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Nostalgia Trains And More At Brighton Beach Station This Weekend To Celebrate Centennial Of BMT

The Nostalgia Train is prepped for the 100th anniversary celebration. (Source: MTA/Flickr)Happy 100th anniversary, Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation! To celebrate the milestone of New York City’s second oldest subway company, the MTA is celebrating by bringing rides on the famed nostalgia train to the Brighton Beach Q station

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Thousands Come To Celebrate Israel On Nostrand Avenue With Kings Bay Y (Photos)

Close to 5,000 people converged in front of the Kings Bay YM-YWHA (3495 Nostrand Avenue) for a block-and-a-half long celebration of Israel and Jewish culture at the annual Israel Expo [/tag/israel-expo/] on Sunday. It was a day of food, festivities and fair weather for kids and adults alike.

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Pols In Brooklyn And Staten Island Boycott MTA’s Verrazano Bridge Celebration

Source: Flickr/24736216@N07Several elected officials from both sides of the bridge say they are boycotting today’s 50th anniversary celebration for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/three-ways-celebrate-50th-anniversary-verrazano-bridge/], due to the MTA’s proposed fare hike, which would raise the bridge’s cash toll to $16 [/everything-need-know-mtas-proposed-fare-hike/]. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

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Bensonhurst’s Millionaire Party Kid Profiled By Business Insider

Alex Shlaferman selfie via Business InsiderThe last time we wrote about Alexander “Xander” Shlaferman, it was for ending up in cuffs for throwing a huge hipster party on the Manhattan Bridge [/bensonhursts-alexander-shlaferman-throws-xandernation-on-manhattan-bridge/], shutting it down to traffic in 2013. Now, the millionaire wunderkind says he’s done with the parties,

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Foods Of The 18th Avenue Feast: What To Eat

I finally made it over to 18th Avenue for the Festa di Santa Rosalia [/18th-avenue-feast-kicks-today-lasts-august-31/] and my plan was to eat a bit of everything and report back to you on the best. Unfortunately, it was far more food than I could handle and I was forced to tap out

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Local Pols Support Ticker-Tape Parade For Troops Returning From Iraq, Afghanistan

Source: Luke Redmond/FlickrSeveral local representatives to the City Council said yesterday that they support a proposal to throw a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The idea reemerged over the weekend, when U.S. Senator Charles Schumer stood with veterans

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Roundup: Purim Celebrations Around Sheepshead Bay

A previous Kings Bay Y Purim Carnival (Photo by Erica Sherman)Let the Purim festivities begin! The Jewish holiday is just around the corner, kicking off Saturday evening and ending on Sunday. Celebrating the story of Esther, who rose to become queen of Persia, and who foiled the evil Haman’

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Photos: Shorefront Y Holds Chanukah Celebration

A fraylichen Chanukah! The Shorefront Y (3300 Coney Island Avenue) ushered in the festival of lights with a community celebration this past Sunday, December 1. Hundreds of community members attended the free event that celebrated the Jewish holiday, and featured fun, food and entertainment for all. There was an incredible

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Clinton Hill Celebrates End of Growing Season With a Spicy Festival

Clinton Hill is kicking up the fall heat with a Habanero Festival at a garden at the corner of Waverly and Myrtle Avenues. Neighbors are asked to bring their favorite pepper-infused dishes to share. (Photo by Virginia Parrott)Looking for something to spice up your weekend? Maybe an end-of-season Habanero

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Bensonhurst’s Alexander Shlaferman Throws “Xandernation” On Manhattan Bridge, Gets Arrested

Bensonhurst native Alexander Shlaferman is a multi-millionaire teenage business whiz-kid, responsible for operating the admittedly cool Vante Toys [http://www.vantetoys.com/]. According to a New York Post report [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/span_tastic_XlbkABAjIGM9lJUA1M7a4L] , Shlaferman, a.k.a. Alex Xander, threw a huge hipster

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Sunday: Kings Bay Y Holds Annual Israel On Nostrand Festival

A photo from the 2011 Israel on Nostrand FestivalOur friends from the Kings Bay YM-YWHA are once again readying themselves to bring us their Annual Israel on Nostrand Avenue Celebration, a joyous festival celebrating all things “Land of Milk and Honey,” June 9 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:

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Comic-Con? Meh. It’s All About Purim-Con At The Jewish Community House Of Bensonhurst

The Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst (JCH) held their annual Purim Carnival this Sunday. This year, the three-hour event was named after Comic-Con, a masquerade pop culture event that takes place every spring in New York. Appropriately dubbed “Purim Con,” the event drew in more than 450 locals that wanted

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A Taste Of Sheepshead Bay 2012 Draws Hundreds For Dining Extravaganza! (Photo Gallery)

“Thanks for coming!”More than 325 people came out for this year’s A Taste of Sheepshead Bay on October 11 to sample approximately 80 different foodstuffs of 20 establishments, representing most of the world’s continents. There was the event sponsor, Il Fornetto, bringing high-class selections like Pollo Farcito,

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Sunday: Brighton Jubilee Kicks Off With Food, Entertainment And Bargains

Our friends over at the Brighton Neighborhood Association are celebrating the 36th Annual Brighton Jubilee, a half-mile street festival on Brighton Beach Avenue featuring, food, entertainment and tons of bargains. Above is the flier, and below is the text of a news release the organization sent us: > 36TH ANNUAL BRIGHTON

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Open Thread: Join Us For Free Food, Cheap Drinks And Live Music On Friday, June 29

A band performs at last year's Sheepshead Bites birthday party.We’ve told you before about our event coming up next Friday, June 29 [http://www.facebook.com/events/265701310192813/], celebrating Sheepshead Bites’ fourth birthday [/open-thread-happy-mothers-day-to-you-and-happy-birthday-to-us/], and, of course, we’ve got that pretty little banner at the top of

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Photos: Purim Party At Shorefront Y!

Photo by Joe ComperIt’s more costume madness! Purim celebrations hosted by various community organizations continue throughout the week, but the Shorefront YM-YWHA (3300 Coney Island Avenue) helped kick it all off with a Purim party on Sunday. Hundreds came out to the event, donning costumes and noshing away at

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Photos: Sheepshead Bites Birthday Bash 2011!

More than 300 people came to party on the pier at the Baron DeKalb Knights of Columbus Saturday night, celebrating the third year of Sheepshead Bites and the launch of Bensonhurst Bean, our new Bensonhurst news [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com] venture. Bouncing back and forth throughout the night, there was

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Dec. 16, 2009: BayFest Planning Meeting

The Bay Improvement Group’s (BIG) President, Steve Barrison, said that the BayFest 2010 Planning Meeting on December 2 was “great”, and invited anyone else who is interested in helping out with the planning for Sheepshead Bay’s Waterfront “Party” to join in the next meeting. Here are the details