Bensonhurst
Now that’s the holiday spirit. (Photo via YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0OrM5sg6BE]) * 18th Avenue’s Annie Sez and Mandee will be closing at the end of January [/18th-avenues-annie-sez-mandees-shop-closing-january-offering-half-off-everything/] . Until then, everything is half off (as long as it lasts) * Who remembers 18th Avenue’s Walker Theater
Central Brooklyn
“I’m melting!” at Greenwood Ballfields (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn neighbors protested the eviction of Errol’s Bakery in Flatbush [/blog/business/brooklyn-neighbors-protest-eviction-errols-caribbean-bakery-flatbush/] , we got a taste of an NYPD firearms training [/blog/events/got-taste-nypds-firearm-training-pretty-intense/], found some hot spots to get Chinese food
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Photo via Flickr/Serena SnowfieldWe don’t expect you to keep up on all of the news throughout Brooklyn during the busy week. That’s why we round up the greatest hits from our sister sites every Saturday morning for you! Enjoy: “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The
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Photo via ata_tov / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOAGclfATg8/?tagged=menorah&hl=en]The entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local
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Photo via lucky_bites / instagramThe entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The Backwards Wheelchair Lady [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
Bensonhurst
(Photo via villabatealba / Instagram)Morbid Anatomy Museum in Gowanus has closed; ‘Rebirth’ promised. [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/] [BKLYNER] Cafe Glechik kicked out of Sheepshead Bay Road location [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/12/cafe-glechik-kicked-sheepshead-bay-road-location/] . [Sheepshead Bites] Brooklyn neighbors protest eviction of Errol’s Bakery in Flatbush [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/business/brooklyn-neighbors-protest-eviction-errols-c
Central Brooklyn
Riding’ the Prospect Park loop. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The holidays are no excuse to miss a good story. Catch up on this week’s best Brooklyn news with highlights from our sister sites: “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The Backwards Wheelchair Lady [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
Business
Photo via Google Maps.After some waiting and pushbacks, the Fairway that is set to open in Georgetown has finally nailed down a date for the ribbon cutting, and it is Wednesday, January 18, according to the Georgetown Civic Association. The ceremony will start at 8am, in the Georgetown Shopping
Central Brooklyn
Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte speaks in support of tenants, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Yesterday, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte of District 42 (representing Flatbush and Ditmas Park) sent an urgent letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, asking the department to stop deporting Haitians
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This series is brought to you by Movers not Shakers [http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Mq982VfD3B88rByZMW1qMCsg56dF8-f6JZ3Md02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moversnotshakers.com%2F&si=4690707457769472&pi=15ff7d6a-7568-4198-f06a-0f93469f56f0] . Photo via grailmoviehouse / instagramWhat do you want? You want the moon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAERYfeiYBc]
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The Walker Theater, back in the day, 1978 or later judging by the movies listed on its marquee. (Photo via Cinema Treasures [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1597])We learned yesterday that longtime retail branches Mandee’s and Annie Sez [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/12/18th-avenues-annie-sez-mandees-shop-closing-january-offering-half-off-everything/] will be vacating their
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Brendan J. Dugan, President of St. Francis College. (Photo via St. Mary Star of the Sea Church Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/stmarystaroftheseabrooklyn/])The president of St. Francis College [https://www.sfc.edu/], Brooklyn native Brendan J. Dugan, is being mourned today by students, faculty, friends and family. Dugan,