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In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/]: Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/bensonhurstbean]and Facebook [http://www.facebook.
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Photo by citrusandcandy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/citrusandcandy/6835762264/]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Actress Michelle Williams to
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Source: Luna Park/FacebookSay it ain’t so! Luna Park’s opening day [/free-egg-creams-new-improved-cyclone-more-at-march-20-luna-park-re-opening/#.VuxvyxIrLe0] has been postponed due to a snowstorm headed for New York City this weekend. According to weather reports, the storm currently barreling up the East Coast is expected to hit New York on Sunday, March
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Photo by Street Easy [http://streeteasy.com/building/1525-west-11-street-brooklyn/d5]Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of (kind of) intriguing Bensonhurst apartment listings — take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck in your search!
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCome Spring, Stillwell Avenue will be pothole free. Last fall, Treyger and Assembly Member William Colton wrote a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) last fall about the dire need for repaving Stillwell Avenue, and a significant chunk of the street has been included in the
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Source: PBNYC.orgIn just a few weeks, you’ll be able to vote for projects involving schools, libraries, parks, streets, and other shared spaces throughout the neighborhood. Between Saturday, March 26 – Sunday, April 3, you and your neighbors will be able to choose which projects will be funded. Courtesy of
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanThere are nearly 2,000 buildings in southern Brooklyn on the City’s tax lien sale list — 1,410 of which are small, family homes, according to the Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) [http://cnycn.org/NYC-tax-lien-sale/]. The City’s Department of Finance sells tax
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68th Precinct Community Council meeting on March 14, 2016. (Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst Bean)The 68th Precinct’s new commanding officer addressed several community concerns — from a string a vehicle thefts in the area to opioid addiction — at the Community Council’s March meeting in Dyker Heights Tuesday. Introducing
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(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for two men — one dressed as a construction worker — who smashed through a glass door at a Coney Island deli Monday during a brazen mid-day robbery. Police say the criminals entered the store, located on Mermaid Avenue near West 22nd Street, just
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City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Less than two weeks after an 81-year-old Coney Island woman was roughed up and robbed [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/03/burglar-posing-as-con-ed-worker-robs-81-year-old-woman-at-knifepoint/] by someone posing as a Con Ed emplyee, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced he will introduce legislation to keep
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Source: Rent HopCurious about which presidential candidates your neighbors back? There’s a map for that. Data collected by Renthop [https://www.renthop.com/study/new-york-city-ny/new-york-donors.html], the apartment-hunting website, identifies and maps which neighborhoods campaign donations for the 2016 presidential election are coming from. To come up with
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Photo by sayhishutterup [https://www.instagram.com/p/BDAB1xIyyYu/]St. Patrick’s Day is this Thursday, March 17, and the neighborhood is a pot o’ gold full of celebratory options! From parades, to bars, to the beloved Irish Soda Bread, you need not leave our neighborhood to take part in