Announcements
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBENSONHURST – Water main construction in the neighborhood is expected to be fully completed next month. Water mains are the main lines of a water supply system. Construction to repair the water mains on 85th Street from 15th Ave to New Utrecht Avenue began in February. The project
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA woman in her fifties was fatally struck by a van near New Utrecht Avenue and 65th Street early this morning. The 25-year-old male driver of a 2005 Ford van was driving westbound on 65th Street at 6:30am when he struck the woman as she was
62nd st
Source: NYPDCops are searching for three suspects they say assaulted and attempted to rob a teen near New Utrecht Avenue Tuesday in a sneaker deal gone wrong. The 16-year-old victim met the suspects at the D train’s 62nd Street station at approximately 9:26pm to purchase a pair of
7206 new utrecht ave
Source: Google MapsA new American restaurant replaced another on New Utrecht Ave in Dyker Heights last month. Gus’ American Grill, on 7206 New Utrecht Ave [https://www.google.com/maps/place/7206+New+Utrecht+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11228/@40.618124,-73.999635,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x89c245161114d9ad:
new utrecht ave
Lewdness is rudeness, bro. (NYPD)A man is being sought for questioning after a female straphanger said he fondled himself on the D train at New Utrecht Avenue. The 27-year-old woman was on a Coney Island-bound D train at noon on Saturday, July 19. As the train rolled into the
39th st
Screenshot of News 12 report.City officials from the Office of Emergency Management and the Department of Environmental Protection visited Borough Park on Sunday morning after a large van was partially sucked into a sinkhole. The van was parked on 39th Street and New Utrecht Avenue, where it sank through
7425 new utrecht ave
Pastosa, located on 75th Street and New Utrecht Avenue, is producing Italian food on a large enough scale to satisfy national demand. Photo by Eric JankiewiczSitting on 75th Street and New Utrecht Avenue there is a store, Pastosa, that looks like a relic of the old Bensonhurst, when Italians dominated
7927 new utrecth ave
Reader Howard Weiss sent us this photo of a new religious facility being built at 7927 New Utrecht Avenue, at the corner of 80th Street. Department of Buildings records show [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=4&passjobnumber=320514939&passdocnumber=01] that it will be a two
58th st
A bicyclist was pronounced dead this morning after being struck by two vehicles on New Utrecht Avenue and 58th Street. NY Post reports [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cyclist_killed_after_being_struck_qXNSoHwcTM9YChihb7zX8I] : > The unidentified victim, in his 30’s, was riding southbound on New
45th st
An assault occurred Sunday morning at 3 a.m. on the corner of 45th Street and New Utrecht Avenue. The victim was taken to Lutheran Trauma Center. Police have not released any information pertaining to the suspect or victim. It is not yet clear whether any arrests were made, according
City Harvest
A volunteer serves a resident in need at Reaching Out Community Services (Photo by Carla Astudillo)Weeks after we published a story on Reaching Out Community Services [/funding-cuts-hamper-bensonhurst-food-pantrys-ability-to-serve-skyrocketing-demand/] ‘ struggles to keep food stocked on its shelves, The New York Daily News reports that the beleaguered Bensonhurst food pantry at 7708
Cannoli
Finally fed up with Cuccio’s Bakery, I found myself saying the opposite of what the Godfather character Pete Clemenza told his partner [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/quotes] in crime: “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” Well, not the gun part, but definitely the cannoli. Cuccio’s Bakery