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Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookCouncilman Vincent Gentile, a rare third-term politician [/editorial-having-won-third-term-councilman-gentile-must-bring-home-the-bacon/] representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst, has been hitting up Mayor Bill de Blasio for a job before the end of his final stint in office, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/02/
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCity Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s agenda, which involves rezoning
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanOur reporting on the closure [/key-food-renews-interest-new-utrecht-waldbaums/] of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums after 37 years, and the supermarket’s subsequent sale [/second-asian-market-bids-on-waldbaums-trader-joe-says-no-thanks/] to the Asian grocer Jmart, unearthed simmering anxieties about demographic changes in Bensonhurst. In some cases, comments on social media and our site
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Image courtesy of Ladyheart [http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/155395]. We love you, dear neighbors, and loyal advertisers (double the love for neighborhood advertisers!). Thanks to your support we continue to bring you the news you really care about daily. We have put together a list of some wonderful
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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
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials called on Brooklyn landlords Wednesday to help the city reach the finish line for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts by opening available apartments to homeowners enrolled in the Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.
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Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst BeanA fire ripped through a two-story home in Dyker Heights this morning. Twelve trucks and 60 firefighters swarmed the building at 1178 72nd Street after the second floor blaze was called in at 11:01am, according to fire officials. Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst BeanNeighbors
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Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeA Staten Island salesman who was often spotted at neighborhood dance halls has been convicted for the murder of three shopkeepers — two with businesses in Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge [/the-latest-on-the-bensonhurst-and-bay-ridge-slayings/] — in the summer and fall of 2012. Salvatore “Son of Sal” Perrone [/?s=salvatore+perrone#
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Photo by Carmen Molina TamacasBack in November, before Thanksgiving, I took a long walk looking for ingredients my husband needed for a traditional-style dinner. Since Waldbaums closed [/pols-brooklyn-chamber-band-together-to-demand-answers-about-waldbaums-closure/] , I had to go to NetCost and Key Food. Along the way, I stopped at the Guatemalan restaurant Jireh [http://www.yelp.
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Source: yewenyi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/2256618233/]via Flickr It’s the year of the (fire) monkey! February 8 marked the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since southern Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event
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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’
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Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades [http: