jail
Disgraced ex-Congressman Michael Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of probation by a federal court today, seven months after pleading guilt to tax fraud [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] and resigning from office [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/congressman-michael-grimm-will-resign/]. In January, Grimm
11th Congressional District
Disgraced ex-Congressman Michael Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of probation by a federal court today, seven months after pleading guilt to tax fraud [/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] and resigning from office [/congressman-michael-grimm-will-resign/]. In January, Grimm admitted [/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] to underreporting his earnings in relation to a fast food
give blood
Photo by edenpictures [https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/9116605452/] The NYPD’s 62nd Precinct will host a blood drive on Monday, July 20, and all donors receive a special gift of thanks: a pair of Brooklyn Cyclones tickets. A bus mobile will be set up outside the station house
Click to enlarge.CompStat 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.
Councilman
Photo of the Asa Robert provided by the NYPD.The teen accused of raping an 82-year-old woman [/teen-identified-as-suspect-in-brutal-rape-of-82-year-old-coney-island-woman/] in her Brighton Beach home was arrested early Friday morning, police say. Eighteen-year-old Asa Robert was apprehended at 3:45am on Putnam Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to police. Although in custody, police
> A photo posted by Marilyn Carino (@marilyncarino) [https://instagram.com/p/5NWqT5TUnF/] on Jul 16, 2015 at 12:24pm PDT Some things never change — like kids cooling off in the spray of a fire hydrant. Find out how to open a fire hydrant legally and conserve water here [/dont-waste-water-ask-fdny-spray-cap-hydrant/
Bill Bratton
A 52-year-old Borough Park woman was raped in her home Monday after opening the door to two men, according to police — the latest incident in a disturbing spike in reported rapes across the city. The New York Daily News reported Tuesday [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/2-suspects-sought-rape-robbery-borough-park-woman-article-1.2291723] : >
bensonhurst gang violence
Tags associated with Sur 13, a ruthless gang based in Los AngelesThey may look like a child’s artwork, but these scribbles are far from harmless. A tipster sent us multiple photos of graffiti tags associated with two of the nation’s most ruthless street gangs, Mara Salvatrucha [https://en.
Brooklyn Brewery
Photo by Jenene Chesbrough [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixietart/4113807/] / FlickrSend 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/]. Irish Night At MCU Park [http://brooklyncyclones.com/news/news/index.html?
bay ridge events
Photo by mr_t_in_dc [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/5016629994/]Send 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/]. Irish Night At
> [https://www.instagram.com/p/5LeIxHDFJs/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] [https://www.instagram.com/p/5LeIxHDFJs/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] Furry friends having fun at Dyker Beach Park dog run [/grand-opening-new-improved-dyker-park-dog-run/]. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@
albert crudo
We love to complain about the decrepit state [/post-apocalyptic-n-line-get-repairs-screwing-commute/] of the graffiti-plastered N line, but thanks to Youtube — and some diligent videographers — we can jet back to a time when train rides were filled with many more hazards: the 1980s. This revealing clip, aptly titled “Train Ride to Coney Island,