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Missing: Britney Binder, 14, Last Seen Leaving Home On 17th Avenue [Update: Found]

Friends and family are frantically searching for a 14-year-old girl who disappeared after leaving her parent’s Bensonhurst home on Tuesday evening. Britney Binder, 14, was last seen by her father on January 13 at 9:30pm on 17th Avenue near 84th Street, and was reported missing on January 15.

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Bensonhurst Woman Fatally Hit By Car In Dyker Heights

14th Avenue and 86th Street, the scene of the accident. (Source: Google Maps) Bensonhurst resident Cristina Alonso, 38, died yesterday evening after being hit by a car on 86th Street and 14th Avenue. Alonso was crossing 14th Avenue “outside of the crosswalk” just after 7pm Monday when a red 2002

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Busted In Bensonhurst: Ex-Con Accused Of Posing As Cop, Violently Raping Woman At Sunset Park Hotel

Forgetta’s Facebook photo shows him donning his phony badge (Source: NYPD)Cops tracked down and cuffed Jason Forgetta, 37, at 17th Avenue and 62nd Street on Friday, less than 48-hours after the convicted sex offender was accused of posing as a police officer and violently raping a 26-year-old woman

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Greenfield Announces Street Resurfacing Project

Brooklyn DOT Commissioner Joseph Palmieri and Councilman David Greenfield (Photo via Conor Greene)Councilman David Greenfield and the Brooklyn Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a plan to repair and resurface dozens of city streets in Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst. According to a press release, Greenfield and the DOT have

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Greenfield Making Sure The City Fixes The Sinkhole On 53rd Street

Councilman David GreenfieldCouncilman David Greenfield is looking to plug the sinkhole on 53rd Street before it swallows the whole neighborhood. According to a press release, Greenfield is working closely with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation to make sure that the sinkhole on 53rd Street, just

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Not Only Bagels Opens On 17th Avenue

Bensonhurst has a new addition to its deli family with the opening of Not Only Bagels on 7821 17th Avenue, between 78th Street and 79th Street. The store now stands in what was once Palermitana Bakery. As the name not-so-subtly advertises, the shop serves more than just bagels, dishing out

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Community Board Wants to Help Caesar’s Bay’s Retail Recovery

Toys’R’Us set up a tent storefront to continue sales throughout the holiday season.Some neighborhood retailers are still struggling to catch up post-Hurricane Sandy. After getting hit hard by the storm more than a month ago [/after-sandys-devastation-will-caesars-bay-shopping-center-shape-up-in-time-for-holidays/] , merchants from Caesar’s Bay are focusing on a resilient recovery

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A “Little Guatemala” Grows In Bensonhurst

Izote flower jars, green mangos and pacayas on Puebla Market’s shelves, located on 86th Street.Nohemi takes out her prepaid card from her pocket and sets the time in the dryer. This is her third load this busy morning and, with Nohemi in the eighth month of her third