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Courtesy of Saint Finbar/FacebookSaint Finbar Roman Catholic Church [http://www.stfinbarbrooklyn.org/] is one of our neighborhood’s oldest institutions. With a congregation that dates back to 1880, parishioners still worship in Saint Finbar’s gold-trimmed, stately building that was built in 1910 on the corner of Benson Avenue
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A man was arrested for impersonating an NYPD officer last week when he ran into none other than the 62nd Precinct’s Captain William Taylor with his fake sirens blaring. Christopher Agoglia, 41, was stuck in traffic on the corner of Bay 29th Street and Benson Avenue at approximately 10:
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Brooklyn’s first cannoli eating contest will take place on October 11 at Bensonhurst’s Columbus Day festival, where competitive eaters will shove as many of the cream-packed cookie shells into their faceholes as they can in six minutes. And competitive eaters are in luck, with provisions for the contest
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The following is a paid announcement from Elite Academy of Science and Technology [http://www.eastny.org/]: Choosing the right high school for your child can make all the difference in their future. Public high schools focus on test preparations with overcrowded classrooms. At Elite Academy of Science and Technology
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Students celebrated a successful march to deliver their college applications. More than 300 students from the Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders (2630 Benson Avenue), formerly Lafayette High School, signed, sealed and delivered their college applications to a United States Post Office truck in front of their school on Friday
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The scene of the stabbing (Source: Google Maps)Four months after the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Kenny Chen in Bath Beach [/kenny-chen-stabbing-benson-ave-26-ave/], police have arrested four teenagers believed to be his assailants. The four teens arrested on Tuesday are all 17 years old: Peter Sedeno of Queens, Daquan Jackson of
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Benson Avenue at Bay 26th Street, the site of last week’s fatal accident. (Source: Google Maps)YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Department of Transportation previously denied a request to install a traffic signal at a Benson Avenue intersection where a cyclist recently lost his life after being struck
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Benson Avenue at Bay 26th Street, the site of last week’s fatal accident. (Source: Google Maps)The accidental death of a delivery man on a bicycle on Bay 26 Street and Benson Avenue has renewed a community push for a traffic light on that corner. Mai Zhang, a 74-year-old
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Source: Dr. Ralph Irving Lloyd via Brooklyn Historical SocietyThe Kouwenhoven-Benson House stood at Bay 24th Street and Benson Avenue. Now, on all four sides of the intersection, nothing remains of this historic home. Dr. Ralph Irving Lloyd, the photographer, dated the photograph as taken in 1905. The Bensons were a
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Source: Trusilver via Wikimedia CommonsTonight you’re invited to head down to the 62nd precinct at 1925 Bath Avenue from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to celebrate the 29th annual “National Night Out Against Crime.” Police precincts throughout the country will host block parties filled with
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Reader Rob Abruzzese snapped these pics late last night at the corner of Bay 29th Street and Benson Avenue. Rob says he was woken up at around 2:30 a.m. by the sound of breaking glass. “I went out to see what was going on and there were about
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A “CEC” or Community Education Council is a group made up of nine parents, two political appointees and one high school senior which oversees the elementary and intermediate schools in a district. CEC’s are remnants of the school boards that were dismantled by Mayor Bloomberg way back in his
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Bensonhurst tree grows over a sign. (Photo by Ray Johnson)This tree on Benson Avenue (near Bay 37th Street) in Bensonhurst appears to be swallowing up this aged sanitation sign. At first, it is a grotesque sight to behold, but after a while it kind of grows on you.