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Vintage postcard showing an unpaved 22nd Avenue Parkway (Bay Parkway) in 1917. (Image via ebay [http://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-15-Print-Postcard-22nd-Ave-Parkway-Bensonhurst-Brooklyn-NY-Horses-Cars/261785935028?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D35936%26meid%3D49c6e8896572432ca5283c5a69c5a706%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D351629189571] )After a busy
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By Den SchwartzThe weekend is finally here, and we’d like to help you have a great one. If you have an event to share, please email us at editor@bensonhurstbean.com or post it on our community calendar [/calendar/.V9MapDZ-jlI]. U2 Tribute Band “Unforgettable Fire” at Aviator Sports &
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By Max Goldberg from USA (Trump CAUCUS) [CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]]Local Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) released a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVC8-7aG4F8] today explaining why he would not support Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “If you
Health
From left to right: Ann Marie Perrotto (founder of Christopher’s Reason, a substance abuse treatment center opening on Staten Island); NYS Assemblywoman Pamela Harris; Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle; and Donna Mae DePola, President & CEO of the Resource, Training & Counseling Center, during a visit to the Center
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Photo: Bensonhurst BeanReported crimes in the 62nd Precinct are down, with few exceptions, relative to the same point last year. According to the latest statistics released by the NYPD, almost all crime categories — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, auto grand larceny, mass transit, misdemeanor assault, and shooting
Health
From left to right: Ann Marie Perrotto (founder of Christopher’s Reason, a substance abuse treatment center opening on Staten Island); NYS Assemblywoman Pamela Harris; Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle; and Donna Mae DePola, President & CEO of the Resource, Training & Counseling Center, during a visit to the Center
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From left to right: Ann Marie Perrotto (founder of Christopher’s Reason, a substance abuse treatment center opening on Staten Island); NYS Assemblywoman Pamela Harris; Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle; and Donna Mae DePola, President & CEO of the Resource, Training & Counseling Center, during a visit to the Center
Announcements
Photo by Street Easy [http://streeteasy.com/building/1525-west-11-street-brooklyn/d5]Do you want to get more involved in local decision making? Want to play a role in improving southern Brooklyn? Community Board 11 [http://www.brooklyncb11.org], which serves the neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend and Mapleton, will hold
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Courtesy of ShutterstockNYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island has an incredibly diverse population that makes culturally competent care for new mothers an essential. The hospital’s Breastfeeding Coordinator, Karen McGratty, informs an estimated 100 new moms a month about the benefits of breastfeeding and why it’s the optimal choice for
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Photo Courtesy of Justin BrannanThe MTA has restored weekend express bus service to Manhattan from our area, but will be keeping a close eye on ridership. Saturday and Sunday service on the X28 bus route [http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x028cur.pdf], which was discontinued in 2010
Education
Sixth grade students at the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School last spring with a greenhouse they constructed using plastic bottles. (Photo courtesy: BUGS) A new generation is helping to make Brooklyn more environmentally sustainable. We’re featuring just a few of the interesting projects created recently by students at the
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Sixth grade students at the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School last spring with a greenhouse they constructed using plastic bottles. (Photo courtesy: BUGS) A new generation is helping to make Brooklyn more environmentally sustainable. We’re featuring just a few of the interesting projects created recently by students at the