Ever wonder what that black gunk dripping from the ceiling of your subway station is? Subway platforms – particularly on the bombed-out N line [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/01/post-apocalyptic-n-line-get-repairs-screwing-commute/] – are often sprinkled with massive, black Rorschach blotches of goo, that can be traced directly to tiny stalactites emerging from
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Source: Google MapsA 4-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a fire tore through his Bensonhurst home yesterday morning. The blaze began in the living room of an apartment on 2416 85th Street at 7:15am Tuesday, trapping four children inside, including young Bilal Elmaghraby, according to fire officials.
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Anthony Deliso, 86, and Antoinette Deliso, 80, renew their vows on Valentine’s Day on top of the Empire State Building.Hundreds attended a grand spectacle of love on Valentine’s Day, watching 100 couples marry and renew their vows on the roof of Manhattan’s Empire State Building. Among
The annual Sunset Park Lunar New Year Parade. Photo by Jole Carliner.It’s the year of the ram! February 19 marks the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since Southern Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event.
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Source: Vesuvio Restaurant [https://www.facebook.com/vesuviobayridge/photos/a.10151190191608023.513561.159976813022/10151190191648023/?type=1&theater] via Facebook.Sick of the snow? This weekend, warm up with a live-opera performance at one of Bay Ridge’s coziest Italian restaurants. The Dyker Heights-based Regina Opera Company will be holding
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Source: BP’s OfficeBrooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams honored the Midwood Ambulance Service last week as part of his new series, Brooklyn’s Community Businesses, which recognizes local businesses with a commitment to their communities. After touring their main dispatch facility and corporate office in Gravesend on February 7,
The NYPD 62nd Precinct will hold its monthly Community Council meeting tonight, February 17, at 7:30pm at the precinct station house, located at 1925 Bath Avenue, corner of Bay 22nd Street. The community is invited to attend. For additional information, call (718) 236-2501.
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Teachers in District 20 and District 21 are speaking out against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed education reform – announced in January during his 2015 State of the State address [http://fox23news.com/2015/01/21/state-of-the-state-agenda-include-education-reform/] – which, among other things, requires 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation to be
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Ever wonder what that black gunk dripping from the ceiling of your subway station is? Subway platforms – particularly on the bombed-out N line [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/01/post-apocalyptic-n-line-get-repairs-screwing-commute/] – are often sprinkled with massive, black Rorschach blotches of goo, that can be traced directly to tiny stalactites emerging from
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The Subway location robbed at gunpoint on Feb. 16, 2015. (Source: Google Maps)A Subway restaurant in Sheepshead Bay was robbed at gunpoint last night – but not before the perp got his cookie fix. The suspect entered the Subway location at 2486 Coney Island Avenue at 8:30pm last night
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Ever wonder what that black gunk dripping from the ceiling of your subway station is? Subway platforms are often sprinkled with massive, black Rorschach blotches of goo, that can be traced directly to tiny stalactites emerging from cracks in the ceiling. It is a little unsettling to have mysterious sludge