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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanAfter 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. Transgender man pummeled by group of attackers on 9th
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1705 Bay Ridge Pkwy #2Has your landlord still not fixed the water pressure in your apartment? Do your neighbors stomp upstairs like they are a herd of elephants? Check out these apartments and see if any catch your fancy! 1869 83rd Street #6L [http://streeteasy.com/building/the-eden-rock/6l?featured=
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8102 20 Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Now that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [/26-drivers-ticketed-parking-legal-20th-avenue-spot-map/#.Vz9T_5MrKSM] thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their money back? Here is a step-by-step guide: * The Department of Finance has said
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Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)The Coney Island man convicted for the 2013 Christmas Eve shooting [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/coney-island-man-convicted-shooting-teen-dog-christmas-eve/] that killed a teen and wounded his dog has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced. The
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> Great job by the Police Impersonations Unit. This cache of assault rifles, pistols, and ammo was recovered today. pic.twitter.com/urP18DvHR2 [https://t.co/urP18DvHR2] — NYPD 62nd Precinct (@NYPD62Pct) May 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYPD62Pct/status/733041306839158785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] A Bath Beach woman was arrested
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Photo via airbnb Brooklyn Half [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynHalfMarathon/photos/a.566841023350615.1073741828.562015433833174/981318881902825/?type=3&theater] Time to lace’m up! Or cheer on the runners doing the lacing. The airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon [http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/airbnb-brooklyn-half] takes off at 7am this
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Kate Cucco. (Photo: Kate Cucco [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10106589644097325&set=a.10100252869529355.2833944.12400090&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Bay Ridge community activist Kate Cucco, the chief of staff for former Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, announced her candidacy this week to represent the 46th Assembly
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The cast of Back in the Day at the movie’s New York premiere. (Photo by Robert D’Aleo)“You did Bensonhurst beautiful!” gushed Maria “The Ice Cream Girl” Campanella [/maria-the-ice-cream-girl-talks-new-childrens-book-her-dad-why-she-loves-bensonhurst/#.Vz4iKJMrKSM] from the front row of a star-studded New York premiere of Back in the Day. [/willie-demeos-bensonhurst-boxing-movie-hits-theaters-tomorrow/#.Vz4iSZMrKSN] The
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> Doris Cruz elected to head Community Board 10 https://t.co/oj6FSFBHTH pic.twitter.com/KAMPoZ0mpi [https://t.co/KAMPoZ0mpi] — Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) May 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/BklynEagle/status/732994632854949888] Community Board 10 (CB 10) [http://www.bkcb10.org] has elected a longtime neighborhood activist as
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A photo from the 1910s of Kings Highway between Ocean Avenue and Brighton Beach Road. (Source: Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/Xkings+highway&l=&m=k&s=&b=&SORT=D&Da=&Db=/Xkings+highway&l=&m=k&
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Photo by Ben Cohn/ Bensonhurst BeanOfficers of the Anti-Crime Unit were honored at May’s 62nd Precinct Community Council meeting Tuesday.In recent weeks, there have been several large-scale busts including the seizure of 200 pounds of marijuana [/cops-recover-206-pounds-pot-bensonhurst-apartment-raid/] and two separate gun arrests. [/storekeeper-arrested-waving-gun-teens/]The five honored cops are
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Photo by fesch_markt [http://websta.me/p/1068426453510007173_1143606545]News that the long-sought-after F express train would be returning to Brooklyn [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/05/f-express-service-returning-brooklyn-2017/] almost immediately caused a row among lawmakers representing different parts of the borough. Elected Officials in southern Brooklyn — whose constituents will