swimming new york
With the heat of summer upon us, now is the perfect time to visit one of Brooklyn’s public pools. If your kids are ready to ditch the swim floats and venture to the deep end, then you’re in luck, because the Parks Department’s Learn to Swim lottery
By B.Y. LeiCool ride parked on 65th Street near West 3rd Street. Who could be the owner of this tiny vehicle? As captured 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
In 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 [http://www.facebook.
city council budget
19th Avenue in Bensonhurst gets a makeover.Pesky potholes, be gone! Numerous crater-pocked streets throughout Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Borough Park, and Coney Island will be touched up this summer, announced City Council members Mark Treyger and David Greenfield this week. Treyger and Greenfield worked closely with Brooklyn Department of Transportation (DOT)
alex brook-krasny
> Celebrating @NYPD68Pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD68Pct] Captain Festino’s birthday & @AlecBrookKrasny [https://twitter.com/AlecBrookKrasny] retirement from the State Assembly in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/zg5Eg9JWwH [http://t.co/zg5Eg9JWwH] — Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) July 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NMalliotakis/status/
beatles
Photo by icyfrance [https://www.flickr.com/photos/icyfrance/183343265/]via 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/]. Brooklyn Cyclones Jersday Thursday Returns [http://brooklyncyclones.com/news/index.html?article_
Alec Brook-Krasny
> Celebrating @NYPD68Pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD68Pct] Captain Festino’s birthday & @AlecBrookKrasny [https://twitter.com/AlecBrookKrasny] retirement from the State Assembly in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/zg5Eg9JWwH [http://t.co/zg5Eg9JWwH] — Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) July 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NMalliotakis/status/
coney island events
Photo by icyfrance [https://www.flickr.com/photos/icyfrance/183343265/]via FlickrSend 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/]. Brooklyn Cyclones Jersday Thursday Returns [http://brooklyncyclones.com/
East 28th Street
> Car nearly falls into a sinkhole caused by a water main break in #ConeyIsland [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ConeyIsland?src=hash] Latest @news12bk [https://twitter.com/News12BK] http://t.co/EmAso6Nrgz pic.twitter.com/MDozJa71KF [http://t.co/MDozJa71KF] — Katie Lusso (@KatieLusso) July 9, 2015 [https://twitter.com/KatieLusso/
broken water main
> Car nearly falls into a sinkhole caused by a water main break in #ConeyIsland [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ConeyIsland?src=hash] Latest @news12bk [https://twitter.com/News12BK] http://t.co/EmAso6Nrgz pic.twitter.com/MDozJa71KF [http://t.co/MDozJa71KF] — Katie Lusso (@KatieLusso) July 9, 2015 [https://twitter.com/KatieLusso/
This perfectly sculpted blossom was captured on 15th Avenue by neighbor Barre Flynn. 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.
9/11
Marty Golden, Photo By Erica ShermanA bill signed into law yesterday extended the September 11th Worker Protection Task Force Act, which supports those afflicted with a disability as a result of working at the World Trade Center, for another five years. The extension, sponsored by Senator Marty Golden and Assemblyman