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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add Russian and French Creole interpreters and translations at polling stations. Following the presidential primary debacle, in which more than 125,000 Brooklyn Democrats [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/brighton-beach-among-handful-brooklyn-nabes-voted-sanders/] were dropped from voter rolls, Mayor
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Photo courtesy of Success Academy Bensonhurst [https://www.facebook.com/SABensonhurst/photos/a.808354049215458.1073741828.785002684883928/1133043643413162/?type=3&theater] /FacebookThere was a unexpectedly positive profile [http://www.businessinsider.in/I-toured-a-NYC-school-thats-part-of-a-contentious-network-loved-by-Wall-Street-and-I-was-surprised-by-what-I-saw/articleshow/51932201.cms] of our neighborhood’s branch of Success Academy (SA) — the controversial charter school franchise started
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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. * A thief drove off with car loaded with cash last week when the vehicle’s owner ran into his
Announcements
Rendering of the new Coney Island Amphitheater. (Provided by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment)Want to check out some of the hottest concerts in Brooklyn, and get paid to do it? The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced [http://www.nycedc.com/press-release/new-amphitheater-and-other-major-coney-island-businesses-hiring-over-800-jobs-april-25?utm_source=NYCEDC%20Newsletters&
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/12/
Arts & Culture
Whether you are walking in and out of the galleries of Bushwick, perusing the graffiti art of storefront metal gates on Avenue U or stepping over thoughtful spray paint stencils on your local street corner, this borough’s creativity is effused throughout its infrastructure. This often neglected urban art is
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86 Bay 47th Street. (Photo: Trulia [http://www.trulia.com/property/3213378905-86-Bay-47th-St-Brooklyn-NY-11214#photo-4] )An audacious real estate broker is trying to unload pint-sized shed in Gravesend for “only” a half-million dollars. The listing, which has been on Trulia [http://www.trulia.com/property/3213378905-86-Bay-47th-St-Brooklyn-NY-11214#photo-4] for more than half a
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Source: Councilman Greenfield’s OfficeCouncilman David G. Greenfield will be funding four projects to improve neighborhoods in his district — Borough Park, plus parts of Bensonhurst, following the results of this year’s participatory budgeting process. Over 2,300 people in Greenfield’s district voted to pick the projects that they
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Whether your kids have a creative touch with textile arts, an ear for music, or can’t wait to find their spotlight, Brooklyn is home to a number of fine arts camps you won’t want to miss. Courtesy Brooklyn Center StageBrooklyn Center Stage [http://www.brooklyncenterstage.com/] 495 3rd
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Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thomson/FacebookThe Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is hosting a competitive summer internship program for high school students who live or attend school in the borough, District Attorney Ken Thompson and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew announced last week. Students with an interest in
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> Another gun off the streets of #bensonhurst [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bensonhurst?src=hash] #brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/brooklyn?src=hash] . Loaded defaced 9mm off of a car stop. Great work 62anticrime pic.twitter.com/LfknBZhQkj [https://t.co/LfknBZhQkj] — NYPD 62nd Precinct (@NYPD62Pct) April 21, 2016 [https:
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> How the mighty have fallen: Fearsome mob boss’s son is now delivering pizzas in Brooklyn https://t.co/2QNfZMtzs3 pic.twitter.com/yPjSwkMzyd [https://t.co/yPjSwkMzyd] — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/724274282520555520] The son of one of Bensonhurst’s