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Photo via fraddski / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNK9v6bDgJI/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign
Bensonhurst
From the Avenue P subway station. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean) * Public school employees tell immigrant students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park to “start packing your bags [/teachers-tell-immigrant-students-bay-ridge-sunset-park-start-packing-bags/] “ * Remembering Bensonhurst native and Brooklyn Borough President, Sebastian Leone [/remembering-bensonhurst-native-and-brooklyn-borough-president-sebastian-leone/] , who died this month at 91 * A small vi
Central Brooklyn
Der Pioneer under construction on Church Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner) This week in Ditmas Park, ‘Der Pioneer’ European bakery & cafe opening soon on Church Avenue [/blog/business/der-pioneer-european-bakery-cafe-opening-soon-church-avenue/], Help Greenlight Bookstore open on Flatbush Avenue this weekend [/blog/events/help-greenlight-bookstore-open-flatbush-avenue-weekend/], a Kensington man was sentenced to life
Bensonhurst
From the Avenue P station on the F (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock lead rally after hate graffiti found at Adam Yauch Park. [BKLYNER [/check-your-hate-senator-squadron-beastie-boys-ad-rock-lead-rally-after-hate-graffiti-found-at-adam-yauch-park/] ] ‘Der Pioneer’ European bakery & cafe opening soon on Church Avenue. [Ditmas Park Corner [http://der-pioneer-european-bakery-cafe-opening-soon-church-avenue]
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Photo via maqpics / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNIDUbdFXe_/?taken-at=61172945&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. ‘Der Pioneer’ European bakery
Central Brooklyn
Prospect Park. (Photo courtesy: marissa__bk [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNKfHcpjEm6/?taken-by=marissa__bk] / instagram) Catch up on the essential Brooklyn news during your leftovers-induced food coma, with the best stories from our sister sites. Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock lead rally after hate graffiti found
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Natalio Canete-Perez. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)Today, a Kensington man was sentenced to 108 ½ years to life in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl several times, including one time in Prospect Park, and other charges of predatory sexual assault. Natalio Canete-Perez, 35, was convicted of three counts of
Central Brooklyn
Natalio Canete-Perez. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)Today, a Kensington man was sentenced to 108 ½ years to life in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl several times, including one time in Prospect Park, and other charges of predatory sexual assault. Natalio Canete-Perez, 35, was convicted of three counts of
Central Brooklyn
This week, a 37-year-old Flatbush resident was arrested on terror charges for allegedly trying to support a foreign terrorist organization and expressing interest in plotting an attack on Times Square. Mohamed Rafik Naji, an Uber driver living on Clarendon Road, was charged with attempting to provide material support to the
Bensonhurst
The late Vince Brace and his wife. Photo via Vince’s GofundmeThe tragic death of a Gavesend father, husband, and valued neighbor in a fatal car crash on Ocean Parkway this Saturday has left the community reeling. The deceased, Vincent “Vinny” Brace, was just 35 years old when he died
Neighbors
Photo of the missing, but now found, Larry Drumbo (left) via police, and Coney Island Hospital (right) photo by Gregory MaizousOn November 17, the New York City Police Department sought the public’s assistance in locating a man who’d been missing since the 15th. Sheepshead Bay resident Larry Drumbo
Bensonhurst
Photo by jillianlamanna.prproj [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMxE6MXhEYW/]What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The South BK Beat: New York Times tapes interview with Hasidic Boro Park bartender and Trump supporter Esther Pinkesz [https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/