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(Photo by parkorey [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNpxhYSBAy3/] / Instagram)Have a great weekend and take advantage of all your neighborhood has to offer at one of these local events. If you have an event to share, please email us at editor@bensonhurstbean.com or post it on our our
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Assemblymember Dov Hikind. Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.State Assemblymember Dov Hikind sent Governor Andrew Cuomo a letter earlier this week asking him to stop his planned traffic changes for Ocean Parkway and to come observe the busy Brooklyn road himself and discuss ways to make it safer. Hikind
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Any street as dense and diverse as 86th should be expected to constantly change. While in recent years that change may have been faster paced than in the past, change has been a consistent constant for the strip for decades. Sure, some businesses have stoically weathered the years, betraying their
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Congrats to the 68th on their drug bust. (Photo by NYPD 68th Precinct / Twitter) The police were very busy this month busting drug rings. Criminals were also busy causing more ruckus. Here’s a few of the bigger crime stories from the 60th, 62nd, and 68th Precincts: An empty subway
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(Photo via Villabate Alba [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNIZkJNgC3M/] / Instagram)It’s the holidays, your sister’s getting married, that college roommate finally came and visited you…whatever the reason, you have family or friends here, and they ain’t from here, and you wanna show em’ what Brooklyn’
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Loving Panino Rustico’s [/panino-rustico/] Christmas tree — better than Rockefeller! (Photo by paninorustico [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNsMbJ1gOBs/] / Instagram)What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The Southern BK Beat: School Cafeterias May Soon Get Letter Grades Like Restaurants [https://www.
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Vincent Gentile, left, photo via New York City Council. Michael Birstreich, right, photo via LinkedinCity Councilman Vincent Gentile has been charged by a former legislative aide with a $10 million lawsuit claiming Gentile subjugated him to so much humiliation — putting decapitated teddy bears on his office desk and harassing him
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76th Street and 15th Avenue, the site of the crash. (Photo via Google Maps) Today, Bensonhurst has lost a mother and a neighbor. Our prayers are with the Orlando family on this sad day. On the morning of Wednesday, November 9, Antonietta Orlando, 72, was crossing 76th Street, just blocks
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76th Street and 15th Avenue, the site of the crash. (Photo via Google Maps) Today, Bensonhurst has lost a mother and a neighbor. Our prayers are with the Orlando family on this sad day. On the morning of Wednesday, November 9, Antonietta Orlando, 72, was crossing 76th Street, just blocks
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Dr. Diana Nguyen, OD is an Optometrist at Eye D Vision [http://www.orthokeratologynewyork.com/] known for her friendly demeanor and good patient relationships in our community. In this new series, Dr. Nguyen discusses Ortho-K Treatment which eliminates the need for glasses an contacts. Dr. Diana NguyenWhat is Ortho-K? Orthokeratology
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanIt’s that time of year again: the Kindergarten Application period is open, with the January 13 deadline fast approaching. Here’s our guide to keep you sane while applying. Editor’s Note: Yuri Nazarov, a father of three from Bensonhurst, has become something of
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Inside Nyonya. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)To many, artisan cheese and shiny, new condo towers are seen as being iconically Brooklyn, but locals know that it’s hard to beat the commercial strips under the elevated tracks in terms of embodying this borough. Bensonhurst’s 86th Street is