> A photo posted by Marilyn Carino (@marilyncarino) [https://instagram.com/p/1V5uv8TUnz/] on Apr 11, 2015 at 9:59am PDT A magnolia tree grows in Brooklyn. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them
Things got heated last night at NY1’s live televised debate [/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 fraud. Despite being comically mismatched height-wise,
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Source: foodbanknyc.orgStruggling to cover basic expenses? SNAP can put more food on the table! A team of SNAP specialists [http://www.cscs-ny.org/] will be at the Jay Harama Senior Center (2600 Ocean Avenue) tomorrow to help aging adults fill out and submit SNAP applications. The group will meet
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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 restaurant’s namesake. Instead, the hot dog is believed to have been invented [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/09/nathans-famous-history/]by a
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Food Stuffs [/tag/food-stuffs/] is a column exploring the gastronomic landscape of Bensonhurst and the surrounding neighborhoods. Each entry will cover anything and everything remotely related to food. Because here in Bensonhurst, food is always news. We usually try to keep food reviews within the Bensonhurst/Dyker Heights/Gravesend borders
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Fabco Shoes located at 2171 86th Street (Source: Google Maps)An employee at Fabco Shoes in Bensonhurst tried to forcibly remove a disabled mother who was trying to shop for herself and her two daughters, according to a recently settled civil rights lawsuit. The discount shoe franchise agreed to pay
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Photo via Google Maps [http://249h5a3bi10p1rwb5p3rw25l.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Maimonides.png] The deadline for applying for New York State Marketplace [https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/] health coverage has come and gone, but it may not be too late to sign up and avoid penalties for being uninsured.
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> Someone dared to ride their stolen Citi Bike through the 62 Pct. resulting in arrest. pic.twitter.com/JycwumgRI8 [http://t.co/JycwumgRI8] — NYPD 62nd Precinct (@NYPD62Pct) April 15, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYPD62Pct/status/588312361464922113] A man was arrested early this morning after riding a stolen Citi Bike
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P.S. 370 (Source: Google Maps)A discrimination lawsuit against the principal of a Coney Island elementary school compares her to handsome sadist Christian Grey from the steamy trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey. The suit, filed by former assistant principal Andrew Dash, alleges that P.S. 370 principal Susan Goldberg
Photo by Andrew Joseph MarottaThis station, and the ad painted on an adjacent wall, look like they haven’t been altered in 50 years. 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
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Courtesy of Assemblyman Peter Abbate’s OfficeAssemblyman Peter Abbate held a private ceremony with Detective Wenjian Liu’s widow and parents today to present a resolution in recognition of the slain detective’s sacrifice, courage, and service to the community. The resolution, which was passed on March 3rd and was
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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 restaurant’s namesake. Instead, the hot dog is believed to have been invented [/nathans-famous-history/]by a German man named Charles Feltman, who