Sean Egan recently graduated from Brooklyn College, where he studied journalism. You can find him around the neighborhood, snapping photos and taking notes, probably with a coffee in hand.
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Photo via NYPD.Police have arrested and charged a suspect in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy that happened exactly a month ago, on July 25. Joseph Ackwood, 20, shot at the victim four times at around 4pm outside of 2964 Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay, hitting him twice in
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Ramona Johnson. Photo via Facebook/Ramona Johnson For State Assembly 41st District. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1737705316478094/photos/]Ramona Johnson, a Republican and Conservative Party candidate [http://ramonajohnson2016.com/index.php/about-ramona/] running for 41st Assembly District seat against the 36-year incumbent, Helene Weinstein, has ruffled feathers in the
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Shore Boulevard, site of a proposed bike lane. Photo by George BurshteynBike lanes are a hot-button issue in southern Brooklyn these days, and we just don’t seem to be getting them right. We wrote about how the city reversed its decision on exactly where the bike lane should be
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Photo courtesy of Kate CuccoAt a press conference today, Kate Cucco [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/07/five-qs-kate-cucco-democratic-candidate-state-assembly-46th-district/#.V7y575MrI9c] , who is challenging Assemblywoman Pamela Harris for the 46th Assembly District seat, along with state committee candidates Chris McCreight and Brigitte Purvis [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/32029/#.V7y605MrI9c], called
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> amazing @FloggingMolly [https://twitter.com/floggingmolly] show tonight in ConeyIsland! Hope u’re well Bridget! Thx Bob for the Guinness toss at the end pic.twitter.com/xqY0Tyz1Py [https://t.co/xqY0Tyz1Py] — Sean Patrick Murphy (@seanmurphy2012) August 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/seanmurphy2012/status/766840609487413248] Each country across the
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Hampton Avenue milled and ready for paving. Photo courtesy of Facebook/City Councilmember Chaim Deutsch.It is hard not to notice that the extremely bumpy Hampton Avenue was recently milled in anticipation of being repaved. The road will be smoothed out and paved in the next few days, according to
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Photo courtesy of Facebook/Coney Island Circus Sideshow [https://www.facebook.com/mrlemniscate8productions/photos/bc.Abp55pzznmxcRmWhs4E9rfxtrWecpKidorMHH47Iv-T8gVQyDIZyx0fjg8wjDKYuEh0NUCcThyQEkEeyO4RvY4u4l-HghIxA-qbVPPB84CgyEpQFYIBUW_QzV7EYUjbg2a0/525031994193252/?type=1&opaqueCursor=Abob6FSN2qR1jCSSZWB6csluMVMxQAVkdr2mYsNUl5DZstIn9Yrj4mQWYLWKjfKVafNyAjJibzJ7tVOpxN7YQf9ZI5fh24AmqyvU8CHU1_of3mZ5nRxUhXUZ4aSYl11dht9nJBDiJGkcmG1rv32iPlKiCsm7nt39BJkhl3r0Ea5L1ljjA9W-PQIsW2PjAUN_3_gTxhZcqBj1lC-YDS4YEN
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Photo courtesy of Kate CuccoAt a press conference today, Kate Cucco [/five-qs-kate-cucco-democratic-candidate-state-assembly-46th-district/#.V7y575MrI9c] , who is challenging Assemblywoman Pamela Harris for the 46th Assembly District seat, along with state committee candidates Chris McCreight and Brigitte Purvis [/32029/#.V7y605MrI9c], called on the developers behind the 42-story tower coming to Coney Island [/coney-island-residents-demand-answers-developers-proposed-40-story-tower/
Events
Gelato at Coney’s Cones. (Photo: Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html])The winner of the second annual “Find Your Flavor” [/submit-your-ideas-for-the-coneys-cones-flavor-creation-contest/] Coney Cones contest is 14 year-old Craig Haas Jr., and he won it with the classic summertime flavor — s’mores. The Long Island native will make