Food & Drink
Courtesy of Fiorentino’sFine Italian food is about to become a little scarcer in Gravesend. Fiorentino’s Ristorante [http://fiorentinosristorante.com/] (313 Avenue U), an authentic, no-frills Italian spot on Avenue U known for its generous helpings of red sauce-drenched pasta, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanSouthern Brooklyn’s decrepit N line stations [/post-apocalyptic-n-line-get-repairs-screwing-commute/] will finally get some TLC this month, but unfortunately that comes with a price for local commuters. The first half of the MTA’s planned four-year renovation [/construction-on-six-n-line-stations-is-underway-heres-what-you-need-to-know/] of the long-neglected subway line will begin on January
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Courtesy of Fiorentino’sFine Italian food is about to become a little scarcer in Gravesend. Fiorentino’s Ristorante [http://fiorentinosristorante.com/] (313 Avenue U), an authentic, no-frills Italian spot on Avenue U known for its generous helpings of red sauce-drenched pasta, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA 31-year-old man and a teenaged girl have been arrested and charged in the brutal beating, kidnapping, and carjacking of a Bensonhurst woman last week. Authorities believe Stafford Berrian — who has a rap sheet dating back to 2001 — and his 17-year-old accomplice Quiana Hodges, of Queens, ambushed
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Courtesy of Brooklyn Historical SocietyTwo old-fashioned “motors buses” transport boys to Poly Prep Country Day School [http://www.polyprep.org/podium/default.aspx?t=127337] in 1917. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them
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https://youtu.be/N9FaJhrwhvY A frustrated Bensonhurst man kicked off 2016 in the worst way possible — with two flat tires — after he dared to park his sedan in front of an illegally constructed driveway while visiting family on New Year’s Day. When our tipster returned to the vehicle at
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1815 86th Street in August 2014. (Source: Google Maps)A new commercial building on 86th Street — which has been under construction since last year — is set to open early this spring. The 8,200 square foot, one-story retail space, located at 1815 86th Street, will be able to hold between
City Kid Corner
New York City’s first baby of 2016 was born exactly midnight on January 1, at Coney Island Hospital — earning the tiny boy the title of first American baby of the year, reports [http://abcnews.go.com/US/newborns-vie-title-baby-born-2016/story?id=36048209] ABC News. Zayden Noel, born to mother Stephanie
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Tromaine Holmes (Source: Facebook via Home Reporter)The 33-year-old Gravesend man found guilty in the 2013 Marlboro Houses shooting [/29685/] that left one man wounded and another dead has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison, according to District Attorney Kenneth Tompson. As we reported [/29685/], Tremaine Holmes,
Announcements
Courtesy of Coney Island HospitalNew York City’s first baby of 2016 was born exactly midnight on January 1, at Coney Island Hospital — earning the tiny boy the title of first American baby of the year, reports [http://abcnews.go.com/US/newborns-vie-title-baby-born-2016/story?id=36048209] ABC News. Zayden Noel,
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Courtesy of Coney Island HospitalNew York City’s first baby of 2016 was born exactly midnight on January 1, at Coney Island Hospital — earning the tiny boy the title of first American baby of the year, reports [http://abcnews.go.com/US/newborns-vie-title-baby-born-2016/story?id=36048209] ABC News. Zayden Noel,
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(Photo: Enrico Strocchi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/strocchi/1348020612/] / Flickr)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Sit down with for a friendly chess match, jam out with some fellow poetry enthusiasts or enjoy a free screening of “Next Year Jerusalem.” There’s also a health insurance navigator