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Photo via life_allusion [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKBQwF4g4W9/]Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. And if you ever have any news tips, story ideas, questions, or anything, email
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In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bensonhurstbean] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BensonhurstBean/
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by reader Johnny Rebecci)This week in Ditmas Park, Muslim neighbors celebrated the second Eid holiday [/blog/holidays/eid-mubarak-muslim-neighbors-2/], Council Member Jumaane Williams sits out the Pledge to stand for racial justice [/blog/news/council-member-jumaane-williams-sits-pledge-stand-racial-justice/], we spoke with District Leader Josue Pierre about District 42’s toughest issues [/blog/
News
Photo by Dmitri KalininThe 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. Can the East 16th Street zombie lot rise from the dead? [/blog/garden/ditmas-park-zombie-lot-unearthed-10-years/] [Ditmas Park
Bensonhurst
Sunset over the Verrazano. Photo by Warren Tang [http://www.pbase.com/wtang] Police called to scene of Community Board 6 meeting after chaos erupts over Citi Bike expansion. [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/politics/police-called-to-scene-of-community-board-6-meeting-after-chaos-erupts-over-citi-bike-expansion/] [Park Slope Stoop] Theater Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Nude Tempest’ in Prospect Park as gritty pastoral
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Photo by Aaron Williamson. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/clickclickclickclick/1445359969/in/photolist-3cHRat-dnqLQP-9oiXV8-9h28x8-gk3H15-4k9Jqg-3cHQx8-zwCdci-grfuo8-foimQS-3cNfZb-djEGdd-3cNg6A-8AmhGS-9QU2Es-7kQgC-o8iUYd-5M4QD8-dxxvVz-dRY2Ju-4kdK6u-23GRXU-4kdK67-5NNp3m-7qiW9S-3cNfFY-aorbEm-4k9Joi-4kdKfN-dnqLLx-bJAYQH-w56V8-5ZBUKc-6rh1Xg-4kdK51-w56V3-fo5dVp-4kdK8L-3cNfNb-5SPVYw-6bYGMq-918Pvq-5M5Nqp-aNUvMe-915GJH-x75wKk-aPzebX-4k9JmB-4k9Jr2-foimiW] It’s been another exciting week in Brooklyn. If y
Central Brooklyn
Mural artist on Lefferts Avenue (Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)The boro was jumping this week, and now is a perfect chance to catch up on the news with the best articles from our sister sites: Police called to scene of Community Board 6 meeting after chaos erupts
Arts & Culture
(Photo credit: Lander Camarero)From his Midwood home, playwright & performer D.M. Kinch [https://brooklynculturejammers.com] has watched venues for alternative theater appear and disappear in Ditmas Park over the past 30 years. Kinch would welcome theater venues back to the neighborhood, especially venues to stage the politically charged
Bensonhurst
Photo by iv_vidak [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKbntmPBinH/]The weekend is finally here, and we’d like to help you have a great one. If you have an event to share, please email us at editor@bensonhurstbean.com or post it on our community calendar [/calendar/]. The Coney
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Central Brooklyn
Art installation at Prospect Park Boathouse by Nicholas Papadakis. (Courtesy of Nicholas Papadakis)Seeing a translucent boy hovering above the Prospect Park lake? Don’t worry, you’re not crazy it’s just Art Slope [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/art-music/art-slope-will-turn-neighborhood-into-enormous-9-day-art-installation/] . Take a look at this art fest, plus 12
Food & Drink
Summer Cucumber Salad made with Salt and Pepper cucumbers, red onion, garlic, fennel, and olive oil.Cucumbers are a perfect snack for a hot New York City day. They are packed with beneficial nutrients that our bodies crave. Cucumbers are made of about 90% water so they’ll help keep