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By Lon LuchnickEarlier this month, we reported that Council members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch moved to make the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk a scenic landmark [/councilman-treyger-moves-make-coney-island-boardwalk-city-landmark/] – a last ditch effort to save it from a city project to replace the boardwalk’s wooden planks with cement, that began in November
chinese american community
Officer Rafael Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu. Source: DCPIAs you may have heard, on Saturday, two police officers guarding a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project were shot and killed [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/two-police-officers-shot-in-their-patrol-car-in-brooklyn.html] in what appears to be a revenge attack for the deaths of Michael
Photo by Vincent GulizioStay tuned for more of Vincent’s fabulous photos of the neighborhood, to be published right here on Bensonhurst Bean. 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
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 in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/bensonhurstbean]and Facebook [http://www.facebook.
1575 86th street
Rendering of the new 86th Street Chevrolet courtesy of John IoconoRendering of the new 86th Street Chevrolet courtesy of John Iocono Earlier this week, we reported that 86th Street Chevrolet (1575 86th Street) is changing hands and getting ripped down [/86th-street-chevrolet-torn-reopened-new-owner-2016/], but is expected be reopened by new owner John
2900 stillwell ave
Photo submitted by Steve KushnerOfficials are investigating a three-alarm fire that ripped through a commercial building near Luna Park in Coney Island last night. The blaze started at a grocery store at 2900 Stillwell Avenue at 7:53pm, it quickly spread to Bykush, a Turkish cafe and pizzeria in the
2900 Stilwell Avenue
Photo submitted by Steve KushnerOfficials are investigating a three-alarm fire that ripped through a commercial building near Luna Park in Coney Island last night. The blaze started at a grocery store at 2900 Stillwell Avenue at 7:53pm, it quickly spread to Bykush, a Turkish cafe and pizzeria in the
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Source: Krokodyl via Wikimedia CommonsPolice say they have caught the thief who has been ripping off houses of worship all over Southwest Brooklyn [/burglar-hits-11-churches-in-southwest-brooklyn-leaves-jacket/] – including one in Bensonhurst. Back in November, we reported [/burglar-hits-11-churches-in-southwest-brooklyn-leaves-jacket/] that a burglar robbed Church of the Holy Spirit at 8117 Bay Parkway – among at least
Here’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last week, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. Robberies were big this week. One firefighter lost his badge to a pickpocket, a feisty women fended off a purse-snatcher, and a burglar
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Photos by Mike T. Wright via New Utrecht Reformed Church.This one is sure to be popular with the 10-and-under crowd. Our friends at the New Utrecht Reformed Church (1827 84th Street) are putting on their annual Living Nativity display this weekend – featuring real people and live animals. The scene
2326 84th street
Source: YouTube/ rcsprogramsThis holiday season, teach your kids about the greatest gift of all: helping others who are less fortunate. There are many children in our neighborhoods whose parents can’t afford to buy them presents. Luckily, a wonderful charity, Reaching-Out Community Services [http://rcsprograms.org/] (RCS), has organized one