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A white SUV barreled over the sidewalk and through – literally, through – a utility pole, knocking out approximately 10 feet from the bottom of the pole. The remainder of the pole is currently suspended in the air, being held up by the very wires it was installed to support. (Updates at
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The tree bed one year ago after planting sunflowers, and the same tree bed on Monday.An award-winning tree bed on East 14th Street that was built by neighborhood children and celebrated by local pols [/photos-children-honored-for-east-14th-street-cleanup/] has been ripped out and destroyed, and neighbors are pointing a finger at the
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Source: schools.nyc.govNeighbors are looking to monitor the rowdy behavior of after-school students from Dewey High School, with at least one community leader saying it’s a longtime issue that needs to be addressed. Carmine Santa Maria from the Bensonhurst West End Community Council (BWECC) said that the situation
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Source: Helena F. via YelpMaple Lanes, the beloved Bensonhurst bowling alley that has stood at 1570 60th Street for over four decades is due to close [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/09/say-it-aint-so-maple-lanes-to-close/]. At the public hearing [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/09/zoning-hearing-for-maple-lanes-to-be-held-tomorrow/] to discuss the status of the
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With the backdrop of Rockin’ Ray Fiore’s heartfelt mural on the handball courts of Bill Brown Park (Avenue X and Bedford Avenue), more than one hundred mourners, neighbors, firefighters from Ladder Co. 169, 61st Precinct officers and local EMS responders gathered last night to remember the lives lost on
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsA Sheepshead Bay High School [/tag/sheepshead-bay-high-school/] teacher is speaking out about feeling pressured to “teach to the test,” saying that administrators from the soon-to-be Academy of Career Exploration of Sheepshead Bay [/goodbye-sheepshead-bay-high-school-hello-academy-of-career-exploration-of-sheepshead-bay/] threatened she raise the test scores of two failing students so they could graduate. Erica
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A rally to save Sheepshead Bay High School when it faced closure in 2010.You may have heard rumors [http://www.gerritsenbeach.net/2012/02/21/sheepshead-bay-high-shcool-closing-july-1-2012/] that Sheepshead Bay High School is closing down to be replaced by four smaller academies operating under one principal. That is not the
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It has been almost a year since we announced that an unnamed “beer garden” would be opening [/beer-garden-yoga-spa-slated-for-dooley-development/] up in the basement of the commercial building at 30 Dooley Street, but we’ve just discovered that it will be the latest outpost of the locally-owned Draft Barn. 30 Dooley Street
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Courtesy of Daily NewsPolice raided a Gravesend home on Friday night, arresting four people and seizing 30 guns, nine knives, and a stash of drugs. Husband and wife Thomas Siano and Kathleen Siano, along with their 29-year-old son Vincent Siano and family friend Michael Poole, were charged with criminal possession