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Bath Beach Man Busted With 3,236 Cartons Of Black Market Cigarettes

The cigarettes seized as part of the bust. (Source: Dept. of Taxation and Finance)A Bath Beach man was one of two people arrested yesterday after authorities seized 3,236 cartons of contraband cigarettes from his home and a Borough Park stash house, the New York State Department of Taxation

Thousands Of Chickens Die From Heat Before Being Their Chance To Be Sacrificed In Jewish Ritual

(Source: Several Seconds via Flickr)Thousands of chickens gathered in crates died of heat exposure in Borough Park before they were to be sacrificed in the Orthodox ritual known as Kapparot. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/birds-die-annual-ritual-slaughter-article-1.1454098] that the chickens were

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