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Source: NYPDCops are turning to the public for help in identifying a sketch of man they say rubbed his genitals on a sleeping F train passenger in Coney Island last week. The 27-year-old female victim told officers she fell asleep the southbound F train on Thursday, May 12, waking up
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Photo by suewaters/FlickrAfter 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. Perpetually underrated Alibi named second best dive bar in New York
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Photo:Brooklyn Pix [http://brooklynpix.com/]Some things never change. Like that feeling of nostalgia you get while cruising 86th Street [/cruisin-86th-street-with-actor-filmmaker-william-demeo/#.VzYsEqODGko] under the el at Bay Parkway. Here, a taxi cab takes that well-treaded route sometime between the mid-1930s and the 1940s. This classic photo is available for
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Source: Brook-Krasny’s officeAlmost a year after he gave up his seat in Albany, ex-Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny is still cruising around with the official license plates given to New York legislators, the New York Post reports [http://nypost.com/2016/05/12/ex-pol-keeps-using-official-plates-despite-promising-to-hand-them-over/] . The plates, which prominently read “NY Assembly,
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanThere’s a new Uzbek grocery store in town and you should try it. Brothers Aziz “Alex” Bakirov and Bakhtiyor “Bakha” Bakirov opened their business Korzinka-UZ at 7112 Bay Parkway — the former site of Lee’s Hair and Beauty Salon — two weeks ago. (Lee’s
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City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/
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(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/17482416106/in/photolist-sCRXem-Kr87X-Kr86Z] )Alibi was named merely the second best dive bar in New York City, further proving that the internet (thankfully, finally [http://www.poynter.org/2016/ap-style-change-alert-dont-capitalize-internet-and-web-any-more/404664/] spelled with a lower case i) is full of lies and
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Federal prosecutors have charged a sixth man with aiding a Brooklyn-based terrorism ring that allegedly tried to send fighters to ISIS in Syria. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that 26-year-old Azizjon Rakhmatov, an Uzbek national who was arrested in Connecticut, has been added
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanIn order to provide greater language access for families who speak Mandarin and Spanish, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) is hosting Learning Together [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/FACE/default.htm], two city-wide parent conferences this June. These sessions will be delivered entirely in families’
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> Ever wonder what 200 lbs of marijuana looks like? Nice arrests & recovery today by narcotics unit today in the 62 pic.twitter.com/qEe5pxFSBo [https://t.co/qEe5pxFSBo] — NYPD 62nd Precinct (@NYPD62Pct) May 12, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYPD62Pct/status/730562337120366592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Police recovered more
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(Photo: Lindsay Fox [http://ecigarettereviewed.com] / Flickr)Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) to use its new regulatory powers to investigate — and possibly recall — e-cigarette products that have the potential to explode. The FDA finalized rules last week [http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/
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8102 20 Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Did you know that the city makes millions of dollars each year by systematically ticketing cars that are parked in perfectly legal spaces? One such parking spot — right here in Bensonhurst — is located in front of 8102 20th Avenue, where 26 drivers have been