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June’s Community Board 11 meeting focused on three main points: the curb-cutting ‘crisis’, the new Bensonhurst BJ’s location, and the Shore Parkway promenade changes soon happening in the neighborhood. Assemblyman Peter Abbate and Councilman Vincent Gentile joined Community Board 11 at Thursday’s meeting at the Bensonhurst Center
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ONLY ON BENSONHURST BEAN: Crime is down overall in Bensonhurst, but for the Asian community here burglaries have become a common occurrence. In all, Asian residents were the victims of 19 out of 20 burglaries since last year, according to the 62nd Precinct’s Captain William Taylor [/community-board-11s-meeting-graffiti-and-the-law-of-the-gavel/]. In some
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Community Board 11 met last night. As no resolutions or proposals were in the agenda, the members of the board discussed various community issues. Chairman of the Community Board Bill Guarinello started the meeting off as he usually does, by hitting his gavel, just like one you might see on
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Community Board 11 with hold its monthly general meeting tomorrow, October 10, at 7:30 p.m., at Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (1740 84th Street). The Board will discuss the district’s budgetary needs and their draft recommendations to the Borough Board for funding through the Capital and
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These days, most cops patrol New York neighborhoods in squad cars but in Bensonhurst, police officer John Ciarcia has been walking a beat along 86th Street. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting [http://brooklyneagle.com/articles/community-board-11-salutes-86th-street-beat-cop-2013-06-20-154500] that Ciarcia was issued a plaque by Community Board 11, honoring his service.
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Benson Avenue at Bay 26th Street, the site of last week’s fatal accident. (Source: Google Maps)The accidental death of a delivery man on a bicycle on Bay 26 Street and Benson Avenue has renewed a community push for a traffic light on that corner. Mai Zhang, a 74-year-old
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Deputy Inspector James Rooney, the commanding officer of the 62nd Precinct, announced that the command has formed a special task force to combat a recent spate of burglaries. Rooney announced the new initiative at last night’s Community Board 11 meeting, where he noted that burglaries have jumped 31 percent
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After two months of discussion at Community Board 11 meetings, the NYPD is cracking down on illegal parking of commercial vehicles on residential streets in Bensonhurst. Community Board 11 Chairperson Bill Guarinello and District Manager Elias-Pavia told boardmembers last week that police towed four illegally parked trucks from residential streets
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The burden of nighttime parking in Bensonhurst may soon be eased, as community leaders pursue a plan to give commercial vehicles the boot from residential on-street parking spaces. Community Board 11 Chairperson Bill Guarinello is spearheading an effort to get rid of the commercial vehicles, which take up residential spaces
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Community Board 11 will hold its general meeting on Thursday, June 14 in St. Finbar’s Confraternity Center at 1825 Bath Avenue starting at 7:30 p.m. Part of the agenda will be taken up by ID card photos for the board members .
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Like the flag shown above, CB11's new spangled banner includes 50 stars.Thanks to one local Congressman, Community Board 11 will no longer be flying an outdated flag. The flag that had previously graced the front of CB 11’s meeting room had evidently been made prior to
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Proposed site of Brooklyn Bay Center, featuring BJ's Wholesale ClubBorough President Marty Markowitz gave the green-light to Thor Equities’ plans to build a shopping center near Ceasar’s Bay that would include a BJ’s Wholesale Club [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2011/06/bjs-wholesale-club-bensonhurst-caesars-bay/] , but not without some