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All the discovered contraband. Photo via NYPD.A man who was double parked got arrested for a lot more than a traffic violation when cops found a slew of drugs, cash, and a gun hidden in his car. On Wednesday, March 11 at about 6:45pm, plainclothes police in an
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Bensonhurst Bean reader Bob has had it with the messy parks in our neighborhood, and the hooligans who keep knocking over trash cans in the green spaces. He sent us the above photo (cropped below to better show the garbage), that show Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park at New Utrecht Avenue
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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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Source: NYPDPolice officers discovered loaded weapons, 600 rounds of ammunition, and heavy drugs in a Bensonhurst apartment while executing a search warrant. The search took place on 71st Street near 15th Avenue and homeowner Michael DePietro, 46, has been arrested for criminal possession weapons and possession of controlled substances. The