Harassment
(Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst Bean)A group of young bullies are wreaking havoc on a stretch of Bay Parkway between 60th Street and 86th Street, apparently singling out and terrorizing Chinese-owned shops, according to a police report filed by 13 Bay Parkway business owners. The kids — who storeowners say
IRS
Source: americanvirus [https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/] /FlickrPhones scammers targeting New Yorkers [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/02/scammers-posing-debt-collectors-attorney-generals-office-target-new-yorkers/] are getting more sophisticated than ever, pols warned. The latest scam threatens victims with arrest for unpaid taxes or utility fees, unless a payment is made through a debit
Source: americanvirus [https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/] /FlickrPhones scammers targeting New Yorkers [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/02/scammers-posing-debt-collectors-attorney-generals-office-target-new-yorkers/] are getting more sophisticated than ever, pols warned. The latest scam threatens victims with arrest for unpaid taxes or utility fees, unless a payment is made through a debit
Source: NYPDPolice are searching for a man who disappeared in Coney Island last week. Robert Fleming, 62, was last seen near West 33rd Street and Surf Avenue on Thursday, April 23, at 1pm, cops said. He was reported missing on Saturday, April 25. Fleming, who lives on West 36th Street
Photo by Daniel FrazerThis rare and colorful birdy was spotted near Kohls. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/BensonhurstBean], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
By Vincent GulizioIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI) [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/]: 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:
phone scams
Source: americanvirus [https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/] /FlickrPhones scammers targeting New Yorkers [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/02/scammers-posing-debt-collectors-attorney-generals-office-target-new-yorkers/] are getting more sophisticated than ever, pols warned this week. The latest scam threatens victims with arrest for unpaid taxes or utility fees, unless a payment is made through
Feltman's
Image via Feltman’s of Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/1576674405946671/photos/pb.1576674405946671.-2207520000.1429661579./1576675642613214/?type=3&theater] Call it a case of the student outshining the teacher. While Nathan’s Famous hot dogs have become synonymous with Coney Island, it wasn’t invented by the
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Photo via Flickr/streetcar-press [https://www.flickr.com/photos/streetcar-press/6208749827/]Apparently the X in X27 stands for extra late. Three MTA express buses connecting Southern Brooklyn with Midtown, Manhattan — the BM1, X27 and X28 — show up late 33.7 percent of the time, according to an audit [http://salsa3.
Photo by NYRR [https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkRoadRunners/photos/pb.86345372408.-2207520000.1429806527./10152778502542409/?type=1&theater] via FacebookThere will be no height limits at this Coney Island attraction. The first-ever New York Road Runners [NYRR] Kids’ Boardwalk Run [http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2015/nyrr-kids-boardwalk-run-at-the-airbnb-brooklyn-half] at the Brooklyn
phone scam
Source: americanvirus [https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/] /FlickrPhones scammers targeting New Yorkers [/blog/2015/02/04/scammers-posing-debt-collectors-attorney-generals-office-target-new-yorkers/] are getting more sophisticated than ever, pols warned this week. The latest scam threatens victims with arrest for unpaid taxes or utility fees, unless a payment is made through a debit
Charles Feltman
Image via Feltman’s of Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/1576674405946671/photos/pb.1576674405946671.-2207520000.1429661579./1576675642613214/?type=3&theater] Call it a case of the student outshining the teacher. While Nathan’s Famous hot dogs have become synonymous with Coney Island, it wasn’t invented by the