Bensonhurst Blogwrap

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Jun 29, 2011 — 1 min read

This is Bensonhurst Bean’s monthly blogwrap, when we highlight some of the stories that have affected Bensonhurst over the last month, as covered by local and mainstream media.

A Neighborhood Changes; Its Ice Cream Girl Doesn’t– New York Times

Bklyn Rape Suspect Arraigned On His Wedding Day– New York Post

Teen Cyclist Killed In Crash– Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Gutter Balls! Gunpoint Robbery At Maple Lanes Nets $80K– Brooklyn Paper

Walmart Still Wants Brooklyn– AllMediaNY

Fighting Litter In Brooklyn By Getting Rid Of The Litter Baskets– New York Times

Bensonhurst Bean Is Community’s First-Ever Blog (our favorite!)- Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47

If you want your district to have the best possible representation in the city council right away, you should look beyond politics and pick Justin Brannan, a moderate Democrat.

Should Kagan or Brannan Represent Bay Ridge and Coney Island in City Council?

Ahead of the November 7 local elections, when we get to pick our city council members again, NY1 held a debate Tuesday night (you can watch it here) between the two incumbents in what will be the new District 47 – Ari Kagan, a recent Republican representing current Council District 47,

We’re Not Under a Rock, Mayor Adams, We’re on a Shrinking One

After seven inches of rain punished New York City on Friday, Mayor Eric Adams took almost a whole day to make his first comments about a storm that effectively ground his city, the country’s largest, to a halt. After having seven separate public events without acknowledging the storm, Adams

Streets, Migrants, And More

The weather has turned pleasant and just about every neighborhood in Brooklyn wants you to come out and enjoy all it has to offer — from Atlantic Antic Downtown, 3rd Avenue Fair in Bay Ridge, art crawls in Ditmas Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, to lots of literary events to go

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Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47

Should Kagan or Brannan Represent Bay Ridge and Coney Island in City Council?

We’re Not Under a Rock, Mayor Adams, We’re on a Shrinking One

Streets, Migrants, And More