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Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: Battle Of Brooklyn, Brighton Jubilee, Foreign Film Festival

The 2011 Brighton Jubilee. (Photo: Erica Sherman / Sheepshead Bites)Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. New Utrecht International Film Festival: Leviathan [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/new-utrecht-international-new-utrecht-library-082715] When: Thursday,

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Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: Battle Of Brooklyn, Brighton Jubilee, Foreign Film Festival

Photo by Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.facebook.com/historicgreenwood/photos/a.354624834577548.83982.168452476528119/354624844577547/?type=1&theater] /FacebookSend us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/

Police Release Video Of Suspect In Attempted Rape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1qYThHrOKg Cops are turning to the public for help in locating a suspect wanted in connection with an attempted rape that occurred in Bensonhurst earlier this month. The victim, a 34-year-old female, was walking near 74th Street and 20th Avenue on July 31, at

Photo Of The Day: Cutie Patooties

Photo by Kathleen StormsBrother and sister pose for a picture before going into the fun house at the 18th Avenue Feast. 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

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How Many City Agencies Does It Take To Destroy A Wasp Nest In Dyker Heights?

A wasp colony is threatening to ruin a long awaited block party in Dyker Heights this weekend, and apparently no New York City agencies are equipped to handle flying menaces, reports CBS [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/25/dyker-heights-wasp-nest/]. Worried neighbor Mary Jane Koller told the outlet she called

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Food Stuffs: Keeping It Simple At Il Colosseo

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanFood Stuffs: [/tag/food-stuffs/] Even the ongoing Feast of Santa Rosalia [/bensonhursts-18th-avenue-feast-kicks-off-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#.Vd4WbLxViko] couldn’t outshine that funky light-up sign at Il Colosseo [http://www.yelp.com/biz/il-colosseo-brooklyn] on 18th Avenue. A neighborhood favorite, the eatery has been serving up classic, old-fashioned Italian fare, like crispy

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Six-Story Building To Rise In West 4th Street Empty Lot

1430 West 4th Street. (Source: Google Maps)A new building is expected to rise on West 4th Street near Avenue O in Gravesend, reports [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/08/six-story-10-unit-mixed-use-building-coming-to-1430-west-4th-street-bensonhurst.html] YIMBY. > Property owner Jenny Wu has filed applications for a six-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 1430 West

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Wrist Watch & $900 Swiped From Dyker Heights Home [Video]

https://youtu.be/t7KAUBdkgsg Cops have released video footage of a man they say may have burglarized a Dyker Heights home last month. The suspect entered a residential building on 13th Avenue on Friday, July 24, at 10am got into a 2nd floor apartment by pushing open the door, according

Photo Of The Day: Nature’s Revenge

Photo by Sean FoderaThis photo was submitted by neighbor Sean Fodera with a short description of the scene: > I was walking along Shore Parkway on Saturday morning; a street I rarely walk down, when I noticed that the sidewalk ahead seemed to end suddenly. I took the attached photo

employment

Job Alert: Coney Island History Project Seeks Chinese, Turkish & Spanish Speaking Interviewers

Courtesy of the Coney Island History ProjectThe Coney Island History Project [http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/] is looking to hire several part-time interviewers for an oral history project focusing on Coney Island, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend. According to the job listing [http://www.idealist.org/view/job/SdChSwkKt8jd/], the new hires will

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Gravesend Woman’s Gelato Wins ‘Find Your Flavor’ Contest At Coney’s Cones

Gelato at Coney’s Cones. (Photo: Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html])A 28-year-old Gravesend woman has won the Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html] “Find Your Flavor” contest and will be creating her winning entry on Wednesday with the store’s master gelato maker Daniele

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San Lucas Mexican Restaurant Opens On 65th Street & 20th Avenue

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA new Mexican restaurant has opened on 2006 65th Street, replacing Asian Fusion [http://www.yelp.com/biz/asian-fusion-brooklyn], which sold sushi and Chinese food under one roof. San Lucas Mexican Restaurant, which is open 11am to 11pm, is currently offering a grand opening special: 20 percent