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Santa’s rightful place on the lawn, and security footage of the intruder. (Photos via resident)A Dyker Heights resident reached out this morning with the sad news that a man had stolen the inflatable Santa from his lawn’s Christmas display. “Yesterday, at around 5:45 p.m., a
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Owl’s Head owner John Avelluto pours our drinks in his designer t-shirt. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Bay Ridge is known for its small town feel, its Middle Eastern cuisine, longstanding Italian bakeries — not so much its upscale bar scene. So for those who’ve seen or experienced
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Photos via Exit Realty [http://www.exittopproperties.com/bensonhurst-condo-coop-listings/] (top) and Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Neighborhoods/Display/4] (bottom)This morning we discovered a frustrated email in our inbox from a local who keeps seeing property taxes increase on his Bensonhurst home. To add insult to injury, this
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Gravesend A freestanding, single-family home at 8738 23rd Avenue has hit the market and is asking $1.475 million [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/3840633] for its cottage-like exterior and four-bedroom sprawl in the heart of the area’s Jewish community. The home’s black staircase and dining
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Photo via NYPDHelp cops find a man wanted for grabbing a young woman’s crotch on the street in broad daylight last Friday. The suspect allegedly grabbed the 21-year-old victim’s crotch over her clothing, on November 25, at 12:30pm on 50th Street between 14th and 15th Avenues in
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A group shot of Assemblymembers and library staff at a funding celebration at the Central Library this morning. (Photo by Gregg Richards)New York State Assemblymembers have determined bringing video game consoles (and other technology) to every Brooklyn Public Library branch is high priority, and have secured $3 million in
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They paved paradise, put up a parking lot — for tour buses. Neighbors are up in arms regarding no parking signs signs posted by the police department along 86th Street between 7th and 14th Avenues, reserving area parking for “tour buses only” for over a month, from 3 p.m. to
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Photos via IHOP of Coney Island’s Facebook pageThe long delayed opening of the Coney Island IHOP has been further delayed. The store is now tentatively set to open in January, according to broker Joe Vitacco, Jr. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-vitacco-jr-5ba03427]. “It’s 100 percent finished, they’re
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Photo dug up on Facebook by the New York Daily NewsBrooklyn Assistant District Attorney Tara Lenich, 41, turned herself in to her own district attorney’s office Monday, openly admitting the fact that she had forged documents to wiretap conversations between an NYPD cop she had a crush on and
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A rendering of proposed improvements to Six Diamonds Park, to benefit residents in times of storm and peace. (Photo via Arcadis/Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects)In anticipation of future climate change events, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency commissioned design
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A photo of Hazuki and her son, Isse, via policeMother, wife, and Bay Ridge resident Hazuki Matsushita and her 11-month old son Isse Salazar have both been missing since Friday, the police reported. They were last seen leaving Matsushita’s mother-in-law’s home at 3 p.m. on November 18.
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)This is a blotter of this past week’s crime in the 60th Precinct, which includes Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Gravesend. We’ve divided the crimes up by type: robbery, assault, burglary, and larceny. For those who aren’t familiar with the police jargon, robbery