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The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: Source: council.nyc.govCouncilman David G. Greenfield is thanking the NYPD’s 66th Precinct and neighborhood Shomrim volunteers for their efforts to stem the rise in the number of vehicles broken into around Borough Park in recent
alan aviles
Source: Gregory MaizousThe following is a press release from the Health and Hospitals Corporation: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation announced today that for the first time since Hurricane Sandy flooded its basement and first floor, causing substantial damage to its emergency department, Coney Island Hospital is again
michael mcmahon
Source: FArepublicans via FlickrA new study found the Congressman Michael Grimm may not be the die-hard Tea Party conservative his opponents make him out to be. In fact, the report says he’s right smack in the middle of the nation’s ideological spectrum. The Daily News reports [http://www.
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Kingsborough Community College administrators have moved the drop-off location of the yellow school bus that shuttles students from campus to subway station and back, no longer allowing it on the school’s property. The new location has a local civic group fuming that the school is piling on more traffic
2816 coney island ave
Source: Google MapsReader Carly G. informs us that Lincoln Garden Cleaners at 2816 Coney Island Avenue is now closed. The business has been there for a long time – easily 25 years, since I certainly can’t remember it ever not being there. Anyone know when Lincoln Garden Cleaners opened?
highlawn ave
A driver was taken into custody by police after plowing into another vehicle and flipping her car causing it to flip on Highlawn Avenue near Stillwell Avenue, a reader tells us. The reader sent us the accompanying photos and said that the accident happened around 2:15 p.m., around
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It’s another restaurant switcheroo at 1788 Sheepshead Bay Road, with Cafe Rokhat opening up last week on the site of two previous kebab joints. The business replaces Aladdin Restaurant, which opened in December 2011 [/aladdin-restaurant-to-replace-garden-bay-cafe/], but ended up shutting down when Superstorm Sandy came through. The business that preceded
in focus
Bensonhurst Bean reader Kaffy sent over this snazzy photo of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Got a photo for “In Focus,” our weekly photo feature? Send it over to nberke [at] bensonhurstbean.com [nberke@bensonhurstbean.com]!
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barbara pearson
Some romances sprout from tragedy, an enduring ray of hope piercing through a flailing moment of misery. That was the case for Sheepshead Bites Valentine’s Day contest [/contest-tell-us-how-you-met-your-valentine-win-a-gift-certificate-to-tete-a-tete/] winners Barbara and Jim Pearson. Barbara, 55, and Jim, 59, have been together since March 1981. They met at the workplace,
Hours before Superstorm Sandy rolled in, Manhattan Beach was already under water. (Photo by Max T.)The Army Corps of Engineers canceled plans to speak before the Manhattan Beach Community Group less than 24 hours before tonight’s meeting [/wednesday-mbcg-monthly-meeting-at-ps-195/], according to the group’s president, who claims that the
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With spring break for many schools just weeks away, community organizers throughout Sandy-affected neighborhoods are preparing for a flood of student volunteers to bolster recovery efforts across the region – and they’re warning the Sanitation Department to be ready. “It’s pretty much a consensus that the boom time for