By Vincent GulizioA time lapse of a cloudy sky on 20th Avenue by photographer/neighbor Vincent Gulizio [http://www.gulizio.com/]. 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
86th Street trolley (Photo via ebay [http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-1934-Bensonhurst-Brooklyn-86-St-Trolley-NY-Photos-/390630041702?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af35d6866] )In 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
biking
Photo via bruce_mcadam [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_mcadam/295346798/] The City Council took up Councilman Mark Treyger’s controversial biking and texting bill [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/biking-texting-laws/] this week, which seeks to fine cyclists caught using mobile devices while riding. Biking advocates and at
anthony reynoso
Photo via bruce_mcadam [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_mcadam/295346798/] The City Council took up Councilman Mark Treyger’s controversial biking and texting bill [/biking-texting-laws/] this week, which seeks to fine cyclists caught using mobile devices while riding. Biking advocates and at least one elected official slammed the
LIRR
Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified men found 10 feet apart along on the Long Island Rail Road freight tracks in Borough Park Thursday. NYPD officers responded to a call at 7:50pm, and found the men unconscious on the trackbed near 67th Street and 15th Avenue, cops
body found
Photo by chrisgold [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisgold/7118481493]/Flickr Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified men found 10 feet apart along on the Long Island Rail Road freight tracks in Borough Park Thursday. NYPD officers responded to a call at 7:50pm, and found the men
> #Bensonhurst [https://instagram.com/p/1hfcBIF8gP/] A photo posted by Todd Huffman (@todd_huffman) on Apr 15, 2015 at 10:00pm PDT The 79th Street subway station on the D line. He might be there awhile. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or
coop apartments
Harway Terrace (Source: Google Maps)A 52-year-old woman leapt to her death from a 9th floor co-op in Gravesend this week in apparent suicide. Horrified neighbors watched as the woman, known as Felicia, hung off her Harway Terrace balcony on April 13 at 8:15am, reports [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/
caacr
Photo by Phil GimDenouncing the prosecution of NYPD Officer Peter Liang — whose ricochetting bullet fatally hit unarmed black man Akai Gurley [/rookie-cop-indicted-akai-gurley-slaying-bensonhurst/] in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project — a group of Asian American civil rights leaders and activists have announced a national day of protest to be
Construction on the Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station can be seen to the right of this beautiful panoramic view of Gravesend Bay.The first stages of construction on the hotly contested Gravesend Bay Marine Waste Transfer Station are underway, and now Assemblyman William Colton is turning to neighbors for help
debates
Things got heated Tuesday night at NY1’s live televised debate [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/04/how-to-watch-ny1s-gentile-vs-donovan-debate-live-tomorrow/] between Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan and Councilman Vincent Gentile at the College of Staten Island, as the candidates clashed over issues like the Eric Garner case, Iran, immigration, and prosecuting FEMA
unidentified dead body
Police are turning to the public for help in identifying a woman found dead near Calvert Vaux Park with a distinctive leg tattoo — the third gruesome discovery near the Gravesend park this year. The unidentified woman was found unconscious and unresponsive near the roadway on Shore Parkway and 26th Avenue