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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 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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Photo by r0sari0_b [https://www.instagram.com/p/-oJksKmFix/]/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 Daniel FrazerAfter 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. Sidewalk dog kennels arrive in Fort Greene as part of local
Announcements
Kings Bay Y wishes the community a healthy and happy holiday season! We are offering a special sale on our memberships. From now until 12/14/15, enjoy 10% off your annual membership and the registration fee waived! Enjoy our stat of the art fitness room and weights room, gym,
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanTwo local school are set to receive some extra cash from the Department of Education (DOE) in recognition of their excellent dual language programs. Gravesend’s I.S. 228 David A. Boody [http://www.is228.org/] and P.S. 200 The Benson School [http://www.ps200.org/
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Photo by Mandy Jansen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/drh/2135841707/]The annual Toys for Tots [http://www.toysfortots.org/default.aspx] drive is currently underway, and there are a lot of local drop-off locations where you can donate a toy, helping to ensure that so many Brooklyn children have
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Photo courtesy of S.I. Premiere Properties [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2262-78th-St-Brooklyn-NY-11214/30708216_zpid/] We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting Bensonhurst open house listings for this weekend. Any thoughts on these places? 226 78th Street [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2262-78th-St-Brooklyn-NY-11214/30708216_zpid/] List Price: $1,
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Photo courtesy of Counciman Mark Treyger/FacebookA combined $3.4 million dollars in funding has been secured to renovate and redevelop Scarangella Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/scarangella-park], one of the Bensonhurst/Gravesend area’s largest recreational park and playground locations. City Councilman Mark Treyger, State Senator Diane Savino
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Photo by Daniel FrazierGravesend Bay at dusk. 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.facebook.com/BensonhurstBean], and Instagram [http://instagram.
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Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead BitesThere’s lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Tree Lighting With Santa At McKinley Park [/golden-hosting-two-brooklyn-tree-lighting-ceremony-this-week/
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA man was beat up and taunted with anti-semitic remarks in Borough Park Wednesday. The 21-year-old victim, who is of Bukharan Jewish descent, was walking from the D train’s New Utrecht Avenue station near 43rd Street at 3:30pm, when the perpetrator shouted at him “slow
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Source: NYPDCops are trying to track down a suspect who attacked a man on the Dyker Heights/Bay Ridge border, leaving him with a broken hip. The suspect, described as a white male 40s or 50s with wavy brown hair, pushed a 65-year-old male victim causing the victim to fall