happy new year
Polar Bear Club at Coney Island (source: Flickr/ennuipoet)Happy New Year to all of our lovely neighbors! If you are staying in town, check out our list [/heres-will-opened-closed-new-years-day/] of all that will be open and closed today and tomorrow. If you don’t have NYE plans yet, we highly
colonel marcus park
Some exciting changes are coming to Colonel David Marcus Park in Midwood, including brand-new handball and basketball courts. Councilman David Greenfield joined with Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey and Community Board 12 Chairman Yidel Perlstein yesterday to cut the ribbon on the newly renovated courts at the park on Avenue
best of bensonhurst
Source: Instagram/repdesign1946It’s been a crazy year for our little corner of Southern Brooklyn. To ring in the new year, we looked at the analytics data for Bensonhurst Bean and rounded up the biggest stories of 2014 – and there were so many great ones to choose from. Predictably, some
A sunset in pastels. #NoFilter 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, Facebook, and Instagram, and subscribe to our daily newsletter!
Brooklyn history
Source: Youtube/Angelo BonsignoreWhen Angelo Bonsignore was a kid in Dyker Heights, he was always curious about the neighborhood. For one, what were those strange pillars he passed every day on the way to school at P.S. 201, seemly randomly placed on two corners of 11th Avenue near 79th
Thursday, January 1 is New Year’s Day and if you’re in the area, here are some things you’ll need to know for the holiday. Note that New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, is not an official holiday, and all city government offices are open. Government Offices,
bridge and tunnel
Thomas Choice (Source: Handout)The Bridge and Tunnel officer who was struck by a car on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge last year died of his injuries yesterday morning, the MTA has announced. Officer Thomas Choi was removing orange barrels stopping traffic for weekend construction on October 21, 2013 when he was
evasion
In the wake of his unexpected guilty plea to one count of tax fraud, Congressman Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress, effective January 5. Initially, the congressman said he would continue to serve [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] despite his guilty plea, and would only resign
tax evasion
In the wake of his unexpected guilty plea to one count of tax fraud, Congressman Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress. Initially, the congressman said he would continue to serve [/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] despite his guilty plea, and would only resign if a conviction left him “unable to serve,” implying
A rare multi-story apartment building in Bensonhurst. Can you name the block? 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, Facebook, and Instagram, and subscribe to our daily newsletter!
1275 65th st
Funeral arrangements have been set for Officer Wenjian Liu, a Gravesend resident who was ambushed and brutally [/slain-officer-wenjian-liu-gravesend-resident-married-just-three-months/] Source: NYPDmurdered [/slain-officer-wenjian-liu-gravesend-resident-married-just-three-months/], along with Officer Rafael Ramos of Cypress Hills, while sitting in a patrol car outside a Brooklyn housing project. Aievoli Funeral Home (located at 1275 65th Street in Bay
15th ave and 76th st
Source: Facebook“It was like losing him a second time.” That’s how the friends of Alfred “Ali” Tulone described the feeling at a packed Cusimano & Russo Funeral Home [http://www.dignitymemorial.com/cusimano-russo-funeral-home/en-us/index.page] (2005 West 6th Street) on Tuesday, December 16. Over 80 mourners paid