Bensonhurst
Grandma Vita Maniscalco (Courtesy of Victoria Maniscalco)Bensonhurst mourns the loss of Grandma (Vita) Maniscalco of Vic’s Pizzeria [http://www.vicspizzabrooklyn.com/] (288 Kings Highway), a neighborhood staple. Vita and her husband Vic emigrated to New York City from Sciacca, Sicily with their two daughters in 1959, and moved
Kids & Family
Image via 72nd Precinct [https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct/status/722113688241627136].It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Michael Moussa, a young teen who has worked with the 72nd Precinct’s NYPD Explorer Program, passed away this Sunday, April 17, after a fight with a thalassemia,
Neighbors
Michael Lvovsky training in Thailand. (Photo: Mike Beastmode Lvovsky [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153009527814028&set=pb.818769027.-2207520000.1456444131.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)By Alexandra Semenova Brighton resident Michael Lvovsky — beloved fitness coach and seasoned Mixed Martial Arts fighter who won his first professional
Ghostbusters
Michael Gross, center, with the cast of ‘Ghostbusters.’ (Image via Pratt Institute [https://www.instagram.com/p/-O-tzeINuV/?taken-by=prattinstitute].)A fond farewell is in order for Michael Curtiss Gross, 70, the director, producer, artist, and graphic designer who is perhaps most well known as art director at National Lampoon
emmons avenue
Beverly Rotter. (Photo: Beverly Rotter [https://www.facebook.com/beverly.rotter/photos] / Facebook)Beverly Rotter, a longtime crusader for those infected with HIV/AIDS and a beloved member of the Sheepshead Bay community, passed away at a local hospital on Wednesday, October 7. She was 82. The cause of death
Magnus Mukoro
Photo via Young Rock Soccer [https://instagram.com/p/2EyncgEt60/]Farewell, Magnus. Magnus Mukoro, the beloved soccer coach who co-founded Young Rock Soccer Academy [http://www.youngrocksoccer.org] in 2005, passed away on July 29 after falling into a coma following a swimming accident a few days prior. His sudden
cornell
Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyFollowing the devastating death of 2-year-old neighbor Greta Greene [/crime/community-mourns-death-of-2-year-old-neighbor-greta-greene-who-was-hit-by-falling-bricks-on-upper-west-side] , who lived with her parents, Stacy and Jayson Greene, in Kensington, just across the border from Ditmas Park, we’ve been flooded with emails from neighbors who want to know how they
bensonhurst natives
Source: Youtube/cunytv75Glenn Markman, a commercial broker with clients like Spike Lee and the NBA, died at the age of 52 yesterday after a battle with cancer. During his 28 years in brokerage, the Bensonhurst native succeeded in transforming his home borough. After joining the prestigious Cushman & Wakefield firm
brett and ashley affrunti
Just days after reporting the wondrous news of Dottie’s adoption [/blog/animals/abandoned-south-slope-dog-finds-her-forever-home], we’re devastated to share that the sweet dog has suddenly passed away. Neighbors Brett and Ashley Affrunti announced her passing [https://www.facebook.com/HelpDottieNYC/posts/1496619353893289?stream_ref=10] on Facebook Thursday morning. It
obituary
We’re sad to hear that Rynn Berry, the 68-year-old man who collapsed while jogging in Prospect Park on New Year’s Eve [/blog/crime/help-police-identify-a-runner-who-collapsed-in-prospect-park], passed away not long after being identified by his half-brother following a wide-reaching effort to figure out who he was. A health-conscious man who
Barbara Henderson
Brooklyn’s sport-loving kids and their parents lost an enthusiastic leader when Barbara Marucci Henderson, a lifelong Park Slope resident, SFX Youth Sports [http://www.sfxyouthsports.com/] treasurer, and co-commissioner of SFX Flag Football, passed away on April 21, 2013. Beginning her coaching career when her son joined pee-wee baseball
ed koch
Former NYC Mayor, Edward I. Koch, 1924-2013. Source: adam.luis.amengual / Flickr Of all the elected officials I have known personally — with the exception of former Congressman Stephen Solarz for whom I once performed an internship during his first term as assemblyman for the 45th Assembly District — I’ve had