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Source: FacebookProsecutors filed a request for a “Curcio hearing” in Congressman Michael Grimm’s tax fraud case Friday, likely targeting his recently hired legal counsel, reports the Staten Island Advance [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/move_by_federal_prosecutors_ma.html] . It was not revealed who
Source: FacebookProsecutors filed a request for a “Curcio hearing” in Congressman Michael Grimm’s tax fraud case Friday, likely targeting his recently hired legal counsel, reports the Staten Island Advance [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/move_by_federal_prosecutors_ma.html] . It was not revealed who
flea market
Source: Flickr/squeakychuDo you run a small business? Make your own jewelry? Are you handy with a sewing machine? Here’s a gig for you. With Hannukah and Christmas around the corner, the Shore Parkway Jewish Center [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shore-Parkway-Jewish-Center/140359766003383?fref=nf] (8885 26th Avenue) is
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Source: Flickr/jpotischConstruction on the highly controversial Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station near Caesar’s Bay [/colton-files-brief-challenging-gravesend-bay-garbage-station-decision/] is scheduled to begin any day now. Despite years of fierce opposition [/local-leaders-to-sanitation-department-we-dont-trust-you/] from residents, politicians, and environmentalists, the city will move forward with the plan and start the demolition phase in early
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.
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We publish the week’s statistics for the 62nd Precinct reports every Friday. The 62nd Precinct is the police command responsible for Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
historic district council
The city’s Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) has withdrawn its controversial plan to remove 98 properties awaiting landmark status from their list, including the historic Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com] and Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/nearly-100-nyc-sites-may-removed-landmark-consideration-including-lady-moodys-house-gravesend/] . As we previously reported [http:
Historic Districts Council
The city’s Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) has withdrawn its controversial plan to remove 98 properties awaiting landmark status from their list, including the historic Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] and Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/nearly-100-nyc-sites-may-removed-landmark-consideration-including-lady-moodys-house-gravesend/] . As we previously reported [/history/
The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has withdrawn its controversial plan to remove 98 properties awaiting landmark status from their list, including the historic Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com] and Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend [/nearly-100-nyc-sites-may-removed-landmark-consideration-including-lady-moodys-house-gravesend/] . As we previously reported [/nearly-100-nyc-sites-may-removed-landmark-consideration-including-lady-moodys-house-gravesend/] , the commiss
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Source: BPLCity officials officially seized the McKinley Park public library branch (6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway) Monday – using the power of eminent domain – after failing to strike a deal with the library’s owner to purchase the property, reports the Commercial Observer [http://commercialobserver.com/2014/12/city-seizes-brooklyn-library-building/]. As we reported
Source: Instagram/leeloohaAnd all I can think about is that December electric bill. 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.
human trafficking
One of the spas closed by the city. Source: Google MapsAuthorities arrested 15 women and shut down nine massage parlors in Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge today, as part of a major prostitution and trafficking investigation. Two women, Xiao-Ling Pan and Sun Han, were charged with promoting prostitution, nine were charged