Holidays
Independence Day fireworks at Coney Island (Courtesy Flickr/Bob Jagendorf [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobjagendorf/7908292098/in/photolist-d3Q4HL-crae1o] )Independence Day means fireworks, and Brooklyn has some of the best views you can find. If you’re sticking around the city for the festivities, here’s a quick guide: * To
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(Photo by Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)If you live in southern Brooklyn, you will most likely encounter someone observing Ramadan this month. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is the holiest time for Muslims. Ramadan commemorates the first time the Quran (Islam’s sacred text) was revealed
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanCinco de Mayo is upon us! Often mistaken for Mexican Independence Day (which is September 16), May 5 is the day Central Americans commemorate the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. There will be
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Photo by amyashcraft [https://www.flickr.com/photos/amyashcraft/5700573171/in/photolist-9FJVNk-9FMUDw-bUtB87-sscLUZ-nxKjiB-9FJZai-9FJYbr-9FMBUY-9Fqmon-saB91A-9GKnSs-9GGvPZ-9FJeTc-9GKoJs-9GGvT8-saBgcj-9GKoiu-9GGz7R-9GGvNc-9FK6kp-9GGvWX-9Fru6Y-9GKo19-9GKonm-9GGvRn-9GGziH-9FMapQ-9GKrf5-9GGw1z-9GKqWJ-9GKqUo-9GKqvE-9GKraS-9GGyZa-9FM9Ah-9GGypB-9GKorC-9GKqML-9FJdRa-9GKovu-9GGvFT-9GKoDC-9GKogJ-9GKoL3-saKovH-9GGwBP-9GGzgi-saKep6-9FHXjM-9GKqKU] /FlickrCinco de Mayo is upon us! Often mistaken for Mexican
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(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What
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(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What
Bensonhurst
(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What
Bensonhurst
Image courtesy of Ladyheart [http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/155395]. We love you, dear neighbors, and loyal advertisers (double the love for neighborhood advertisers!). Thanks to your support we continue to bring you the news you really care about daily. We have put together a list of some wonderful
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(Chinese New Year celebration on 8th Avenue, Brooklyn. Photo: Jole Carliner) Update [February 13, 7pm]: The parade has been postponed until Sunday, February 21 because of extreme weather [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/31910/#.Vr_EnZMrKT8]headed our way. Monkeys are smart, curious, innovative, and lovable, with an unruly
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg].Whether you plan to spend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reflecting on the nation’s unrest, taking in a movie at a local theater, or, I don’t know, selfishly capping off a three-day weekend without a thought
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Photo via Ricky LeongHappy New Year to all our wonderful neighbors! For those of you ringing in 2016 around the area, you can check out where you can celebrate in our neighborhood here [/blog/food/where-to-celebrate-new-years-eve-in-ditmas-park-2]. As for New Year’s Day, it’s a national holiday so here’s
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French 75 at Highbury Pub. (Photo by Mike Sheehan Photography)New Year’s is the quintessential time for turning over a new leaf, and what better way to get an early start than sampling a brand-new cocktail as you celebrate the arrival of 2016? But what’s the best cocktail