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Daniel Dromm

Gentile And Donovan Split On Immigration Issues

Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan and Councilman Vincent Gentile (Photos via Facebook)Councilman Vincent Gentile and Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan are divided on how to handle the millions of undocumented immigrants who live in the United States. While both congressional hopefuls are in favor of securing the Mexican-American

Cops Seek Lotto Ticket Thief Caught On Camera Roughing Up Clerk [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfbKBwUUesU Police are turning to the public for help in identifying a man caught on camera attacking a cashier during a grocery store robbery in Coney Island this month. The suspect entered AT&T Grocery, located at 2906 Stillwell Avenue, on March 16,

2906 stillwell ave

Cops Seek Lotto Ticket Thief Caught On Camera Roughing Up Clerk [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfbKBwUUesU Police are turning to the public for help in identifying a man caught on camera attacking a cashier during a grocery store robbery in Coney Island this month. The suspect entered AT&T Grocery, located at 2906 Stillwell Avenue, on March 16,

18th ave food

Spicy Bampa: The Fiery Flavors Of New York’s ‘Finest Sichuan Restaurant’

If you have not yet visited Spicy Bampa, [http://www.yelp.com/biz/bamboo-pavilion-brooklyn-2] a spicy food-lover’s paradise in the heart of 18th Avenue, you haven’t experienced the full range of Bensonhurst’s diverse Chinese food options. Hailed as “the finest Sichuan food in New York” [http://www.

86th street

Silver Alert: Maria Iacona, 79, Last Seen At 86th Street D Train [Update: Found]

Source: NYPDPolice are searching for a 79-year-old woman who went missing near 86th Street yesterday. Maria Iacona left her home on Bay 14th Street Tuesday morning to go to a prayer group, but she never made it there, according to a family member. She was last seen with a white-haired

Photo Of The Day: Frosted Trees

The snowy weekend weather was kind of pretty. 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/BensonhurstBean], and Instagram [http:

shell gas station

Man Robs Cropsey Ave Gas Station For Cash & Cordless Phone

Source: NYPDCops are searching for a man they say robbed a Cropsey Avenue Gas Station earlier this month. The suspect entered the Shell gas station located at 3072 Cropsey Avenue, near West 18th Street, on March 15, at 3:35pm, grabbed the store’s 20-year-old clerk by the jacket, threatened

2081 86th st

Fighting For The Right To Vape: 7onevape To Host Awareness Event About Anti-Tobacco Laws

Photo via7onevape’s Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/7onevape/photos/a.680593632028310.1073741828.679642085456798/782401848514154/?type=1&theater] One local e-cigarette shop is fighting back against state legislators and Big Tobacco. With 13 proposed regulations on the table which could potentially wipe out the independent vaping industry, 7onevape [https:

Photo Of The Day: “Here Come The Bensonhurst Parrots!”

Photo by B.Y. LeiSpotted on West 4th Street. A little about New York’s wild parrots via Juniper Civic [http://www.junipercivic.com/juniperberryarticle.asp?nid=224#.VQ90N_Rg4ZJ]: > There are many myths and legends surrounding their first appearance here in the early 1970’s, but the most

Akai Gurley

Assemblyman Colton Echoes Calls For Fair Trial For Indicted Officer Peter Liang

Source: Assemblyman William Colton’s officeAssemblyman William Colton has added his voice the chorus of concerned community members demanding a fair trial for Officer Peter Liang, who was indicted [/rookie-cop-indicted-akai-gurley-slaying-bensonhurst/] in the death of Akai Gurley last month. Speaking to a small crowd at the United Chinese Association senior center

7023 20th ave

Neighborhood’s First Argentine Bakery, Sultry Sweets, Opens On 20th Avenue

Photo courtesy of Sultry Sweets [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/1939-85th-street]Sultry Sweets Bakery [https://www.facebook.com/sultrysweetsbakery], located at 7023 20th Avenue, on the corner 71st Street, has been open just a month, but it’s already getting plenty of buzz. The charming, purple-stucco building – formerly a panini spot

teen crime

9-Year-Old Dyker Heights Boy Finds Parents’ Rifle, Accidentally Shoots Teen Girl

A local teen is very lucky after being shot by a 9-year-old Dyker Heights boy who was playing with his dad’s .22 caliber rifle over the weekend. The boy, who found the gun inside his parents’ second-floor apartment at 71st Street near 12th Avenue, accidentally fired one round, hitting