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Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark TreygerWhat a difference a paint job can make! Residents of Gravesend reported graffiti scrawled across electrical poles on their block this week, according to Councilman Mark Treyger [/?s=mark+treyger#.V1Hrs5MrLsE], so his staff reached out to Wildcat, one of the organizations funded through the
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Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark Treyger’s Office.Every year, around this time, the phone calls start pouring in at Bensonhurst Bean. “When is the 86th Street Festival?” you want to know. “How much do vendor tables cost?” Well, we’ve got answers. The massive 86th Street flea falls out
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Photo courtesy of Success Academy Bensonhurst/FacebookThe charter school network Success Academy (SA) [http://www.successacademies.org/] is making headlines again — this time because it has cancelled all of its pre-k classes as it heads to court over an ongoing contract dispute with the de Blasio administration. NY1 reports [http:
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Photo courtesy of Bay Ridge Democrats/FacebookBay Ridge Democrats [http://www.bayridgedemocrats.org/about], a progressive political club that serves southwest Brooklyn, announced its club endorsements for the 2016 election cycle in a press release yesterday. In two primary races, the club unanimously endorsed incumbent Joanne Seminara for Female Democratic
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Source: Grow NYC via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/GrowNYC/photos/pb.270665889709.-2207520000.1433276660./10153280540549710/?type=3&theater] GrowNYC [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/bensonhurst]‘s Greenmarket is returning to Bensonhurst this weekend, and this time shoppers can enjoy live music, while they pick out their produce!
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanFor most of us on the ground, the flag that rises on the lawn of Bensonhurst’s historic New Utrecht Reformed Church [http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/] could easily be mistaken for a power line. But a glance up — 106 feet up, to be exact — reveals a pointed
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https://youtu.be/nvnAYcF6j3g Police have release surveillance footage of the woman who allegedly tried to snatch a toddler [/woman-sought-trying-abduct-toddler-80th-street/#.V07lH5MrLiw] in Bensonhurst over the weekend. The suspect approached a 2-year-old girl who was playing outside with a neighbor’s dog near 80th Street and`16th Avenue on Saturday, May
![Cops After Pair Who Pulled Gun During Gravesend Car Sale [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-31-at-2.12.44-PM.png)
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https://youtu.be/S49q0yBQlWU Cops are trying to track down two men they say tried to steal a car during a test drive gone wrong. A 25-year-old male victim told cops he was trying to sell his car to two men he met on Tuesday, May 17, at approximately 2:
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Police are searching for a woman who tried to snatch a little girl in Bensonhurst Saturday. The mother told cops she was talking to a neighbor and that her two daughters — ages 2 and 6 — were playing with the neighbor’s dog on 80th Street and 16th Avenue at around
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Photo submitted by Michael SquicciriniReader Michael Squiccirini sent us this photo of his family at Coney Island in June 1973. Pictured are Elizabeth Stankowski Squiccirini, Michael Squiccirini, and son Michael Polizzi “enjoying a summer day during quieter times!” See more old school photos of Coney Island [/20-historic-photos-of-people-enjoying-the-beach-at-coney-island/#.V0huYZMrI9c] here. Flashback
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A screenshot of the illegal sports gambling site www.stakestake.com [http://www.stakestake.com/stakestake_login_english.asp?m=]Six men from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island — including one from Bensonhurst — have been charged in a 37-count indictment for running an illegal Internet gambling operation, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken
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Photo: NYPDHelp cops track down a local senior who has been missing since yesterday. Joseph Pauyo, 81, of East 19th Street, was last seen leaving Crown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center [http://crowncares.com/], located at 3457 Nostrand Avenue, on Wednesday, May 25, at approximately 11:15am, according to police. He