act or the Jamaica Bay pipeline,
Source: Alex Rabb via FlickrIt’s almost here! Since starting this gig there’s been one thought, and one thought only, floating around this thing I call a brain: Dyker Heights Christmas lights. Think of me what you will, but I love it. It’s really remarkable to walk the