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A collection of 25 issues

Teens And Teachers Adapt Novel Of Police Brutality For Site-Specific Theatre Production

A rehearsal of ‘All American Boys’ should work. (Courtesy of Off the Page Education)Teaching artists, public school students, award-winning authors and professional actors have combined their talents to produce All American Boys [http://pipertheatre.org/event/all-american-boys-2016-07-26/2016-07-26/], a theatrical drama exploring the impact of police violence on black

Flashback Friday: The 1915 ‘Negro Invasion’ of Park Slope

461 15th Street from a photo in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 27, 1915. The sign reads: “This building for rent. COLORED people only. Boarding house preferred. Inquire Hudson Terminal Building, New York, Room 414.” (Via Brooklyn Eagle) Edward Reiss, owner of Marine Wrecking Company — meet Walter Kraslow of Kraslow Construction

CB 11 Officials Condemn Racist Waldbaums Backlash: ‘Italians Were Not The First Group Here’

Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanOur reporting on the closure [/key-food-renews-interest-new-utrecht-waldbaums/] of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums after 37 years, and the supermarket’s subsequent sale [/second-asian-market-bids-on-waldbaums-trader-joe-says-no-thanks/] to the Asian grocer Jmart, unearthed simmering anxieties about demographic changes in Bensonhurst. In some cases, comments on social media and our site

Second Asian Grocer Bids On Waldbaums, Trader Joe’s Says ‘No Thanks’

If the owners of Sunset Park’s Fei Long Market [http://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklynhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklyn] were trying to keep their bid [/owners-of-sunset-parks-fei-long-market-bids-on-waldbaums/#.VqjXvJMrLe0] on the shuttered Bensonhurst Waldbaums supermarket under wraps, their plan has failed. Another Asian grocer — identified as “JMart Group Inc.” — has

Brooklyn Tech Students Accuse Staff And Peers Of Racial Tensions; Push For Change

Fifty-four years may have passed since Martin Luther King Jr made his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, but that hasn’t been enough time for his dreams of a post-racial, harmoniously collaborative society to be fully realized. And it seems hundreds of Brooklyn Technical High School students would agree.

Guilty! Kenny Chen’s Killer Convicted Of All Charges

Kenny Chen (Source: Facebook)Justice has been served for Kenny Chen’s killer, who fatally stabbed [/kenny-chen-stabbing-benson-ave-26-ave/] the Bath Beach teen on June 9, 2013. Peter Sedeno, 21, was convicted Tuesday, May 19, of all counts, including manslaughter and gang assault, following a jury trial, say prosecutors. During the trial

Landmarks Preservation Commission May Reconsider Bid To Make Coney Island Boardwalk A Scenic Landmark

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is open to revisiting the idea of making the Riegelmann Boardwalk a scenic landmark, reports [http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/panel-review-bid-coney-island-boardwalk-wood-article-1.2163992] the New York Daily News. Last year, the LPC rejected Councilman Mark Treyger’s bid to grant [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/

Brooklyn School Of Inquiry Principal Apologizes For Disparaging Comments About Spanish Speakers

The Brooklyn School of Inquiry, located at 50 Avenue P (Source: Google Maps)The principal of Brooklyn School of Inquiry [/tag/brooklyn-school-of-inquiry/] is under fire for disparaging comments she made about Spanish speakers to an audience of prospective students and parents this week. The Bensonhurst middle school, which is known

Tackling the ‘Politics of Weed’ In Our Neighborhood This Sunday

The Brooklyn district attorney’s recent announcement [http://www.brooklynda.org/press_releases/pdf/jul/MarijuanaPolicy_7_8_2014.pdf] that his office would no longer prosecute first-time offenders arrested for low-level misdemeanor marijuana possession has generated much discussion throughout the five boroughs about the city’s marijuana laws, from

Community Board 13 Chairman Eddie Mark Accused Of Making Racist Remarks

The poster being circulated by Vargas (Source: Facebook)First our own Community Board chairperson was accused of a hate crime against disabled people [/owner-of-reviled-rehab-clinic-says-chairpersons-comments-were-offensive-threatens-hate-crime-complaint/] by a scorned rehab center operator, and now Eddie Mark, who serves as the chairperson for Brighton Beach and Coney Island’s Community Board 13, has