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(Courtesy Zillow/Max Nissim Chera of RR SHEEPSHEAD INC. [http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type/2097614504_zpid/7_days/featured_sort/40.598558,-73.924277,40.577146,-73.958867_rect/14_zm/] )Change can be good, and a different neighborhood can bring
Education
Pam Harris at a press conference in Kaiser Park last week. (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) pledged last month to wage a vigorous defense of its endorsed candidates who have come under attack from a group pushing for a controversial private school education
Events
Comptroller Scott Stringer (Courtesy of Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Office) Comptroller Scott Stringer will be taking our queries at his southern Brooklyn town hall [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/07/comptroller-host-town-hall-aquarium-august/#.V6OmANArIU0] in Coney Island tonight and we looked into how folks can tune in and ask him questions. The
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Brooklyn Senior Idol 2010 winner Nunzio Franzese. (Photo: Martin J. Golden / Facebook)Got a favorite song and love to sing? Are you over 50? Then this competition is for you! Senator Marty Golden, in conjunction with Xaverian High School [http://www.xaverian.org/page], announced details for the 10th Annual
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NYCHA renderings of Coney Island sites 4 & 5. (Courtesy: James McCullar Architecture Inc. [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/RTR-CI%204&5.pdf])The New York City Housing Development broke ground on a $41 million project to restore the Coney Island Sites 4/5 development funded
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Courtesy of NYC Department of Design and ConstructionA project to expand storm sewers and increase drainage capacity in Coney Island — a neighborhood hard hit by Superstorm Sandy — is on track to be completed by March, two months ahead schedule. The $27.7 million project on parts of West 21st Street
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookAmid media reports that she and her husband had fallen into debt and filed for bankruptcy in 2013 [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/08/more-trouble-for-harris/#.V6H7pNArLos], Assemblywoman Pamela Harris penned an open letter Tuesday attributing her financial hardship to series of health crises, including her
Police & Fire
Scene of the fatal accident last month that took the life of Sean Ryan on Gerritsen Avenue. (Photo: Mike Wright/ Facebook)History is repeating itself in Gerritsen Beach as far as traffic safety goes. Last week we reported [/teen-death-bike-accident-brings-call-gerritsen-avenue-traffic-lights/] that a petition was started to install more traffic lights on
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Pamela Harris, front(Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bites)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris’ past money issues returned to haunt her this week, as tabloid newspapers scrutinized old mortgage debt and back taxes her lawyer claims she is working to repay. Harris and her husband Leon filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy at
Events
Comptroller Scott Stringer (Photo via Scott Stringer/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/scottstringernyc/?fref=ts])New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer will host a town hall meeting on Thursday, August 4 at 6:30pm, at the New York Aquarium [https://nyaquarium.com/] to discuss ways to improve City services
Police & Fire
(Courtesy: NYPD)A crook stole several items from a Midwood home then fled the scene last Tuesday afternoon, police said. Police released surveillance photos of a man who entered a residence through a first-floor window on East 28th St., at 4:40 p.m. on July 26. The suspect was
News
Photo by Alex EllefsonIn 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 [http://twitter.com/#!/bensonhurstbean]and Facebook [http://www.