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True story: alligators live in New York City’s sewer system [http://www.citymetric.com/yes-they-really-have-found-alligators-new-york-sewer-system-102] . There’s no word on whether or not they’re befriended a gaggle of adolescent turtles being mentored by a wizened rat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles], but the good
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Responding to the great need in our community, NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island recently launched a full suite of programs for women with breast cancer, and others deemed high risk for the disease. The programs are guided by Dr. Sunny Mitchell, Associate Chair of Surgery, Director of Women’s Health,
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Festivities in Boro Park. Photo by Carly MillerHave a great weekend and take advantage of all your neighborhood has to offer at one of these local events. If you have an event to share, please email us at editor@bensonhurstbean.com or post it on our our calendar [/calendar/]. Murder
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Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.If you haven’t noticed yet, it is raining. Pretty hard. The U.S. National Weather Service has put out a coastal flood statement [http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-ny/10007/weather-warnings/349727] that will be in effect from 12pm until 4pm today.
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A very broken call box. Looks like a car backed up into it. Photo by Hannah FrishbergDo you find that Bensonhurst has more than its fair share of broken police call boxes? Bean tipster Dennis M. sure does. According to Dennis, for two decades the now the NYFD has been
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Photo via NYPD in July, when cops were looking for five women in connection to a citywide scam in which the perps approach middle-aged Asian women and persuade them that their jewelry is cursed.On April 27, on Bay 22nd Street and 86th Street [/con-artists-targeting-asian-women-back-say-cops/], 44-year-old Xuekun Su successfully convinced
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Photo via Google Maps. Bay Parkway and Bay Ridge ParkwayAfter well over a year of waiting, the Department of Transportation has finally responded to local pressure and, in a letter to a Brooklyn School of Inquiry parent, Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray confirmed that they will install a Leading Pedestrian
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Photo by Amanda SantilloThe South BK Beat is our new round-up of news you may have missed in South Brooklyn this week: Coney may get its first homeless shelter [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2016/43/bn-neptune-homeless-shelter-2016-10-17-bk.html] [Brooklyn Reporter] Letitia James emerges as frontrunner to be named Brooklyn DA
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“Elliot Gould was filming a movie on 86th Street,” Manno said of this cover. Courtesy of Frank MannoIn a different age of news media and Brooklyn, there was the original incarnation of The Brooklyn Graphic. Old timers will remember the newspaper for its hyper-local southern Brooklyn beat, and for being
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A home in Seagate after Sandy. (Photo by Erica Sherman)There is an extremely important meeting happening tonight at Coney Island Hospital regarding the Build it Back recovery program. The meeting will be held from 7pm-9pm in the auditorium of the Coney Island Hospital at 2601 Ocean Pkwy. Build it
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Photo by Yelp user Lisa H. [https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/lioni-italian-heroes-brooklyn-2?select=1Fi0Y9NlJGyQXSoNbIrIsA] The Bensonhurst storefront on 7803 15th Avenue has a long reputation in the neighborhood for its fresh mozzarella, and a slightly newer reputation for its mouthwatering, arm-long heroes. “We deliver all the way out to
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The Metropolitan Detention Center, on 29th Street near the waterfront, houses 1,800 inmates. (Photo via U.S. Bureau of Prisons)On June 3rd, 2016, four judges — Robin S. Garson [https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_S._Garson], Cheryl J. Gonzales [https://ballotpedia.org/Cheryl_Gonzales], Brenda P. Murray [https://www.federalpay.