Announcements
Fire Truck crashes into a storefront. (Photo via Hillel Lichtenstein)GRAVESEND – Six people are injured after a fire truck crashed into a car and then a storefront last night. On Sunday, December 20 at around 11:30 p.m., a fire truck was responding to a fire on Bay Parkway
Bensonhurst
Congressman Max Rose and Councilmember Mark Treyger viaTwitter. [https://twitter.com/MarkTreyger718]BENSONHURST — This morning, local elected officials and advocates called for justice for the victim of a fatal hit-and-run that happened yesterday in Bensonhurst. At the site of yesterday’s incident, at the corner of 86th Street and Bay
Announcements
BENSONHURST — A Verizon minivan crashed into the back of an MTA bus yesterday morning and both drivers were taken to the hospital for injuries. At around 9:30 a.m. on Halloween, a B6 bus was at a red light on 74th Street and Bay Parkway. All of a sudden,
Announcements
Benson Avenue and Bath Beach. (Photo via Loudlabs)BATH BEACH – A mother is in critical condition after she was struck by a driver while crossing the street last night. On Tuesday, October 29 at around 6:30 p.m. a 49-year-old woman was crossing Bay Parkway from the east side
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a forcible touching incident on the B6 bus in Bensonhurst. While onboard the moving B6 in the vicinity of 70th Street & Bay Parkway, the individual rubbed his midsection up against the shoulder of a 20-year old female victim,
![Bensonhurst: Police Release Video Of Suspect In Attempted Rape [Updated]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-9.41.04-AM.png)
Police & Fire
[Update 5/23 9am: On Monday, May 22 police arrested Bensonhurst man Christopher Clemente, 20, and he has been charged with attempted rape, forcible touching, and sexual abuse.] Cops are turning to the public for help locating a suspect in an attempted rape that occurred on the street in Bensonhurst
Bensonhurst
Photo via Google Maps. Bay Parkway and Bay Ridge ParkwayAfter well over a year of waiting, the Department of Transportation has finally responded to local pressure and, in a letter to a Brooklyn School of Inquiry parent, Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray confirmed that they will install a Leading Pedestrian
![Man Found Dead In Bay Parkway Home With Cuts On Neck And Arms [Updated]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/police-tape-source-mikey-k-flickr.jpg)
Bensonhurst
Police responded to a 911 call at 8855 Bay Parkway at around 5:30pm Sunday, and found a 34-year-old man with a puncture wound in his neck as well as a lacerations on his face and arm. Emergency medical services (EMS) pronounced him dead when they arrived at the scene,
Bensonhurst
https://youtu.be/1f6vhdFOmFM The emotionally disturbed man who was rescued by police from a Bay Parkway ledge [/cops-pull-suicidal-man-on-bay-parkway-ledge-to-safety-giant-net/#.Vv1ZgBIrLnU] with a giant net last November is back up to his old antics. At 12:30am Thursday, the man was seen waving a knife around and threatening to jump from
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two weeks, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. * On March 11 at 9:30pm, a man returning to his vehicle on 19th Avenue was shocked to find
Bensonhurst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3-U0szuYw The Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) responded to requests from Assemblyman William Colton and Councilman Mark Treyger for signage under the D line. Following a series of traffic jams [/after-truck-skims-overpass-treyger-colton-call-on-dot-to-assess-height-clearance-on-86th-street/] involving oversized trucks squeezing
Animals
Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’d be hard pressed to walk a street in Brooklyn and not come across a few pigeons. These chunky crumb peckers have become so built into the urban landscape that even those who (misguidedly!) hate them would surely wonder what’s going on if they didn’
Bay Parkway
Donovan speaks to Golden and Army Corps of Engineers representatives. (Source: Congressman Dan Donovan’s office)Congressman Dan Donovan joined local elected officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Community Boards 10 and 11 yesterday to inspect Shore Road Park and identify opportunities for resiliency investments to protect
36 st
Source: YouTube/UCjdyJeKGdSFhKUno6BETjdAIt’s the sweetest thing to happen on the N line since sibling kitties Posey and Parker [/cute-alert-hey-bensonhurst-help-these-kitties-out/] were rescued from the Bay Parkway station. A couple boarded the N train in Southwest Brooklyn Friday – accompanied by just a handful of friends, family, and the New York Daily
ave
Five servings of vegetables. (Spotted on Bay Parkway and Bath Avenue) Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/BensonhurstBean], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BensonhurstBean]
Bay Parkway
This overflowing trash can was taken near Seth Low Park on the Bay Parkway side. Photos by Eric JankiewiczThe trash of Bensonhurst has become something of an unwanted neighbor over the last few years. Last year [/brooklyn-trash-garbage-fines/] the Department of Sanitation issued fewer tickets to residents who illegally dump their