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How To Help The Family Of Ligia Puello, Beloved Mother Killed By Borough Park Blast

Photo via Puello Fund [https://www.gofundme.com/puellofund]/GoFundMeA fundraising page [https://www.gofundme.com/puellofund] has been set up to help the family of a beloved mom killed in the deadly explosion [/1-dead-1-missing-in-borough-park-building-explosion-video/#.VhUo72RViko] that tore through a Borough Park building on Saturday, October 3. Ligia Puello, 64,

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Dyker Heights’ 13th Avenue To Get BID – Public Meeting This Saturday

We have some exciting news for 13th Avenue business and property owners. The bustling Dyker Heights corridor is about to get the area’s first-ever Business Improvement District (BID). A BID would put 13th Avenue on the map and turn it into a more competitive shopping district, according Carlo A.

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In This Week’s Edition Of Stupid Criminals, Man Tries To Break Into An ATM Using Only A Saw

Ocean’s Eleven this is not. Cops are looking for a man that they say tried to break into an ATM yesterday using only a saw. Employees of Borough Park’s Berkshire Bank at 5010 13th Avenue arrived yesterday morning to find the ATM all scuffed up – because that’s

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Gerritsen Beach Man Killed, Bensonhurst Man Arrested After Hit-And-Run Accident

Loughran (Source: Facebook)Bryan Loughran, 32, died early Saturday morning after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Gerritsen Avenue in Gerritsen Beach. Police rushed to the scene at 2:45 a.m., outside of Gather Inn Again (2718 Gerritsen Avenue, near Everett Avenue), where they found Loughran with severe

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Photo: Car Flips In Early Morning Borough Park Accident

A collision on 13th Avenue and 51st Street in Borough Park left one car’s front end crumbled and another flipped onto its roof. The accident happened at approximately 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, according to the NYCityAlerts [https://twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/status/451601855580090368/photo/1] Twitter user, which

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Borough Park Boy Falls Into Manhole. Councilman Greenfield Demands Investigation

Source: lobsterstew/FlickrTwo Verizon workers rescued a 10-year old boy after he fell into a sewage manhole yesterday morning in Borough Park. It’s not clear whether or not the manhole was uncovered or if the lid was just cracked and weak. The event prompted a call from Councilman David

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Borough Park Barbers Arrested For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Jewish Boy

Quinto and Villarini in the back of a police car. (Source: TOT Consulting)Police last Wednesday arrested 77-year-old Carlos Quinto, the owner of a Boro Park Barber Shop (41st Street and 13th Avenue), and his employee Javier Villarini, 32, for the alleged sexual assault of a Hasidic teenager. According to

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James McCloskey Dies Following Accident In Dyker Heights

13th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway. The truck smashed through the bus stop pictured (Source: Google Maps)James McCloskey died yesterday from injuries he suffered as a result of a car crash in Dyker Heights earlier in the week. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/

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Councilman Gentile Honors Andrew Torregrossa Jr. Way

The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Vincent Gentile: This past Saturday, family and friends from across the tri-state area, spanning four generations, assembled at the corner of 79th Street and 13th Avenue to celebrate the renaming of “Andrew Torregrossa Jr. Way.” Since 1929, Torregrossa & Sons

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Hundreds Turn Up For “Raoul Wallenberg Way” Borough Park Co-Naming Ceremony

Source: Councilman David Greenfield’s officeFrom the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: More than 150 Borough Park residents, elected officials and ambassadors to Sweden and Hungary braved the rain yesterday afternoon on the first day of Chanukah to honor the legacy of great humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg at a street co-naming

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Is Rispoli Bakery And Ices Back And Better Than Ever?

Source: Erik H. via YelpI plead ignorance on this latest post, thus I am turning to my faithful bakery-loving readers to help me out. Rispoli, an Italian bakery, which used to be located at 72nd Street and New Utrecht Avenue closed down a few years ago. This, I can recall.

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City Renames 13th Ave In Borough Park To Honor WWII Hero Raoul Wallenberg

The following is a press release from the office of City Councilman David Greenfield: City Renames 13th Ave to Honor World War II Hero Raoul Wallenberg at Urging of Greenfield and Lander Brooklyn – Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, one of the great heroes of World War II who is credited with