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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA man was killed in broad daylight today in a drive-by shooting in Borough Park. The 36-year-old victim was sitting in his van at around 12:20pm, at the intersection of 46th Street and New Utrecht Avenue, when a second car pulled up beside him and a
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(Photo: Wahlburgers Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/WahlburgersConeyIsland/photos/pcb.1615974942010222/1615974918676891/?type=1&theater] / Facebook)The Wahlburgers franchise, owned by actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their brother Paul, has recently been sued for wage theft and violating state and federal labor laws at its Coney Island
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By Den SchwartzPolice are investigating the death of a man who was found on Coney Island beach in the area of West 22 Street, according to police. The man, 45, was seen by a lifeguard lying on the beach, fully clothed, at around 11:25am on Saturday, August 27. He
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/ Bensonhurst BeanIt was a feast to remember on 18th Avenue this year. Bensonhurst’s Festa di Santa Rosalia, which comes around every August, is a 10-day street festival that commemorates the patron saint of Palermo, Italy, where the feast has been celebrated continuously since 1624. At
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Photo by Warren TangAssembly candidate Ramona Johnson calls Facebook administrator a “slave master” [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/08/assembly-candidate-ramona-johnson-calls-facebook-administrator-slave-master/] . [Sheepshead Bites] Kensington mosques and residents unite against islamophobia [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/events/kensington-mosques-residents-unite-islamophobia/] . [Ditmas Park Corner] Theater Review: ‘Murder at the Food Coop’ boasts neighborhood’s horniest organic
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Photo via uninoticias [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJk2TMlAHRe/]The Federation of Italian American Organizations (FIAO) [http://www.fiaobrooklyn.org/] is raising money to aid victims of the devastating 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Italy on Wednesday. The tragedy, which left at least 267 dead and more than 2,100
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Beach season runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day, but Summer is June 21 to September 21. Most people (myself included) think of summer as the former, not the latter, and so we’re nearing the end of 2016’s surf and sun. Fortunately, Southern Brooklyn has plenty to offer.
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So, Pix 11 has a relatively new series called I am Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/IAMBrooklyn/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=page_info] , which highlights the many colorful characters that make our lovely borough so great. This week’s guest was someone we’ve profiled
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ACUS’ Warren Chan (Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst Bean)The head of a social service agency serving Bensonhurst’s Asian American community says he’s been converted when it comes illegal home conversions. Warren Chan, executive director of Asian Community United Society [http://www.acus-ny.org/] (ACUS) and founder of
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Cops are searching for a man they say attacked a female straphanger on the platform of the northbound R train. The incident happened on August 19, at approximately 10:55pm, at the Bay Ridge Avenue station, according to police. The suspect pushed and slapped his female victim — who did not
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Photo via Coney Island History ProjectMuch ink has been spilled about Dr. Martin Couney, the famed — or infamous — incubator doctor, a medical pioneer who saved thousands of premature babies through his Coney Island side show exhibit at a time when mainstream hospitals were slow to adopt the newfangled incubator technology.
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Black minivan slowed after hitting the 6-year-old boy, then rolled away.Cops are searching for a driver who plowed into a young boy and then fled the scene in Boro Park yesterday. Surveillance footage shows a black minivan cutting through the intersection as an adult and two kids stepped onto