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Photo via yourdon/Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4013795441/in/photolist-58Ya7f-6bXF19-5i94de-58Y5dy-6qb96J-68wH8G-pjJXai-oQybxs-6i7qAL-6NBMaT-pcyshP-55YkTj-55Ymed-77FKxF-6TY7Yg-6i7rTL-6vh444-7UZzeW-7UWjBn-7huxi5-6UUqU2-7VeKnN-5wKtbb-mGLMQp-7TpLhx-8Shf5K-kVb7y5-57sELu-oMd8Q7-kT6UQe-aR7Cnr-aR7use-ofoddh-pRN2RX-pRGTD5-6i7sQC-o16ky3-7hqBni-kV74Pz-q6F9Pe-pChDVi-eTnB5V-4TmR3N-dBLV4L-6i3q8n-6UFyR7-cHAqVy-nnX9id-nRn1FY-6xVs7M] .The city has approved a plan to replace a total of 7,600 out
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Parking lot identified in BP Adams’ affordable housing report.Several “underdeveloped areas” of Brooklyn can be used to build affordable housing – including municipal parking lots in Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, and Midwood – according to a new report by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The parking lots, like one facing the Riegelmann
Source: yourdon/FlickrThe city has approved a plan to replace a total of 7,600 outdated pay phone booths with sleek public WiFi kiosks in all five boroughs, including 586 in Brooklyn that will be completed by 2019. The city’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee signed an updated version
2630 benson avenue
Students celebrated a successful march to deliver their college applications. Come out and witness an exciting movement for higher education taking place right in our neighborhood. Over 700 high schoolers, from all five boroughs of New York, will be marching towards their local post offices this Friday, including seniors from
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Source: Glabb via Wikimedia CommonsThe Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has completed its $50 million renovation of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll plaza ahead of schedule, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. The Staten Island Advance reports [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/mta_completes_verrazano-narrow.html] : > The three-year
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2301 neptune ave
Source: Wikimedia Commons/ Jim.hendersonThe city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had planned to remove 98 sites from its list of potential landmarks [/nearly-100-nyc-sites-may-removed-landmark-consideration-including-lady-moodys-house-gravesend/] this week – an effort to clear a backlog of applications. On the list was the historic Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend [/lady-moodys-house-must-saved/], which has been
mta fare hike
Source: Flickr/haagenjerrysAs we reported last month [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/11/everything-need-know-mtas-proposed-fare-hike/] , the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) plans to raise the cost of unlimited MetroCards by 4% over the next two years, and the Verrazano toll is expected to jump an entire dollar. When it comes to single
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Despite the rain and wind chill, over 50 parents, children, and allies of children with special needs came out this morning to protest the State Education Department’s (SED) freeze on funds for special education, which is forcing a Borough Park early childhood center to close in the middle of
1740 84th st
Community Board 11’s offices at 2214 Bath Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Community Board 11 will hold its next meeting tomorrow, December 11 at 7:30pm at the Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 1740 84th Street. The Board serves as a local conduit to the government of New York