Photo by Bensonhurst BeanSome subtle signage to ward off trespassers on 71st Street. 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.
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Map courtesy of Department of HealthIt is peak mosquito season, and this summer, many of the little buggers are carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus, health officials warned this week. Neighbors are advised to stay indoors tomorrow night as pesticide trucks spray down Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods where the disease-carrying
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Source: NYPDPolice are turning to the public for help in tracking a suspect wanted for flashing passengers on the D train over the weekend. The suspect was seen on a southbound train at the Bay Parkway station exposing his penis and “performing a lewd act” on Saturday, August 15, at
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Map courtesy of Department of HealthIt’s peak mosquito season, and this summer, many of the little buggers are carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus, health officials warned this week. Neighbors are advised to stay indoors tomorrow night as pesticide trucks spray down southern Brooklyn neighborhoods where the disease-carrying
Photo by paulromeo [https://instagram.com/p/6fIXVasScH/]/InstagramReady or not, the 18th Avenue Feast [/?s=18th+avenue+feast] is coming! 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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Photo courtesy of HeartShare ["http://www.heartshare.org/programs/early-childhood-services/photoessay.html] The city’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten expansion is having an unintentional consequence — it’s drawing away special education teachers from preschools run by community-based organizations (CBOs) serving children with special needs. HeartShare Human Services [http://www.heartshare.org/
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Photo by William Caruso/Bensonhurst BeanIn 1981, the MTA purchased their alma mater from the city for $1, but for the alumni of Gravesend’s P.S. 248, the memories and nostalgia live on. For the third year in a row, the former students of the elementary school once located
Photo by B.Y. LeiA hidden sanctuary in a front yard near Quentin Road in Bensonhurst. Submitted by neighbor B.Y. Lei. 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
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanIn 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
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The former location of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC, 1706 Cropsey Ave (Source: Google Maps)Dr. Okon Umana, 68, the “no show” doctor [/no-show-doctor-cropsey-medical-care-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraud-scheme/#.Vc5TAixViko] at a Bensonhurst medical clinic embroiled in a $13 million health care fraud scheme [/nationwide-multi-million-dollar-medicaid-scheme-unfolds/], was sentenced to 24 months in prison in a federal court
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Photo by sarahbelle1 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbelle1/3442747012/] Calling all special education teachers! HeartShare [http://www.heartshare.org/], which provides vital services to children and families dealing with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities, is looking to fill several special education teaching positions at two of its
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Gravesend residents may catch glimpses of Jonny Lee Miller [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Lee_Miller] and Lucy Liu [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Liu] next week. The fourth season of CBS’ crime show Elementary [http://www.cbs.com/shows/elementary/]will be filming on Shell Road along