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Gelato at Coney’s Cones. (Photo: Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html])Looking to make your mark in Coney Island? How about creating you own signature gelato flavor? Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html], located at 1023 Boardwalk West, near Luna Park, is accepting submissions from
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Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookFor the City Council’s 2017 fiscal year — which began on July 1, 2016 — Councilman Vincent Gentile has allocated more than $1.2 million in local initiative and discretionary funding to more than 80 groups, including agencies which keep our streets clean, ensure our youth
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookFor a second time [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/09/pamela-harris-wins-democratic-nomination-for-brook-krasnys-assembly-seat/#.V449o5MrLos] , Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has won the endorsements of the Working Families Part y(WFP) and 1199 United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU) — one of the largest healthcare union in the nation — this time in
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookFor a second time [/pamela-harris-wins-democratic-nomination-for-brook-krasnys-assembly-seat/#.V449o5MrLos] , Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has won the endorsements of the Working Families Party (WFP) and 1199 United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU) — one of the largest healthcare union in the nation — this time in her bid for re-election. The WFP says
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Flyer courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cops are searching for a suspect wanted for robbing two livery car drivers and a food cart owner at gunpoint near 86th Street last week. The man held up both cabbies on July 12, taking $100 from the first one on
Politics
Pam Harris at a press conference in Kaiser Park last week. (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/?s=pamela+harris#.V4z5yJMrLWU] — who has been under fire last week [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/07/harris-campaign-pushes-back-allegations-inappropriate-ties-nonprofit/#.V4z5lZMrLWU] for the blurred line between her political
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanMark your calendars, neighbors, because Family Movie Nights in the park — sponsored by NIA Community Services Network and Councilman Vincent Gentile — are back! Last weekend’s screening of “Inside Out” in Bensonhurst Park [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seMwpP0yeu4]was rained out and has
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Photo by Isabella RuggieriIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/bensonhurstbean]and Facebook [http://www.
News
Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch, as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James, calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann
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Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch — as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James — calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann
Arts & Culture
The ultimate summertime destination gets even better with the Summer Series at Luna Park. Beginning this month through September 4, Luna Park, New York City’s largest amusement park, will host a series of special events, pop-up concerts, and electric performances each weekend. The series — which spotlights Brooklyn and NYC
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Photo by Mario J. Caggiano/ FacebookA pair of politically conscious teens tore down a “Make America Great Again” sign from a fence in Dyker Beach Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/dyker-beach-park] on July 11, saying the paraphernalia associated with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump was antagonistic to Hispanic