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Photo via Google MapsA Sunset Park restaurant manager has been arrested for trying to bribe an investigator posing as a health inspector. Wei Dong, 26, was charged with bribery and other charges after he identified himself as the manager of Funny BBQ Bar [http://www.yelp.com/biz/funny-bbq-brooklyn-3] (818
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REWARDING EDUCATION Parents, what if you could stop the battles over homework? Chores? Practicing for that recital? A newly launched mobile app (for iOS users only currently), Gradestar, is here to help you do just that. It is a free app that rewards academic and extracurricular achievement, and gives parents
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(L-R) Principal Rina Horne, Nicolina & Francesa Filoramo, Yahya Abdur-Rashid, Superintendent Isabel DiMola, Donovan Ford, Assistant Principal Helen Stern (Courtesy of P.S. 212 The Lady Deborah Moody School)“P.S. 212 has the best K-O-A-L-A-T-I-E-S!” The new catchy slogan rang out this week, as students at PS. 212 The
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Courtesy of Architect Chi F. Lau [http://chilauarchitectpc.com/?page_id=772] Renderings are now available for an eight-story building set to rise in Gravesend next year. Developer Ting Ming Fung, based in Bay Ridge, filed plans last year for the residential structure that will be built at 168 Avenue
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Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst Bean“Every painting is intrinsically a part of me,” says Bensonhurst-born tattoo artist and surrealist painter Vincent Castiglia [http://vincentcastiglia.com/]. The artist — whose works sell for up to $25,000 — creates his avant-garde art using a peculiar medium: his own blood. Castiglia’s website
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THERE WAS A TIME when the world was full of beauty and wonder. When heroes split mountains and swam with dragons. When divine beings walked the earth and emperors ruled under the will of heaven. When people lived in harmony with the universe and believed in a connection between all
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The B&B Carousell in Coney Island. (Photo: Charley Lhasa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/charleylhasa/9729128502/] / Flickr)Coney Island’s B&B Carousell has been officially added to the National Register of Historic Places, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday. The recognition allows the historic structure, brought to
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Photo via FacebookThis Mob Wife wants Trump to make America great again — for her jailbird dad. Karen Gravano — whose father Sammy “Sammy the Bull” Gravano escaped 19 murder charges by helping the FBI take down numerous local gangsters including Gambino crime boss John Gotti — said she hopes her father’s
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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. * On March 4, at 11am, a 52-year-old man returning to his house on West 4th Street noticed the back
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NYPD Lieutenant Joseph Hayward prepares to strike Brent Schmidt at Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)The new commanding officer at the 68th Precinct brings with him a troubling record of allegations of civil rights violations against civilians. Captain Joseph Hayward – who took the helm of
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Homeowners in Superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods, who are seeing the first signs of measurable progress [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/10/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] in the city’s Build it Back program, may experience a spike in their property taxes due to storm recovery
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Madison takes the stage at 2015’s Inter-SING! (Photo by Elvir Ali)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Third Annual Inter-SING competition at James Madison High School. There’s also a mobile pet adoption center, a festival celebrating Butoh culture, CPR training, and much more!