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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=F7q0POdMEPc The awning outside reads Electronics Center, but no descriptor could adequately sum up the store located at 1805 73rd Street. Before you even step inside, racks of clothing, purses, and jewelry are strung up on hooks, and the sidewalk
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Brighton Collision at 1672 McDonald Avenue. (Photo: Brighton Collision [https://www.facebook.com/brightoncollision/photos/a.839267476123071.1073741828.136239089759250/839267372789748/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The owner of a local auto body shop pleaded guilty last week to swindling the state out of $176,000 in sales taxes, Attorney General
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Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile’s OfficeCouncilman Vincent Gentile and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams rallied with members of the Dyker Heights community Monday afternoon, in support of City Council legislation they will introduce [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2764886&GUID=EF92B99F-832C-4095-B258-698F026A88CA&Options=ID%7CText%
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Three high-ranking NYPD officers and one of the two businessman associated with the massive ongoing NYPD bribery scandal [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/crime/reading-borough-park-shomrim-featured-new-york-times/] were arrested this morning on corruption charges related to two different schemes. A detailed criminal complaint was released this morning involving commanding officers Deputy Chief Michael
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(Photo: Brooklyn Italians Soccer Club [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynItalians/photos/a.10153414130551330.1073741908.125762721329/10153414132221330/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Spend an afternoon at MCU Park now that the Cyclone’s season is in full swing. There are also lots of
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Photo by Will CarusoConey Island’s Mermaid Parade was more colorful and sparkly than ever this year, as mermaids, sailors, sea creatures, fairies, and princesses stomped down Surf Avenue and then the Reigelmann Boardwalk. As usual, folks got creative with floats, and had fun accessorizing with pasties, umbrellas, and sequins.
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Photo by pmarino87 [https://www.instagram.com/p/78SRkpC6gw/]/InstagramForget Euro 2016! Tykes in our neighborhood will be bidding for the Bensonhurst Cup this summer. The Federation of Italian American Organizations (FIAO) [http://www.fiaobrooklyn.org/] is offering a free soccer clinic for children under 6 years of age, every
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanThere’s a fancy new burger joint coming to Dyker Heights this summer. Signs for the Florida-based gourmet burger chain BurgerFi [http://burgerfi.com/our-story/#people] have cropped up at 719 86th Street, at the former location of pizza restaurant Bella Luna [https://www.facebook.
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Photo of flipped car submitted by reader Brian Doherty.In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.
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Photo via NYPDCops are turning to the public for help in locating a 21-year-old man who went missing from Bay Ridge this week. Stanley Chen was last seen at his home at 6831 Ridge Boulevard on Wednesday, June 15, at approximately 11pm, according to the NYPD. He is described as
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After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Man with gunshot wound to crotch drives to Methodist, hitting two cars on arrival.
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Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gang members have been convicted in connection with the death of a rival whom they lured out of a store and then ran up from behind him and shot him multiple times to death, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today. Gregory “Douggie”