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Photo by Chun KitAlas, all good things must come to an end. Sunday marked the last day of Bensonhurst’s 10-day Festa di Santa Rosalia [/bensonhursts-18th-avenue-feast-kicks-off-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/] , or as it is affectionately known, the 18th Avenue Feast. Everyone was there: our neighbors, the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct, community leaders, and elected
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Photo by William Caruso/Bensonhurst BeanPolice are investigating a shooting in Queens after a man was found wounded on 73rd Street and 19th Avenue — one block from Bensonhurst’s annual 18th Avenue Feast [/bensonhursts-18th-avenue-feast-kicks-off-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/] . The victim, who was shot in the hand and back, was rushed to Lutheran Hospital at
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Officers Nogol (left) and Smith (right) at the 18th Avenue Feast. (Source: NYPD) One thing is for sure: if you’re going to choke, choke in Bensonhurst. The cops here are getting a name for their heroic rescues. Cops from the 62nd Precinct rescued two people in separate incidents: one
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Another summer ends with another lovely feast. The 2013 Festa di Santa Rosalia was remembered beautifully in the video above. In recent years, the Festa di Santa Rosalia, otherwise known as the 18th Avenue Feast, has had trouble getting off the ground. This year was no exception as we reported
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Source: Whiskeygonebad/FlickrThe Festa di Santa Rosalia, also known as the 18th Avenue Feast, is going ahead with its full 11-day schedule as planned, Bensonhurst Bean confirmed today. The festival’s fate came into question yet again after reports surfaced saying that the event “faces second cancellation [http://brooklyndaily.com/
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Source: Maxnashville via Wikimedia Commons/ Painter: Sir Anthony van DyckOf course, I know what it is. I’m referring to the history of the much celebrated, though sometimes slightly disliked, 18th Avenue Feast. Tour guide for Made In Brooklyn tours and former Stoop Stories interviewee, Dom Gervasi [/stoop-stories-dom-gervasi-of-made-in-brooklyn-tours/], sent us
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Sometimes in news reporting you get some bad information, and despite your best efforts, it never becomes clear that it’s bad until it has been published. Turns out that was the case with the 18th Avenue Feast in Bensonhurst – and I suppose we should’ve known better than to