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From the 60th Precinct’s Mannequin ChallengeSouthern Brooklyn’s Mannequin Challenge game is on point. The 60th Precinct — representing Coney Island and Brighton Beach — officially joined the ranks of Challenge royalty this weekend after posting their take on the viral phenomenon to Twitter. (For those not in the know: the
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Photo by azernyc [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNVtyl5Bzhz/]This Thursday marks the start of December! With Thanksgiving behind us, the holiday cheer is revving up to full swing, meaning it’s prime time for some hot chocolate, and Dyker Heights is brighter than ever. Stay up to date on
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From the Avenue P subway station. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean) * Public school employees tell immigrant students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park to “start packing your bags [/teachers-tell-immigrant-students-bay-ridge-sunset-park-start-packing-bags/] “ * Remembering Bensonhurst native and Brooklyn Borough President, Sebastian Leone [/remembering-bensonhurst-native-and-brooklyn-borough-president-sebastian-leone/] , who died this month at 91 * A small vi
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From the Avenue P station on the F (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock lead rally after hate graffiti found at Adam Yauch Park. [BKLYNER [/check-your-hate-senator-squadron-beastie-boys-ad-rock-lead-rally-after-hate-graffiti-found-at-adam-yauch-park/] ] ‘Der Pioneer’ European bakery & cafe opening soon on Church Avenue. [Ditmas Park Corner [http://der-pioneer-european-bakery-cafe-opening-soon-church-avenue]
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Photo via dave.pontious [https://www.instagram.com/p/-ctbnLE03N/?tagged=charliebrownthanksgiving]Our readers mean the world to us, and we want to wish all of you a healthy and peaceful Thanksgiving. We want to thank our neighbors and advertisers for their continued support. We will return on Monday, November
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The candy display at Smart Cost. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean) While Manhattanites and other foreigners often assume that Brighton Beach is the one and only home to Brooklyn’s Russian population and culture, locals are well aware that there are plenty of options for getting your fill of
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The late Vince Brace and his wife. Photo via Vince’s GofundmeThe tragic death of a Gavesend father, husband, and valued neighbor in a fatal car crash on Ocean Parkway this Saturday has left the community reeling. The deceased, Vincent “Vinny” Brace, was just 35 years old when he died
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Photo via jamie / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiesrabbits/6428214767/in/photolist-aN3hi6-7ixjKz-i5j4dx-7g19E2-48qD9m-7jrShh-5GTYTk-7iBdvL-5ENhdj-7qFwmt-48JwDR-8YbTig-7jzRnu-4jAxUz-7j7BAW-qip3VC-5GTYYX-48JwDe-49HEW2-qiw42g-sV3Cy-q975rQ-6hSnYC-sVgKu-8WqMu7-dsHXDG-5FDRG8-48VwUS-aJUHDn-aHj1RF-48BUWz-7adKwV-5EK27R-5EK21M-dvVHUi-5Fd775-7iCJ3o-7g555j-5EVEch-6YNnA-7iyuyq-8Rvvzu-7iyLZR-szjcq-7JREJ8-sW374-4jAxpT-sUtKX-dB2iAq-sYcnX] It’s less than a day to Thanksgiving Day 2016. If you’re stick
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Photo by jillianlamanna.prproj [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMxE6MXhEYW/]What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The South BK Beat: New York Times tapes interview with Hasidic Boro Park bartender and Trump supporter Esther Pinkesz [https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/
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“Here is @USPS @USPSHelp ruining our community,” St. Finbar tweeted with this image back in OctoberAfter months of trouble, Saint Finbar Catholic Church has finally solved its problem with United States Postal Service trucks parking on sidewalks and double parking in front of their facilities, blocking community services including — in
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Photo posted by John Cicero in Southern Brooklyn ScrapbookBensonhurst lost a native, Bay Ridge lost a neighbor, and Brooklyn lost a former Borough President this month when Sebastian Leone passed away at 91 on Monday, November 14. Leone was elected to interim Borough President [http://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/
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This isn’t Gershman, it is one of the other nine mobsters arrested nearly two weeks ago. Photo by Raisa Chernina.Prosecutors tried to keep noted Russian mobster, Lenny Gershman, 33, from being released on bail on Friday by arguing that he is violent and has code words for his