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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] An 18-year-old skateboarder was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Gravesend on Sunday afternoon, police said. Alejandro Tello was riding his skateboard on Avenue T when a white BMW SUV
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Photo: KPC 2017“I want to make sure that when I put my head on the pillow at night, that I can sleep soundly knowing that I did the right thing,” Kevin Peter Carroll. The 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those
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CB 14 member Kalman Yeger, at a meeting in 2015. (Photo via BKLYNER)Kalman Yeger is officially the Democratic nominee for Councilmember David Greenfield’s now open position in District 44 [/no-city-council-david-greenfield-will-now-run-non-profit/] — and received an endorsement from the councilman himself. “I’ve known Kalman Yeger for 20 years. He is
Bensonhurst
Cold drinks on a hot day — can it get better than that? Bubble tea is definitely in, and there are plenty of great options in Brooklyn. Check out our shortlist of Bubble Tea hot spots to cool for your steamy summer day. 1. Bensonhurst: ViVi Bubble Tea [http://www.vivibubbletea.
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Photo via NYPDCops issued a Silver Alert for an elderly woman who has been missing from her Bath Beach home since yesterday. Mary Joyce-Bonsignore, 88, was last seen on 19th Avenue near Bath Avenue on Monday, July 17 at 8:30am, said cops. She is described by police as a
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Greenfield announcing 2016 Participatory Budgeting results at Brooklyn School of Inquiry, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Council Member David Greenfield says he will not be running for re-election this year, instead he’ll take a position as the new executive director of a Jewish non-profit. Greenfield, who is also
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Bensonhurst, please welcome 80s Tea, the latest addition to a growing list of ice cream spots that offer Thai rolled ice cream, milk tea, slushies as well as cheese tea (more on that next time – but in case you are inclined, there are instructions on how to enjoy it posted
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Photo: Liena ZagareAfter a year of construction, officials cut the ribbon today to open the renovated portion at Bath Avenue’s Benson Playground. Improvement include a new color seal coat for field and track sports, and upgrades to the basketball court like new pavement, color seal coat and lines, and
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Photo: McCabe CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’re reaching out to all nine candidates for a Q & A to
Central Brooklyn
It’s summer time and we could all use a little time in the sun. Here are some apartments that will make it easy to lounge outdoors. (Courtesy Zillow/Moishe Kraus of Smart NY Realty LLC [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type/
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Filmmaker Jay Cusato in action, playing stickball in Coney Island. (Photo via Cusato)On Sunday in Coney Island, the gang is getting back to together for a fierce game that once determined everything to the kids on Brooklyn streets. July 9 has officially been dubbed Stickball Day in Brooklyn, and
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(Photo via Council Member David Greenfield’s office)The long-awaited, $7.5 million renovations to the heavily-used 18th Avenue/Gravesend Park were finally completed this weekend with the opening of a shiny and spacious public restroom, said City Council Member David Greenfield. “Took 7.5 years and $2 million but