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Courtesy of Mark TreygerCome out for two hours of free ice skating at Abe Stark Skating Rink [http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/iceskating/1] (1902 West 19th Street) on Tuesday, December 29, and Wednesday, December 30, both days at 9:30am. Hang out with local elected officials, and enjoy hot
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The report found there are two sex offenders living in the Marlboro Houses. (Source: Google Maps)Elected officials railed against NYCHA Monday for allowing registered sex offenders to to live illegally in public housing — including at least two at Gravesend’s Marlboro Houses [/in-list-of-citys-worst-housing-projects-marlboro-houses-ranks-41st-out-of-349/] . Following a report released last week
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Photo by Chun KitWhere to next, Santa? See more Dyker Heights lights here [/the-locals-guide-to-dyker-heights-christmas-lights/]. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/BensonhurstBean], Facebook [https://www.
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If there was a “Boyfriend of the Year” award, it would go to this neighbor, who proposed to his sweetheart under the glittering Christmas lights of Dyker Heights [/the-locals-guide-to-dyker-heights-christmas-lights/]. In a magical moment captured on camera [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/12/21/surprise-proposal-sparkles-under-dyker-heights-holiday-lights/] by CBS New York, Pasquale Simeone
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(Photo: Bruce Handy [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208612480779611&set=a.1077249661615.14122.1537445879&type=3&theater] /Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get in the holiday spirit by checking out the Christmas lights in Dyker Heights or go to Fort Hamilton
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Photo by dragonpreneurl [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/8134141527/] via FlickrCongressman Dan Donovan announced a district-wide app challenge as part of the U.S. House of Representatives’ focus on advancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education today. Students (ages 13 and up) of all backgrounds and skill levels
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Photo by ajaxnyc [http://websta.me/p/1047274359330236213_472839152]Below you’ll find early week Bensonhurst subway changes on the D, F, N, and R lines in Brooklyn. Check back later in the week to see what’s happening this weekend. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.info/]. >
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A police cruiser outside the field house in Kaiser Park, where the donations were stolen. (Photo: Will Caruso/Bensonhurst Bean)Community groups and city agencies came to the rescue after a thieves ransacked the offices of a Coney Island charity and made off with donations for the group’s holiday
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Photo by scottbleck [https://www.instagram.com/p/_W59fztEu9/]/Instagram Wind-cured fish is totally trending [/neighbors-horrified-by-fish-filets-drying-on-bensonhurst-roof/]. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/BensonhurstBean], Facebook
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Photo by kiss_gal [https://www.instagram.com/p/-uhnHdG41y/]/InstagramIn 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
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Photo by Isabella RuggieriAfter 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. A 62-year-old woman was struck and killed by a bus
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Source: Google MapsThis dreary building on 71st Street is a windowless dungeon no longer. Located at 2165 71st Street, right off of Bay Parkway, the grey structure that once housed the ambiguously named and untraceable “Bensonhurst Medical Center” has been under construction for several months now — and what a change